Applications open for 2025 White-Reinhardt Scholarship
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Teachers and ag literacy volunteers can now apply for the American Farm Bureau Federation for Agriculture’s White-Reinhardt Scholarships. The scholarship provides funds to cover travel expenses for educators employed by [...]
FDA may revise new food safety rules for irrigation water
Complaints from farmers nationwide have encouraged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take the almost unheard of act of [...]
AgriLife’s Feral Hog Community of Practice program set for Dec. 10, San Antonio
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will conduct a Feral Hog Community of Practice program from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. [...]
Bumper year for Texas pecans
It’s been a bumper year for pecans around East Texas as the trees are finally thriving since the 2011 drought, [...]
USDA Farm to School Program supports farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award more than $5 million in grants for 82 projects spanning 42 states [...]
AgriLife’s High Plains Ag Conference set for Dec. 12, Lubbock
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the annual High Plains Ag Conference Dec. 12 in Lubbock, according to [...]
TFB joins opposition of listing LPC ‘endangered’
A new coalition is fighting to defend the rural way of life and economic prosperity by opposing The Center for [...]
TAHC video reminds deer hunters to inspect for fever ticks
Texas Animal Health Commission’s (TAHC) video encourages hunters to schedule inspection for any deer or exotic hoofed stock (Nilgai antelope, [...]
USDA reveals CCC lending rates for December
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the lending rates for December 2014 with the borrowing [...]