AFBF challenges EPA emissions rule for new heavy-duty vehicles
Several groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), joined the American Petroleum Institute (API) in filing a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) heavy-duty [...]
Wheat/stocker cattle program set for Oct. 14, Cross Plains
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host a multi-county wheat and stocker cattle program for West Central Texas farmers [...]
Texas corn yields are overall good
The Texas corn harvest finished reasonably good overall. In the Gulf Coast region, yields were generally between 130 bushels per [...]
USDA’s deregulation of Enlist to help farmers with resistant weeds
After a thorough review of biotech traits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its decision in deregulating Dow AgroSciences’ [...]
Enrollment deadlines near for FSA assistance for livestock and cotton
Livestock producers who have not enrolled for disaster assistance, but have experienced grazing losses due to drought or fire since [...]
Record number of FFA students
With the world population expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, the world will look to students to [...]
Understanding new farm bill provisions, Oct. 1 in Frost
Navarro County farmers and ranchers are urged to attend the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) educational meeting of the [...]
Port demand may result in larger acres of South Texas winter wheat
South Texas wheat farmers may be considering increasing winter wheat acres, in spite of falling wheat prices this year. According [...]
Tornado season is occurring earlier, possibly El Niño
A recent study reveals tornado season is happening up to two weeks earlier than it did 55 years ago in [...]