Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

New legislation aims to help Rio Grande Valley farmers

By Julie Tomascik Editor A bill introduced last week aims to help Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers who have been affected by lack of water payments from Mexico. The South Texas Agriculture Emergency Assistance [...]

Dairy MPP application deadline is Dec. 19

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended the application deadline for the dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP) until Friday, Dec. 19, [...]

Ag opportunities for veterans on RV2A website

With the number of U.S. farms declining and the average age of American farmers now at 58 years, the Department [...]

Boost in NAP coverage for fruit, vegetable and other specialty crop farmers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now offering greater protection with the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for [...]

TWDB approves $63,053,374 for water projects

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved financial assistance for multiple water and wastewater projects around the state, according to [...]

NASA and USDA: Connecting space exploration with agriculture

NASA recently launched the Orion spacecraft, a major step in testing the possibility of sending human missions to Mars. Along [...]

USDA seeks public comments on EQIP rule

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a 60-day comment period for a rule for the improvement of the [...]

Canadian poultry trade ban due to avian flu

Seven countries have imposed trade restrictions on Canadian poultry as a fifth farm in British Columbia (B.C.) was put under [...]

AgriLife concerned about new ag pest: the tawny crazy ant

The invasive tawny crazy ant, first found in the Houston area a little over 10 years ago, is expanding its [...]

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