Disaster program for crawfish farmers in 14 Texas counties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) authorized policy flexibilities for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) to help commercial crawfish farmers in 14 Texas counties recover from [...]
AgriLife resources to fight feral hogs
Texas feral hog predictions are shocking. There could be more than 5 million feral hogs roaming Texas by next year [...]
New VS cases in Texas, Colorado
Texas and Oklahoma continue to identify confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis (VS), primarily affecting horses and cattle. A total of [...]
Workshop on water conservation incentives set for Aug. 20, Weslaco
Farmers, consultants, technicians and others involved in crop irrigation are invited to a brainstorming session to discuss generating incentives for [...]
PETA’s recent video scores two bloopers
It’s big news when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) releases one of their “caught on tape” videos [...]
USDA updates ground beef tracking procedures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declared new procedures to speed up tracing the [...]
TWDB funds water projects in Brazoria, Palo Pinto and Webb counties
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $26,980,000 in improvement projects for a water system and a water treatment plant [...]
Rio Grande Valley cotton harvest improves
Cotton harvest is underway in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) and is rivaling last year’s yields. Only 60,000 acres of [...]
FDA updates animal antibiotics policy
Veterinarians attending the recent Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference were updated on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center [...]