Glasson joins TFB Communications team as summer intern
Hunter Glasson, a native of Waco, joins Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Communications team as the summer intern. As the communications intern, Glasson will contribute articles for Texas Agriculture Daily, Texas Agriculture and Texas Neighbors. [...]
Farm acreage history reports: Prepare for crop protection programs
During August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) will send notices to farmers on their current [...]
WaterSavr evaporation preventative spread over Lake Arrowhead, Wichita Falls
Over the next two months, more than 5,000 pounds of a white powder, WaterSavr, is to be spread over Lake [...]
Beef cattle short course set Aug. 4-6, College Station
The 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course is scheduled Aug. 4-6 on the campus of Texas A&M University. Multiple [...]
USDA extends deadline for emergency assistance
Farmers and ranchers have an additional two weeks to enroll in the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish [...]
OSHA clarifies rules for small farm exemption
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has clarified confusing language of their 2011 small farm exemption memo. Under the [...]
Gluten-free sorghum: ‘Camel of crops’
American consumers are becoming more aware of grain sorghum, a healthy, gluten-free, low-glycemic, ancient grain, but what most consumers may [...]
Chaff cart concept to slash herbicide-resistant weeds
Australian farmers have been fighting herbicide-resistant weeds possibly longer than farmers here in the United States, and they have developed [...]
AgriLife expert urges farmers to initially sign up for SCO insurance option
Dr. Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) economist and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at [...]