Teal season opens with abundance in numbers
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Teal hunting season is open in the state, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reports there will be plenty of birds to hunt. Wet conditions were consistent throughout [...]
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 [...]
USDA six-month progress report on Farm Bill
An update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was issued recently on progress implementing programs authorized under the 2014 [...]
Mounted first-response team makes ready
Moved by the stories told by Texas ranchers after Hurricane Ike of their devastating loss and misplaced animals, Dr. Dee [...]
Irrigation auditing from the field in ‘the cloud’
A recently launched website allows the audit of irrigation systems using cloud-based software anywhere web access is available—including out in [...]