Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

USDA proposes poultry rule under Packers and Stockyards Act

Under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), poultry farmers would be guaranteed a base price for growing their broiler chickens. The proposal is the agency’s latest attempt to address competition [...]

Possible veto for House ag spending bill

The U.S. House of Representatives are working to finalize their fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 4800. At its [...]

TAHC adopts cattle tuberculosis rule, proposes trich changes

A number of new rules and amendments were recently adopted by the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). Texas animal health [...]

Field crops program set for June 25, Seguin

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 2014 Field Crops Program June 25 in Seguin. Several presentations will address [...]

Perry renews Emergency Disaster Proclamation

Gov. Rick Perry recently renewed the July 5, 2011 Emergency Disaster Proclamation, certifying exceptional drought conditions in specified counties in [...]

Possible treatment found for sugarcane aphids

A new sugarcane aphid variety, not the typical yellow sugarcane aphid, is devastating South Texas grain sorghum. Evidence found last [...]

AFBF supports extension of clean water rule comment period

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the comment period on the new clean water rules. The latest rule broadly [...]

Obama signs Water Resources Reform and Development Act

President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) into law on Tuesday. The WRRDA is an [...]

Texas bats in good shape, good for farmers and ranchers

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has killed more than six million bats across eastern North America. A [...]

Previous 848849850 Next