Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

National beef checkoff to invest $38 million in beef programs

About $38 million will be invested in 2025 into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications through the national beef checkoff. The activities funded are subject to [...]

USDA urges cattle ranchers to apply for federal disaster programs

At the 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, coordinated by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) and the [...]

Congress approves Highway Trust Fund through May 2015

Without an agreement by Congress on the United States Highway Trust Fund, which was set to expire on Sept. 30, [...]

USDA issues final rule in BioPreferred program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule in its BioPreferred program, removing restrictions on mature market [...]

AgriLife study finds LEPA an efficient irrigation system

Many farmers need irrigation systems to grow their crops, especially during these hot, windy days and the continued drought. Texas [...]

Texas A&M and FAO collaborate to fight world hunger

Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) on behalf of Texas A&M University System signed an agreement with the Food and Agriculture [...]

FDA gluten-free label requirements in effect

Gluten-free label requirements determined in 2013 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) went into effect on Aug. 5, [...]

Farmers enroll now: America’s Farmers Grow Communities

America’s Farmers Grow Communities program improves lives in rural communities through farmer-directed donations. The program began in 2010 and is [...]

Four-county soil health field day set for Aug. 14, Rolling Plains

Learn how to improve soil health and no-till practices at a Rolling Plains field tour to be held Aug. 14. [...]

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