Texas Farm Bureau names first ag mech grant winners
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) named the first recipients of the new Ag Mechanics Grant Program for 2024-2025. Ten grants, totaling $25,000, were awarded to schools and educational programs across the [...]
Revision to Cotton Board import rules
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has released a direct final rule amending the Cotton [...]
Prescribed burn workshop set for Aug. 14-16, Sonora
Prescribed burning is a tool that can be used to manage rangeland vegetation for livestock and wildlife use. Texas A&M [...]
South Texas grain sorghum crop is good and plentiful
South Texas grain sorghum growers may have a bumper crop. Nearly a million acres of grain sorghum is either being [...]
A festival of peaches
This year could be the best peach crop in recent years. Outside Weatherford, the O’Bannon family peach trees are thriving. [...]
Discussion of GMO foods program set for July 15, Dimmitt
A program explaining the role of genetically modified organism (GMO) foods in the U.S. food supply is set for July [...]
FAA interpretive rules impact use of model aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a Notice of Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. This notice addresses [...]
Louisiana joins in Texas livestock transport restrictions
Louisiana becomes the latest state to impose enhanced requirements on Texas livestock due to diagnosed cases of Vesicular Stomatitus (VS). [...]
Pecan crop prediction: average harvest and continued high retail prices
Pecans are probably not on the menu for your Fourth of July backyard cookout, but the shade from a large [...]