Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

New legislation aims to help Rio Grande Valley farmers

By Julie Tomascik Editor A bill introduced last week aims to help Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers who have been affected by lack of water payments from Mexico. The South Texas Agriculture Emergency Assistance [...]

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. [...]

Growth in farmers markets continues

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) kicked off National Farmers Markets Week, Aug. 3-9, with the [...]

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