Spivey is a finalist in Excellence in Agriculture contest By Shelby Shank Field Editor For Jacob Spivey, agriculture was love at first sight. “I fell in love with agriculture when I was in fourth grade,” he said. “The local ag teacher came by [...]
East Texas landowner aids longleaf pine comebackThe native longleaf pine tree once covered East Texas, but now loblolly and slash pines reign supreme over the region. [...]
New mosquito-borne virus found in five countiesMosquitoes are very widespread throughout Texas and usually are just considered a nuisance, but chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, has [...]
Farm acreage history reports: Prepare for crop protection programsDuring August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) will send notices to farmers on their current [...]
WaterSavr evaporation preventative spread over Lake Arrowhead, Wichita FallsOver the next two months, more than 5,000 pounds of a white powder, WaterSavr, is to be spread over Lake [...]
Beef cattle short course set Aug. 4-6, College StationThe 60th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course is scheduled Aug. 4-6 on the campus of Texas A&M University. Multiple [...]
USDA extends deadline for emergency assistanceFarmers and ranchers have an additional two weeks to enroll in the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish [...]
OSHA clarifies rules for small farm exemptionThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has clarified confusing language of their 2011 small farm exemption memo. Under the [...]
Chaff cart concept to slash herbicide-resistant weedsAustralian farmers have been fighting herbicide-resistant weeds possibly longer than farmers here in the United States, and they have developed [...]
