Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

New handbook available for border landowners

By Julie Tomascik Editor A new resource is available for landowners along the Texas-Mexico border who have questions about laws, liability and jurisdiction. The recently released Texas Landowner Border Law Handbook was created by AgriLife [...]

CSP renewal for first-time participants

First-time conservation enrollees with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) can renew contracts for five more [...]

USDA funds bio-control efforts to fight citrus greening

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding the release of wasps that could help Texas citrus growers. A bacterium transmitted [...]

Shortage of winter wheat seed has farmers ordering for 2015

Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas wheat farmers are yet to finish harvesting their 2014 crop, but these farmers need to [...]

Bacon preservative may reduce feral hog population

Sodium nitrate—used as a preservative in bacon but not harmful to humans—could be a cost-effective way to control feral hogs. [...]

Emergency grazing of CRP acres approved

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has authorized 60 Texas counties for emergency grazing use of [...]

AgriLife’s Texas crop report released June 24

Early season rains in Texas have both helped and hindered crops. Growing conditions for crops are good to excellent throughout [...]

Excellent hay harvest could help cattle numbers rise

In 2011, the Texas hay harvest was mostly non-existent due to persistent drought and a great effort took place to [...]

Develop fly control plan for healthier cattle

Controlling cattle flies has always been troublesome and difficult. It is about reducing fly populations, not elimination. The goal is [...]

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