Texas students can Farm From School in spring 2025
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Students across Texas are invited to connect virtually with farmers and ranchers through Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Farm From School program next spring. The program has been bringing Texas agriculture [...]
Field crops program set for June 25, Seguin
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 2014 Field Crops Program June 25 in Seguin. Several presentations will address [...]
Perry renews Emergency Disaster Proclamation
Gov. Rick Perry recently renewed the July 5, 2011 Emergency Disaster Proclamation, certifying exceptional drought conditions in specified counties in [...]
Possible treatment found for sugarcane aphids
A new sugarcane aphid variety, not the typical yellow sugarcane aphid, is devastating South Texas grain sorghum. Evidence found last [...]
AFBF supports extension of clean water rule comment period
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the comment period on the new clean water rules. The latest rule broadly [...]
Obama signs Water Resources Reform and Development Act
President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) into law on Tuesday. The WRRDA is an [...]
Texas bats in good shape, good for farmers and ranchers
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has killed more than six million bats across eastern North America. A [...]
Weed, grass control field day set for June 17, Thrall
Texas Blackland grain sorghum and cotton farmers are encouraged to attend a field day to review new research on weed [...]
Funding available for turning biomass material into energy
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) was authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill to provide funding for energy biomass crops. [...]