Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Klepac family’s greenhouse legacy flourishes

By Shelby Shank Field Editor Between rows and rows of color lies a family business deeply rooted in agriculture. Jimmy Klepac is the third generation to run Klepac Greenhouses, where the plants they grow [...]

AHI and GADA announce alignment with FDA’s antibiotic policy

Through written commitments, members of the Animal Health Institute (AHI) and the Generic Animal Drug Alliance (GADA) have announced their [...]

New feral hog management app unveiled

Feral hog numbers in Texas are estimated at 2.6 million head and cause $52 million in damages. The invasive species [...]

Soybean growers comment on FDA’s proposal to ban partially hydrogenated

A proposal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to rescind the generally regarded as safe (GRAS) status for partially [...]

APHIS advancing traceability program

Testing, further educating ranchers and others and, eventually, initiating enforcement actions for non-compliance of the federal Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) [...]

Deadline approaching for TFB scholarships

The deadline to apply for Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) scholarships is Monday, March 10. To help the youth of TFB [...]

Vilsack says U.S. meat safety not hurt by cut in funding

Funding cuts for the U.S. meat and poultry inspections in the Obama administration’s 2015 budget proposal will not compromise food [...]

Farmers and ranchers urged to keep accurate records

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) urges farmers and ranchers affected by natural disasters, such as [...]

Agriculture to receive funding through President’s proposed 2015 budget

Agriculture and rural economies are expected to receive funding through President Obama’s recently unveiled proposed budget for the federal government’s [...]

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