Agricultural losses in Panhandle wildfires top $123 million
By Julie Tomascik Editor Preliminary estimates show wildfires that burned across the Panhandle earlier this year resulted in $123 million in agricultural losses, making it the costliest on record. The losses include more than [...]
Longview High School to build multimillion dollar meat lab
Education officials in Longview, Texas, unanimously approved a multimillion dollar bid to build a meat processing lab on property just [...]
Texas home to fewer geese
The number of wild geese wintering along the Texas coast has steadily decreased over the last 15 years from more [...]
Farm Bureau delegates pass policy for 2014
Voting delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 95th annual meeting addressed farm labor, dairy-related issues, unmanned aircraft systems for [...]
Educational futures market event to be held in Dimmit
A commodities marketing workshop will be hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Jan. 23 in Dimmit. Richard Brock, a [...]
Lucas works to fix farm bill dairy language
Staff talks continue this week in an effort to reach an agreement on dairy language and payment limits on farm [...]
Beef prices to continue historic run
The main threat to the future high calf prices is feed costs, one Texas agricultural economist said. “Look for continued [...]
RGV cotton and grain producers will gather for conference
Rio Grande Valley cotton and grain farmers will gather for the 20th Annual RGV Cotton & Grain Pre-Plant Conference to [...]
Permian Basin Cotton Conference slated for Jan. 21, Stanton
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Permian Basin Cotton Conference will focus on all items pertaining to cotton in West Texas. [...]