Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

New drought-tolerant wheat trait approved

By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist A new drought-tolerant wheat trait, HB4, was recently approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The genetically modified wheat was developed by Bioceres Crop Solutions. The U.S. is the [...]

TFB announces new agriculture scholarship

A major scholarship honoring former Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) President S.M. True has been announced by the state’s largest farm [...]

USDA expands support for small, mid-sized farmers

Preliminary data from the 2012 Census of Agriculture shows a diminishing middle class in farming, so U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]

Agri-Plex Ag Day slated for March 25, Ballinger

To focus on agriculture and consumer issues facing rural West Texans, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is hosting the [...]

Corn export forecast raised by 25 million bushels

Based on stronger world imports and the rising pace of shipments in recent weeks, the latest World Agricultural Supply and [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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