Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

CWD detected in Medina County deer breeding facility

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was confirmed in a Medina County deer breeding facility, marking the fifth facility where the disease has been detected in the county. A two-year-old male white-tailed deer tested positive using postmortem [...]

Corn slump spurs switch to cotton

U.S. cotton planting is forecast to rise 7.6 percent to 11.2 million acres this year, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. If [...]

EPA proposes guidance to assess pesticide drift

In an effort to evaluate human and ecological risks from pesticide spray that drifts from the intended target, the U.S. [...]

Farm bill vote expected today

The Senate approved a procedural motion to advance the long-delayed farm legislation by a 72-22 vote, and the final vote [...]

National Beef to close California plant

Citing dwindling cattle supplies, National Beef Packing Co. plans to close its beef processing plant in Brawley, Calif., on April [...]

TAHC adopts new trich, fever tick and traceability rules

New authorized treatments for cattle fever tick, cattle identification and entry requirements and test exceptions for trichomoniasis (trich) were part [...]