Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Celebrate Texas farmers on National Farmer’s Day

By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist The contributions of farmers, ranchers, dairymen and foresters are recognized on Oct. 12—National Farmer’s Day. “We celebrate the farm and ranch families in agriculture every day, but especially on [...]

Interactive online decision aid coming soon for farmers and ranchers

Farmers and ranchers facing possible changes to crop rotations will soon have an interactive online decision aid tool to utilize [...]

Cargill to share more information with consumers

Starting in late January, Cargill’s communications plan offers additional transparency to consumers by sharing more information about the ground beef, [...]

Congress approves five-year farm bill

After several years of contentious political fights, the U.S. Senate passed the long-awaited farm bill. But the nearly $1 trillion [...]

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 [...]

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