Cash rents for cropland in Texas show slight increase
By Julie Tomascik Editor Cash rents in Texas for irrigated and non-irrigated cropland showed slight increases, while pastureland rental rates dropped, according to the new rental rates report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
USDA report forecasts tight beef supplies through 2014
Trends point to continued tight supplies of beef, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Livestock Dairy & Poultry [...]
Field Crop Symposium set for Jan. 29, Corpus Christi
As farmers in the Texas Coastal Bend begin preparing for the 2014 planting season, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
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 [...]