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LifestyleCindy Wennin2019-11-13T08:57:27-06:00

LIFESTYLE

Rural, urban and everywhere in between—Texas Farm Bureau is you. Join our family and help strengthen our communities.

  • Meet Alton and Adrienne Synatschk. They grow corn, cotton, grain sorghum and wheat. They raise stocker cattle, maintain a cow-calf herd and operate several custom businesses—spraying, swathing and trucking.

Outstanding YF&R finalist: Synatschks

  • Meet Slayton and Abby Hoelscher. They grow corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts and hay in Tom Green and Haskell counties. Slayton is a first-generation farmer whose passion for agriculture began with a small garden and grew to a thriving farming operation. The Hoelschers are implementing minimal and no-till practices on their farms to enhance microbial activity and reduce soil erosion. They’re finalists in this year’s TFB Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher competition.

Outstanding YF&R finalists: Hoelschers

  • Meet Matt and Jessica Hanslik. They raise cattle and grow corn and hay. The Hansliks are part owners of an all-natural fertilizer company that recycles dry poultry litter from poultry layer facilities and provides custom application for farms and ranches. They’re finalists in this year’s TFB Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher competition.

Outstanding YF&R finalists: Hansliks

  • Meet Jessica Rumbaugh. She owns a full service real estate brokerage that specializes in farm and ranch properties. She also raises grassfed beef in Wharton County and sells the beef directly to consumers. Jessica is a finalist in our Excellence in Agriculture competition.

EIA finalist: Meet Jessica Rumbaugh

  • Laura Reed is a high school ag science teacher and FFA advisor at Denton ISD. She is a finalist in TFB's Excellence in Ag contest.

EIA finalist: Meet Laura Reed

  • Cody Berry is a high school ag science teacher and FFA advisor at Hudson ISD. He is a finalist in TFB's Excellence in Ag contest.

EIA finalist: Meet Cody Berry

  • How is cotton harvested? See the full process on Texas Table Top and learn more about what cotton farmers do on the farm!

How is cotton harvested?

  • Winston and Kristen Millican continue their family's 130-year tradition of growing pecans in San Saba County of Texas.

Millican family grows Texas pecans

  • Enjoying all things pumpkin this fall? Meet a Texas farm family who grows the fall favorite, and get a side of pumpkin facts and pumpkin care tips.

Texas farm family grows pumpkins

  • Farmers and ranchers, with help of the latest research and technology, continue to find ways to be efficient and more sustainable than ever before.

Agriculture is no stranger to technology

  • Today is National Farmer’s Day. We pause to salute the blessing that is American agriculture and tip our hats to all farmers and ranchers.

Celebrate National Farmer’s Day

  • Beef is “greener” than many have been led to believe. In fact, it’s sustainable. This Texas Table Top blog shares how beef and sustainability go together.

Beef and sustainability just go together

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