USDA funding available for ag graduate students
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $3.1 million to train the next [...]
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08, 2016
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04, 2016
Bacon wins TFB Collegiate Discussion Meet
Agriculture’s future is bright, and college students took advantage of opportunities to discuss its future during Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) [...]
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04, 2016
Agriculture thrives, evolves within DFW metroplex
By Shala Watson Public Relations Intern Dallas is known for its big city lights and high rise buildings. But a [...]
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04, 2016
Upcoming seminar to focus on rural land loss
From 2007-2012, Texas saw a net loss of nearly 1.1 million acres of privately-owned farms, ranches and forests. The Texas [...]
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03, 2016
Cuban relationship expected to grow with U.S. ag
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made several announcements on his trip to Cuba this week, fostering further collaboration between the [...]
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03, 2016
National Ag Day highlights farmers, ranchers
The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) set the theme for this year’s National Agriculture Day as “Agriculture: Stewards of a [...]
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03, 2016
Collegiate Discussion Meet applications open
In college and like to discuss agricultural topics? Submit your application to participate in this year’s Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) [...]
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03, 2016
Hidden tax law could threaten small business partnerships
Farmers and ranchers claiming a small business partnership will no longer get the streamlined tax-filing exception currently available under existing [...]
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02, 2016
Transitioning cropland to pastureland requires multi-year planning
By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife A growing interest in shifting out of crop production and into a forage-based system [...]
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01, 2016
Report: U.S. the ‘largest beneficiary’ of TPP
A new report says that while all member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership stand to benefit from the trade agreement, [...]