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Sep 30, 2008 9:53 AM
In a written testimony submitted to a U.S. Congressional Joint Committee, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples highlighted the effects natural disasters have had on the Texas agriculture industry and the subsequent needs faced by this sector. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, are conducting an analysis of recent disaster responses to determine methods for enhancement....
Aug 21, 2008 11:06 AM, By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Nearly all of Texas received some rain, with some areas such as the Panhandle getting 6 to 10 inches, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....
Aug 14, 2008 10:16 AM, By Blair Fannin and Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has raised the nation’s corn production estimate to 12.3 billion bushels, an increase of 573 million bushels over the July crop estimate, according to data released Aug. 12. ...
Aug 12, 2008 10:01 AM, By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton
Cotton conditions in the waning days of the 2008 growing season in the North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas area are a mixed bag to say the least....
Aug 4, 2008 10:18 AM
Though Hurricane Dolly has come and gone, much of the excess rain she brought is providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. ...
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Nov 18, 2008 9:54 AM
A deluge of saltwater from Hurricane Ike that ravaged the southeast Texas Gulf Coast has left some ranchers little options for wintering cattle, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts....
Sep 30, 2008 9:53 AM
In a written testimony submitted to a U.S. Congressional Joint Committee, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples highlighted the effects natural disasters have had on the Texas agriculture industry and the subsequent needs faced by this sector. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, are conducting an analysis of recent disaster responses to determine methods for enhancement....
Sep 25, 2008 10:05 AM, By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Southeast Texas producers are not the only ones bailing storm water after Hurricane Ike....
Sep 23, 2008 10:23 AM, By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University
Recent flooding, including flooding from storm surge and rains due to Hurricane Ike, likely will lead to significantly increased mosquito activity in many parts of the state, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. ...
Sep 22, 2008 10:23 AM
Texas livestock owners can find hurricane preparedness and recovery information on the Texas Extension Disaster and Emergency Network, Texas EDEN....
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Sep 3, 2008 2:12 PM
The USA Rice Federation is currently assessing the damage from Hurricane Gustav in south Louisiana and southeast Texas, and is monitoring storm-related weather patterns very closely in the rice-growing regions of northeast Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri....
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Feb 2, 2006 12:00 PM, By Hembree Brandon Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers are very concerned about the escalating cost of nitrogen fertilizers and the impact it will have on their continuing operation, says Ford West,...
Jan 19, 2006 12:00 PM, By Andrew Bell Farm Press Editorial Staff
A drop in catfish inventory in 2005 caused a small, but much-welcomed lift in the price for catfish farmers for the second consecutive year. According...
Jan 6, 2006 9:25 AM, By Forrest Laws
Although their losses are staggering, farmers and other residents of south Mississippi, southwest Louisiana and the east Texas Gulf Coast are in a localized disaster, and their requests for assistance are being ignored....
Jan 4, 2006 9:17 AM, By Forrest Laws
You couldn’t blame rice farmers for being a little puzzled by the numbers coming out of USDA’s crop production reports this year....
Dec 14, 2005 9:40 AM, By Daryll. E. Ray
U.S. agricultural and trade negotiators have been pressuring the Japanese to reopen their market, which has been closed to U.S. beef since BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or mad cow disease) was first detected in the U.S. herd at the end of 2003. ...
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