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....
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....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Southeast Texas producers are not the only ones bailing storm water after Hurricane Ike....
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. ...
Texas livestock owners can find hurricane preparedness and recovery information on the Texas Extension Disaster and Emergency Network, Texas EDEN....
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is coordinating livestock carcass disposal efforts following Hurricane Ike. ...
As emergency response continues throughout Southeast Texas counties in the wake of Hurricane Ike, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is planning for long-term recovery efforts and is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture for assistance with future agricultural and rural restoration. ...
By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University
An estimated 20,000 head of displaced cattle and horses in both Chambers and Jefferson counties are in immediate need of hay and fresh water resulting from Hurricane Ike’s storm surges in southeast Texas, livestock officials said....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
As Southeast Texas and the Gulf Coast deal with cattle orphaned by Hurricane Ike, most of the rest of the state received cooler temperatures and rain – lots of rain....
By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University
Returning home and cleaning up after a disaster such as Hurricane Ike can be a difficult, time-consuming and potentially dangerous task, said Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts....
Category 2 Hurricane Ike is long gone but has left agriculture in Jefferson and Chambers counties devastated, according to eyewitness reports from Texas Farm Bureau’s public relations team....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
Texas livestock producers suffering animal losses because of Hurricane Ike need to make sure they follow protocol when disposing of carcasses, said two Texas AgriLife Extension Service engineers and other state officials....
Communities that have suffered damage to watershed areas from Hurricane Ike may be eligible for assistance from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)....
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced joint efforts with local, state and federal partners as well as statewide agricultural organizations to meet the needs of thousands of agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Ike. ...
USA Rice Federation and U.S. Wheat Associates in a letter to U.S. Secretary Condoleezza Rice yesterday asked that the United States “put aside political concern and ease trade and travel restriction that are denying the Cuban people the relief and assistance so critically needed” in the devastating wake of Hurricane Ike. ...
By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA's announcement of an additional $2.8 billion in aid to victims of the 2005 hurricane season may come too late for many Louisiana farmers, the state's...
By Andrew Bell Farm Press Editorial Staff
Don't ask Charles Wax, an assistant state climatologist and head of Mississippi State University's geosciences department, exactly what kind of weather...
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