By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ranchers in Central and South Texas suffering under a devastating drought have options from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, for help....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The issues of renewable fuels and climate change cannot be separated, says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced the creation of the Parallel Pathways to Success Pilot Grant Program. ...
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
Extension personnel from five agencies are working together to provide the latest information to beef producers on everything from nutrition to marketing at three meetings taking place Aug. 31-Sept. 2....
By Dana Porter, Texas AgriLife Extension Engineer
Limited irrigation capacities, high energy costs, aspiration to conserve water and need to get the best economic return for crop inputs are strong motivators for efficient water management. Approaching the end of the irrigation season, producers are hoping to optimize efficiency and minimize water losses while sustaining the crop through maturity....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
I still don’t own a cowboy hat. I own no cattle. I donated my boots to Goodwill so they are probably causing bunions on someone else’s feet now. I still prefer Southeast pulled pork, vinegar based barbecue to anything else I’ve ever tried. And I still prefer rivers with water in them. But I have to admit, after 10 years in Texas, I feel comfortable. ...
Grassland owners in south Texas, the area hardest hit by the state’s drought, will be given priority consideration to participate in USDA’s Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), a $4.2 million conservation program in Texas....
On its first anniversary, the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) is celebrating a year of progress, from the creation of the organization to the granting of $1.25 million in research funding....
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
This year was a disappointment for most wheat farmers in the Texas Panhandle, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist....
Jeffrey R. Stapper, Nueces County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
Lack of rainfall and record triple-digit temperatures have scorched crops and rangeland throughout parts of Texas causing drought losses to reach $3.6 billion, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service economists. ...
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is making $10.4 million available through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) for five water conservation and water quality projects on Texas agricultural working lands....
A proposed federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) uses assumptions and methodologies that excludes vegetable oil (including soybean oil), or about 70 percent of all available domestic raw material for biodiesel. ...
Producers are invited to attend a USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) working called “Managing My Piece of Texas,” in Crockett on Aug. 21, 2009. ...
By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University
Dr. Xin-Gen “Shane” Zhou has been named the new plant pathologist for Texas AgriLife Research-Beaumont....
The Rice Foundation is accepting applications for the 2010 Leadership Development Program. ...
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