The Adair County Conservation District, City of Stilwell, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission broke ground for the first upstream flood control dam in the nation to be rehabilitated using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds. ...
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s office in Mason County will conduct their Fall Hill Country Expo from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct. 1 at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Mason....
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting amateur and professional photographers to enter their best poultry or pet bird photos in the Biosecurity For Birds calendar photo contest....
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering its decision to incorporate indirect land use changes in calculating the impact of biofuel production on greenhouse gas emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard 2....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Even though U.S. cotton is confronted with “challenging times,” particularly for gins and others in cotton’s infrastructure, “our industry must maintain these programs and keep them strong if U.S. cotton is to survive,” says Larry McClendon....
On Wednesday, September 30, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a rural community forum in Las Cruces, N.M., as part of the Obama Administration's Rural Tour. ...
A workshop focusing on wildlife management during a drought, including factors affecting wildlife because of drought, will be held on Wed., Oct. 7 at the Devine Community Center, 200 East Hondo Avenue, in Devine, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ...
According to new statistics released by American Farmland Trust's Farmland Information Center, local farmland protection efforts slowed in 2008, likely due to record high land values. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Three Midwest senators have introduced legislation that would prevent EPA from penalizing U.S. corn and soybean growers for land use changes or potential land clearing for increased biofuel production in other countries....
Only a few days remain for Texas landowners to hit the first sign-up period cutoff of Sept. 30 for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which is a voluntary program that provides financial assistance to agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” That’s a phrase we’ve heard often enough, usually following a friend’s admission of doing something that can be characterized charitably as gross stupidity. ...
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
Fall is in the air, and with it comes the annual Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s cotton tours in Runnels and Tom Green counties, set Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 respectively....
By Jeffrey R. Stapper, County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
Rainfall has sure changed the landscape from what looked like a desert all summer long to now greening pastures and fields. ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Much of Texas received substantial rains in the past weeks, but nowhere was it more needed than in southwest Texas, said Dr. Jose Peña, Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist based at Uvalde....
Jeffrey R. Stapper, County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
The De-Go-La Resource Conservation and Development Inc., a nonprofit agency serving 16 counties, including Nueces, Live Oak, Bee, and San Patricio County has organized a Hay Lift program to help bring hay to South Texas at a reasonable price. ...
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