New flu strain not found in U.S. swine herds 

May 1, 2009

Swine flu has not turned up in on-going monitoring of U.S. swine herds. ...

U.S. pork industry important economic driver 

May 1, 2009,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

Consumers hold the key to how quickly pork prices rebound from the dip they experienced following the current influenza outbreak, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....

Multi-county wheat tour scheduled for May 14 near Vernon 

May 1, 2009,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Area producers are invited to see variety plots and hear the latest information about the region’s wheat crop during a tour on May 14 at the AgriPro facility in Lockett, 12167 S. U.S. Hwy. 70. ...

Swine flu: virus with an unfortunate name 

Apr 30, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With the latest worldwide health scare – this time not SARS or West Nile virus or avian influenza or mad cow, but swine flu (H1N1) – modern technology has proven its efficiency and curse....

Ag subsidies common around the world 

Apr 30, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ask an American living in the city about U.S. agricultural subsidies and he or she is sure to go on and on and about how U.S. farm policy is destroying the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world....

Rains come to Texas,but wildfire threat remains  

Apr 30, 2009,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

As bad as the drought is in some areas, count your blessings: Wildfire can make it worse. ...

Landowner survey deals with predator losses 

Apr 30, 2009,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Have predators got your goat? If so, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service wants to know about it....

Researchers focus on threat to world’s wheat 

Apr 29, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the world’s wheat varieties....

American Agri-Women’s “American Grown Goodness” program underway 

Apr 29, 2009

American Agri-Women (AAW) has established a trademark program, American Grown Goodness, which is designed to provide a way for growers, processors and marketers to identify their American grown products....

De la Garza honored for lifetime service to agriculture 

Apr 29, 2009,

By Rod Santa Ana
Texas A&M University

Former Congressman Eligio “Kika” de la Garza was honored recently with the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Achievement Award....

Textiles laud ‘made in USA’ law 

Apr 28, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The nation’s textile industry has been in a free-fall for years, like much of the U.S. manufacturing base. ...

Texas has more farms, fewer acres 

Apr 28, 2009,

By Kathleen Phillips
Texas A&M University

The loss and fragmentation of Texas’ farms, ranches and forests is part of a continued trend that highlights the importance of rural lands in maintaining the state’s natural resources and economic base, according to a newly released study....

Charles Ring honored in leadership program 

Apr 28, 2009

A longtime farmer who has become an international representative of U.S. corn producers has been named the 2009 distinguished alumnus of the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership program....

Ethanol and water do mix 

Apr 28, 2009

A recent study from the University of Minnesota claims that ethanol production is resulting in a dramatic increase in water use, larger than was previously thought. ...

Preliminary tests indicate cattle TB infection in Texas dairy 

Apr 27, 2009

Preliminary test results indicate that a dairy in west Texas is infected with cattle tuberculosis (TB). ...

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