By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University
Services have been set for Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, Nobel laureate and distinguished professor of international agriculture at Texas A&M University....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Implementing a new farm law always comes with the tedious task of developing and implementing the rules and regulations necessary for the program to run as smoothly as is possible for a government program to operate....
Norman E. Borlaug, who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding and disease-resistant wheat used to prevent famine in developing countries throughout the world, has died....
Details are being finalized in preparation for celebrating 100 years of Texas AgriLife Research on Sept. 17 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock....
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Taylor County Livestock and Wildlife Protection Association will conduct a feral hog control seminar from 5:30-8:35 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Big Country Hall at the Taylor County Expo Center. ...
Proper use of cotton harvest aids in the Texas high Plains can result in earlier harvest, preservation of fiber quality, and fewer seed quality reductions due to field exposure....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers are the first link in the chain for food quality and safety and the measures they take to safeguard their products make the job easier for other links in the chain to maintain the integrity of the nation’s food supply....
By Dale Miller, Editor, National Hog Farmer
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a press conference Sept. 10 with the intended purpose of explaining the USDA’s preparedness to handle the potential onset H1N1 influenza this fall. ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Farmers and ranchers may be inadvertently aiding and abetting one of their worst enemies, the feral hog, by providing supplemental feed for white-tailed deer and other wildlife, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service wildlife expert....
On September 24, 2009 the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), AgriLife Extension Service and other conservation partners will host a “Land Management Options for Expired CRP Land” meeting in Canyon, Texas....
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Though rain clouds have been idle over most of Texas, agricultural producers remained busy, gearing up for harvesting – or already harvesting – and preparing to plant winter wheat and baling hay, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. ...
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) wants to remind ranchers that the deadline to file a notice for 2008 livestock losses due to severe weather conditions and/or to submit an application for payment for 2008 losses through the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) is Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009....
The 2009 Cow Country Congress is scheduled Sept. 25 at the Corlay Farm & Cattle Co. at Dodge in Walker County....
In response to the WTO Arbitration Panel decision on the USDA export credit guarantee (“GSM-102”) program released August 31, the North American Export Grain Association, National Cotton Council, CoBank, Farm Credit Council, US Rice Producers Association, and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives released the following statement:...
By Mike Jackson, Texas A&M University
Green June beetles have been feasting on wine grapes at some North Texas vineyards, and the insects’ unusually large numbers and appetite have hurt this season’s crop, experts said....
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