Texas tackles cattle TB entry & id requirements 

Oct 12, 2007

Texas livestock health officials, striving to protect Texas' hard-earned cattle tuberculosis (TB)-free status, have adopted new cattle entry, testing and movement regulations that go into effect Saturday, October 13. ...

Pesticide, ag waste collection scheduled for December 

Oct 11, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in conjunction with the TDA and The Texas Cooperative Extension has planned six Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collection (AWPC) events for the weeks of Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. These collection events offer rural Texans the opportunity to dispose of banned or unwanted pesticides as well as other related agricultural items....

Texas crop, weather: Pumpkins at a premium? 

Oct 11, 2007

In much of the United States this autumn, a turnip may have to be used as a jack-o'-lantern, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates lower national yields....

Workshop will address livestock risk management  

Oct 11, 2007

Texas Cooperative Extension has scheduled a livestock risk management workshop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 at Angelo State University's Management, Instruction and Research Center. ...

Research to make cellulosic ethanol more cost effective 

Oct 10, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sticker shock may be a factor in developing cellulosic ethanol plants. ...

USGC: Severity of EU feed shortage underestimated 

Oct 10, 2007

Chris Corry, U.S. Grains Council senior director of international operations, is in Europe assessing the current feed grains shortage due to natural calamities and says the situation is worse than he expected....

ED poll: Public favors conservation spending over subsidies 

Oct 10, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A non-profit environmental group has released the results of a public opinion poll that it says shows taxpayers would rather spend money on conservation programs than on farm subsidies. ...

APHIS rice investigation leaves unanswered questions 

Oct 9, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says it has been unable to identify the exact mechanism for the introduction of trace amounts of genetically engineered LibertyLink rice into two commercial rice varieties, Cheniere and Clearfield 131....

Committee reviews the labor needs of American agriculture 

Oct 9, 2007

The House Committee on Agriculture heard from agriculture organizations and farmers concerned with the growing shortage of farm labor in the United States....

Grant funds available for innovative farm, ranch ideas 

Oct 9, 2007

Innovative farmers and ranchers who want to implement a new, sustainable idea to improve their operation can attend a grant-writing workshop in Russell, Kan., Oct. 30 to learn more about the Farmer/Rancher Grant Program. ...

Rule changes offer leeway for cotton stalk destruction 

Oct 8, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton stalk destruction rules have changed a bit for the Lower Rio Grande Valley but the goal remains the same: prevent boll weevils from surviving through the winter....

Recognize an extraordinary farmer or rancher with AFT's $10,000 award 

Oct 8, 2007

Nominations are now being accepted for American Farmland Trust's (AFT) 2008 Steward of the Land Award. The annual $10,000 prize honors farmers or ranchers who best exemplify the AFT's mission of halting the loss of productive farmland and promoting farming practices that sustain a healthy environment....

Fall pesticide training promises 'Non-Boring' programming 

Oct 8, 2007

The "Fall CEU Program" is designed for private pesticide applicators who need continuing education units but don't want to be bored getting them, said a Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension agent ....

Texas peanut harvest underway; growers expect good yields 

Oct 5, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Texas peanut farmers are just beginning to harvest what most expect to be a fairly good crop, despite some late season leaf spot infestations that trimmed yields, says Texas Extension agronomist, Todd Baughman, Vernon....

TDA Committee extends zone 1 deadline to October 18 

Oct 5, 2007,

By Webb Wallace
Cotton and Grain Producers of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

After two extensions on the stalk destruction deadline, the Rio Grande Valley was about to dry out following two weeks of dry weather, when widespread rainfall Sept. 28 soaked the Valley again, prompting the Texas Department of Agriculture to extend stalk destruction deadline again, to Oct. 18....

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