The application deadline for the Rice Foundation’s 2010 Leadership Development Program is Oct. 3. Rice producers or industry-related professionals ages 25-45 are eligible to apply. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ginners and producers need to keep on top of changing regulations relating to employees, particularly migrant workers, and maintain careful documentation of pay, safety, and other areas related to those workers....
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced today the Texas Department of Agriculture is awarding more than $1.6 million in feed credits to 62 eligible Texas aquaculture producers....
With the turn of a shovel and the clicking of camera shutters, The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, the Turkey Creek Conservancy District and the Garfield County Conservation District broke ground on the first upstream flood control dam in the United States to be built with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), better known as the Federal Stimulus plan. ...
The Cotton Board approved Cotton Incorporated’s proposed 2010 plans and budget of $67 million during their recent Annual Meeting....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the 2009 growing season winds down, weathers concerns, a world production shortfall and a debt-ridden U.S. economy are primary factors that will likely impact the cotton market over the next few months, according to Peter Egli, a cotton market analyst with Plexus Cotton Ltd....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Improving irrigation efficiency for agriculture will be the crucial challenge for the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center as it begins its second century of service to West Texas farmers and ranchers, citizens and industries....
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation has teamed with Micro Beef Technologies to age- and source-verify the organization’s Integrity Beef Program....
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service has launched the RanchTV online learning center Web site to extend educational resource and information to beef cattle producers via the Internet....
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Research will conduct a free field day from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Texas Range Station between Ozona and Barnhart on State U.S. Highway 163....
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
Greater price volatility in agricultural markets is demanding producers develop better marketing skills to improve their bottom line, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....
By Rod Santa Ana, Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the U. S. Deapartment of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will host a workshop Sept. 24 to explain benefits from the 2008 Farm Bill for growers who have or will employ organic practices....
The United States’ first college approved to certify vocational educators for public schools, Sam Houston State University, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Department of Agricultural and Industrial Sciences this month. ...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that producers may begin applying for benefits under the provisions of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
All of Texas received some rain in the last week, with north central parts of the state getting 5 to 6 inches, while the Panhandle and points west saw only light showers to about 1 inch, according to the National Weather Service....
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