The weekly Texas Drought Report, developed for the 83rd Texas Legislature, shows 99 percent of the state currently in drought status and 13 percent in exceptional drought, the worst drought category....More
Early response to the Senate farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations weigh in on the bipartisan proposal passed out of the commends Senate Agriculture Committee today....More
In 2011, Corpus Christi endured the second driest year on record. Very little of the area’s corn, cotton or grain sorghum came out of the ground....More
In 2011, Corpus Christi endured the second driest year on record. Very little of the area’s corn, cotton or grain sorghum came out of the ground this spring....More
So, one can assume professional football players and Texas cotton farmers have nothing in common. Well maybe they do. Baron Batch thinks so. It’s adversity....More
While it’s still early to make any hard and fast predictions on the 2013 U.S. peanut crop, it’s fairly certain there will be a significant decrease in planted acreage, even if increased export sales to China are realized....More
Good deer and wildlife management helps protect the environment, preserves time honored traditions, and also helps agricultural producers manage natural resources that affect farming and ranching operations...More
Congressional leaders should request that the two ag committees produce a farm bill that would provide for a meaningful farm safety net while achieving the savings necessary to meet agriculture’s contribution to deficit reduction....More
It’s estimated that 850 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger. 650 million of those are farmers who can’t grow enough food to feed their families....More