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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If the proposed America Competes Act is passed, the United States will see a “revolutionary change in trade law,” Stephen Vaden, judge on the Court of International Trade, told attendees at this year’s Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference....
The 2022 Texas hay production outlook appears in doubt due to high fertilizer prices and widespread drought, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Joe Paschal, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock specialist, Corpus Christi, and Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Ph....
The “Common Aquatic Vegetation Management Mistakes” webinar will be held June 29. The online event is designed for landowners, farmers and ranchers with ponds or livestock tanks on their land....
Record-level red meat exports of $18.7 billion in 2021 had a major impact on the corn and soybean industries, according to an independent study by the Juday Group. The study quantified the returns that red meat exports brought to corn and soybean producers in 2021 nationally, and at state levels for leading corn-producing and soybean-producing states....
Hot summer temperatures, currently climbing near the triple digits, combined with high dew points can cause significant heat stress to cattle. Heat stress is magnified when high temperatures continue into the night....
Texas sorghum producers, science and Mother Nature continue to keep damaging numbers of sugarcane aphids at bay, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Grain sorghum in South Texas is at or nearing harvest and avoided yield damages by sugarcane aphids....
Texas melon producers reported exceptional fruit quality but slightly lower yields amid budget-breaking production costs and stagnant market prices, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts....
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s 12th annual Central Texas Stocker Cattle Program for McLennan County will be held June 22 in West. The event will be at the West Auction Barn, 20645 N....
As outdoor temperatures increase, so does the possibility of heat stress or even heat stroke. But there are ways to avoid getting “overheated” this summer, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts....
The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents named a much-decorated professor, Jeffrey W. Savell ‘75, Ph.D., as Vice Chancellor and Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences for Texas A&M on June 3rd....
The event will be held at 3 p.m. at the AgriLife Extension office in Bexar County, 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive, Suite 208, San Antonio. Refreshments will be provided. It is sponsored by Bexar Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Alamo Soil and Water Conservation District, Ful-O-Pep and Kraus Seed Haus....
Farm Service Agency Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Grazing Losses COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 2, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now accepting applications for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) to provide financial assistance to eligible livestock producers for 2022 grazing losses due to a qualifying drought or wildfire....
Retail meat prices remain higher than last year according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Wholesale beef prices for many cuts are lower than this time last year, but retail prices have not declined yet in turn, said David Anderson, Ph....
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In a world with shrinking freshwater resources for a growing human population, where do you find enough moisture to grow food? You might start by improving water use efficiency in the world’s number one livestock animal — chickens....
The annual Stiles Farm Field Day scheduled from 5:30-8:30 p.m. June 21 will feature strategies on combating high fertilizer and input costs, plus information on new herbicide technology and hemp production in the Blacklands region....
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on May 1, 2022. The inventory was 2 percent above May 1, 2021....
Spring 2022 had already been a busy wildfire season for the Texas A&M Forest Service personnel based in Mineral Wells, and the wildfire risk showed no sign of stopping anytime soon. The extremely dry fuels of grass and brush paired with the high winds on March 20 to create a combination that could produce a difficult fire situation if one should occur that Sunday morning....
If you know me or have read prior columns, then you know that I am a publisher, not a journalist. In this column you will find opinion. This is not an article with cited sources. Although common decency would dictate to most of us to at least try to not cast stones without citing or referencing one’s source or sources of information....
Rock boy grows up Geologist Robert T. Hill was never one to let the grass grow under his feet. He looked at the ground where he stood more closely and with deeper curiosity and insight than any Texan before him, informing and inspiring many who followed his footsteps across Texas and beyond....
It’s time for beef cattle producers from all over the world to begin making plans to attend the 68th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, the largest event of its kind in the nation, scheduled for Aug....
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