Texas Row Crops Newsletter By Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, Lubbock, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Essentially all the Texas wheat crop is in the ground. This includes wheat for grazing or grain (or both). Abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions exist across … Continued
AgriLife Today By Kay Ledbetter 806-677-5608 skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu When new pests, diseases or environmental issues are identified in Texas wheat, expertise in doubled haploid development can help find solutions in less than half the time of traditional breeding practices. Chenggen Chu, … Continued
Shawn Kimbrell of Sunray, Texas, was announced as a first place winner in the dryland winter wheat category of the National Wheat Yield Contest on November 12, 2019. The National Wheat Yield Contest is held by the National Wheat … Continued
USDA Farm Service Agency U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will … Continued
USDA Farm Service Agency U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will … Continued
The Texas Wheat Symposium will be held Wednesday, December 4, in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show in the Grand Plaza Room at the Amarillo Civic Center. The free event will begin at 10 a.m. The symposium, which … Continued
AgriLife Today Contact: Makenzie McLaurin Thomas, 979-862-1913, makenzie.mclaurin@ag.tamu.edu Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Texas AgrAbility and the Battleground to Breaking Ground project, in collaboration with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Bell County, will host an agriculture program Dec. 6 focused on veterans, individuals … Continued
U.S. Wheat Associates Contact: Steve Mercer, USW Vice President of Communications, smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251 Dalton Henry, USW Vice President of Policy, dhenry@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0245 A significant impediment to U.S. wheat sales to the large Brazilian market is likely to end soon. Brazil’s government … Continued
Successful Farming By Successful Farming Staff Farmers can expect a cash injection of billions of dollars in Trump tariff payments later this month or in December, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday. “We hope that trade will supplant the need … Continued
Successful Farming By Successful Farming Staff Farmers can expect a cash injection of billions of dollars in Trump tariff payments later this month or in December, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday. “We hope that trade will supplant the need … Continued