AMARILLO, Texas (February 1, 2019) – The Texas Wheat Producers Board (TWPB) will hold its biennial election to elect five board members to fill expiring positions. The election, to be held by mail, officially begins March 22, 2019, and will conclude April … Continued
High Plains Journal By Jennifer M. Latzke620-227-1807 or jlatzke@hpj.com. Current trade negotiations and retaliations could very well wind up having lasting effects on the future wheat trade, cautioned Frayne Olson, director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives at North Dakota … Continued
NPR’s The Salt By Rebecca Ellis A granola bar enthusiast walks into a grocery store, scouting for a healthy treat. The first shelf is lined with KIND Bars, with wrappers flaunting things like “five super grains” and zero genetically engineered … Continued
Tonic By Markham Heid By some estimates, roughly one in three Americans is actively trying to cut back on gluten, and gluten-free foods are now a $5-billion industry. Those are pretty stupefying figures when you consider there’s almost no proof that going gluten-free will … Continued
Tonic By Markham Heid By some estimates, roughly one in three Americans is actively trying to cut back on gluten, and gluten-free foods are now a $5-billion industry. Those are pretty stupefying figures when you consider there’s almost no proof that going gluten-free will … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContacts: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, aibrahim@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat breeder and tenured professor in the Texas A&M University department of soil and crop sciences in College Station, was … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContacts: Dr. Amir Ibrahim, 979-845-8274, aibrahim@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat breeder and tenured professor in the Texas A&M University department of soil and crop sciences in College Station, was … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContact: Dr. Qingwu Xue, 806-354-5803, QXue@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Qingwu Xue, Texas A&M AgriLife Research crop stress physiologist in Amarillo, was honored with the Texas A&M Regents Fellow Service Award recently in College Station. The … Continued
USDA Contact: USDA PressEmail:press@oc.usda.gov (Washington, D.C., January 22, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that all Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding. Certain FSA offices … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContact: Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – For Dr. Jackie Rudd, Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat breeder in Amarillo, his job isn’t just about experimenting with and growing new varieties of wheat. Equally important, Rudd … Continued