National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello 240-423-4345 (Cell) Today, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it will hold a continuous signup period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) beginning June 3, 2019 and offer extensions for expiring … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers Caitlin Eannello, NAWG, ceannello@wheatworld.org 202-547-7800 Wendy Brannen, ASA, wbrannen@soy.org 202-969-7040 Liz Friedlander, NCGA, friedlander@ncga.com 202-362-0644 Today, the U.S. Trade Representative moved forward with increasing the tariff rate from 10 to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Farmers across … Continued
USDA Contact: Media Inquiries FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is expanding the membership of its State Technical Committees and making other changes that strengthen technical input in conservation programs. The 2018 Farm Bill made several changes to NRCS … Continued
The Texas Wheat Producers Board held its biennial election to fill five expiring seats from March 22 until April 5. Based on the results of the election, four nominees were reelected and one nominee was newly elected to serve six-year … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Sam Womble, 210-631-0400, sam.wonble@ag.tamu.edu Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, 806-677-5668, tiffany.dowelllashmet@ag.tamu.edu The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present “Owning Your Piece of Texas: Agricultural Laws Texas Landowners Need to Know” on June 7 in San Antonio. … Continued
Reliable, High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity is Essential to Enhanced Agricultural Production USDA Contact: USDA Press Email: press@oc.usda.gov Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies (PDF, 2.5 MB). … Continued
Reliable, High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity is Essential to Enhanced Agricultural Production USDA Contact: USDA Press Email: press@oc.usda.gov Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies (PDF, 2.5 MB). … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, jourdan.bell@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu Texas A&M AgriLife is trying something different in the Panhandle this year; it will take the semi-annual wheat field day on the road May 22, … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Susan Himes, 325–657-7315, Susan.Himes@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Justin T. Klinksiek, 325-597-1295, Justin.Klinksiek@ag.tamu.edu Travis Bell, 325-732-4304, Travis.Bell@ag.tamu.edu The Millersview Annual Wheat Tour will be held May 2 at the Millersview Gym at 12199 County Road 6009. The event is being presented by the … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Richard Vierling, 940-552-9941, richard.vierling@ag.tamu.edu Two new wheat varieties have been announced by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the TAM Wheat Improvement Program, according to Dr. Jackie Rudd, AgriLife Research … Continued