As FFA chapters across the country gear up for National FFA Week, Texas FFA’s annual coloring contest is kicking off in elementary classrooms.
The Texas House of Representatives passed a proposed right to farm constitutional amendment and two right to farm bills: HJR 126, HB 1750 and HB 2308.
The Listing Reform Act, reintroduced by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), aims to modernize the Endangered Species Act, while preventing the ESA from being used as a weapon against America’s ag and energy industries.
One afternoon in February, Spigner planted corn and came back the next day to spray. But he was met with rooted up fields and missing seed. That’s because feral hogs destroyed the field overnight.
The American Farm Bureau Federation will honor 24 county Farm Bureaus in the Activities of Excellence program who offered quality county programming.
The American Farm Bureau Federation and Texas Farm Bureau has presented Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) with AFBF’s Golden Plow award.
Texas lawmakers met in Austin to roll out the eminent domain reform bill. The legislation is sure to face opposition from oil, gas, and pipeline lobbyists.
Farmers for Free Trade is gaining momentum from North to South this week. The bipartisan campaign chaired by Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Max Baucus (D-MT) that is leading the fight against tariffs announced a major new ad buy with ag publications in states across the country. The ad buy is part of a new […]
The Texas Farm Bureau has sent a cease and desist letter to a group opposed to the border wall after they used a former President’s quote and photo out of context on their website. The website, Defend Texas, displayed a photograph of ex-Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke, along with a quote stating “[i]t was […]
Puerto Rico farmers and ranchers need our help. That’s why the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau has established the Puerto Rico Agricultural Relief Fund to help address the agricultural losses inflicted this past September by Hurricane Maria. The hurricane struck Puerto Rico head-on, devastating as much as 80 percent of the island’s farm production. Puerto Rico’s […]