If you noticed a few more pickup trucks and cowboy hats than normal this week, it’s due to the 64th Annual Beef Cattle Short Course...
Twenty-five years ago in an effort to teach people the importance of agriculture in their lives the then Texas Extension Service created a curriculum targeting primarily...
Poultry experts at Texas A&M say that rumors that the Poultry Industry has used steroids or hormones or some kind of harmful chemicals to achieve...
Years ago we used the same chickens for meat as we did for laying eggs, but today we use a specific breed to supply our eggs and the egg industry has...
There is a generation of consumers today that has always viewed chicken as the cheapest protein meat available for purchase when in fact, not so...
The Poultry Industry is hiring, and you might be surprised at who it is they’re looking for.
Agriculture in general and row crop farming specifically is one of those professions where you can do everything right and at any point in the...
In addition to good stewardship practices that are utilized by food producers, retailers, and restaurants there is a very sophisticated food regulatory system...
The grilling season is in full swing and we decided to talk with a meat scientist about what it takes to have a good steak grilling experience. What we...
Late last fall at the end of the cotton harvest, an odd thing happened. Cotton prices began to go up and stayed up and early this year it looked like producers could...
If you talk to most farmers in the Brazos River Bottom many will tell you that there’s not much that can’t be grown in that fertile soil. That soil plus the availability of...
Alfalfa is a forage crop that has been around for centuries and is dubbed by many as the mother’s milk of hay production. It produces the highest...
Many in the urban population consider themselves environmental activists while most agricultural producers think of themselves as active environmentalists....
A little over nineteen years ago Producers Cooperative and KBTX began a partnership designed to bridge a gap that had evolved over time between...
When asked where food comes from, many consumers will say that it comes from the grocery store. Likewise, when asked where hay to feed animals comes from, a...
People who grow things, whether it’s a row crop or a flower bed, will get the same bit of advice from a soil chemist. Before the planting season gets here, have your...
If you’ve driven through any of our rural areas this week you’ve probably seen a lot of tractors out in the field. Most likely it was...
When you make your living farming your livelihood is dependent upon the weather, and when you grow more than one crop, sometimes it’s hard to figure out...
