Texas Crop Report
COLLEGE STATION (AP) — The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension Service for the week of May 22:read more
View ArticleSmall dairies go under as milk prices sink again
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family.After working all their lives on the hillside farm in Vermont that their...
View ArticleFarm parody of 'Sexy and I Know It' goes viral
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas State University student Greg Peterson and some friends were unwinding at a drive-in restaurant when LMFAO’s song “Sexy and I Know It” came on the radio. He groaned.But as the...
View ArticleVilsack says House must pass drought help in farm bill
DES MOINES, Iowa — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pushed Monday for Congress to act on a farm bill that would reinstate expired disaster assistance programs for farmers experiencing the worst...
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COLLEGE STATION (AP) — The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension Service for the week of Aug. 14:read more
View ArticleBehind music, Farm Aid's work helps farmers
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Farm Aid is synonymous with star-studded rock concerts, like the one expected to draw 30,000 people to southeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday. But the real work of the organization...
View ArticleColorado 'dairy recession' may mean rising milk prices
GREELEY, Colo. — It might not be such great news for those who pour it on cereal, but recent increases in milk prices have offered some relief for dairy producers struggling to keep their heads above...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension Service for the week of Nov. 29:read more
View ArticleHigh land prices put squeeze on young farmers
LAKE WILSON, Minn. (AP) — Farm fields in southwest Minnesota are frozen now, but Josh DeGreeff has a vision of a warm spring day. The sun is shining and he’s on a tractor, planting his first crop.“I’d...
View ArticleFederal Reserve says farm income may drop in 2013
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Reserve predicts U.S. farm income could decline in 2013, but it depends upon how long the drought continues.Roughly two-thirds of the nation has been in a severe drought...
View ArticleProgram targets budding farmers
BISMARCK, N.D. — Several North Dakota small farmers will teach their trade to those without a farm of their own.An education-focused agricultural nonprofit organization called Foundation for...
View ArticleFeedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support...
View ArticleCrop prices entice farmers to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield.He’s not the...
View ArticleWisconsin farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps
MILWAUKEE — Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family’s dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking...
View ArticleIn prior reform, legalized farmworkers left fields
MADERA, Calif. (AP) — In 1986, when Congress agreed to allow immigrants who were in the country illegally to get legal status, more than a million farmworkers applied. In Central California, the...
View ArticleFarmers worry about fate of immigration bills
ATWOOD, Mich. — For northern Michigan fruit grower Pat McGuire, the most potent symbol of the immigration debate isn't grainy television footage showing people slipping furtively across the...
View ArticleRobots revolutionizing farming, helping ease labor woes
SALINAS, Calif. — On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered...
View ArticleRecent rains spur bumper crop of hay
WICHITA, Kan. — Hay fields across Kansas have finally dried off from all the recent rainfalls that farmers can get into them to cut overgrown alfalfa crops and mow lush prairie grasses to put up as...
View ArticleSelling farms sometimes calls for creative deals
ALBANY, N.Y. — After four decades of farming, Kevin Carley was ready to pass along his dairy operation in central New York. And his son-in-law was eager to take charge.But simply selling operating...
View ArticleEconomist challenges idea of aging farmer crisis
DES MOINES, Iowa — Agriculture economists have long warned that farmers are getting old and staying on their land longer, delaying the turnover to a younger generation. But an Ohio State University...
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