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This special RCPP-GRIP EQIP initiative is open to production acreage applicants in 30 approved Texas counties -- including Fannin, Hunt and Delta -- that represent high priority opportunity areas for bird and other wildlife conservation efforts.

The purpose of the meeting is to receive input from a broad range of producers that have an interest in natural resource conditions and needs in Fannin County. Please RSVP for the meal by August 16.

The economics of West Texas wheat production will headline the Big Country Wheat Conference Aug. 23 in Abilene. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications photo by Kay Ledbetter)

Tragedy can take many forms on the farm, but all can create financial and physical stress for the farm family if they are unprepared.

A Well Educated training for private water-well owners will be Aug. 22 at the Tom Green 4-H Center in San Angelo. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications photo by Steve Byrns)

Longhorned ticks, Haemaphysalis longicornis, pictured on a U.S. dime. The smaller tick is a nymph, the other is an adult female. (photo by James Gathany, provided by Anna Perea, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

There is no question, pipeline and transmission line projects are necessary to supply our rapidly growing state. There is, however, a darker side to this pipeline and transmission line development.

Texas producers of commodities like cotton are facing uncertain markets related to ongoing negotiations and trade disputes that are affecting billions of dollars in exports. (photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers today that the deadline to sign up for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018.

North Texas: Topsoil and subsoil moisture levels were mostly short, with some counties reporting very short. Some counties received sporadic showers of up to 5 inches of rain with cooler weather.

Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax in Denver, Colorado, at the 64th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin)