Texas farm & garden news
What's happening to the people who grow Texas food. This page checks its sources every hour and keeps only Texas stories about gardens, crops, livestock, water, pests, land and food prices. Every story shows who published it and when, and links to the original.
Tuesday, November 3
Texas A&M researchers to look at New World screwworm
Monday, November 2
Texas Tech researchers working to eradicate New World Screwworm
Hunter-killed elk in Texas reveals first US wildlife case of flesh-eating screwworm
Texas A&M Wins $4M to Study Screwworm Genomes for Disease Control
Texas Tech researchers fighting New World Screwworm
Researchers developing vaccine to protect cattle from NWS
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Ranchers could have another tool to help protect their herds from New World screwworm.
Screwworm spreads to third state as U.S. cases reach 74
Farm Progress America: New world screwworm cases climb across three states as Texas A&M researchers launch major genetic study to track outbreak and resistance.
Thursday, October 29
Hurley earns national award for public health-related entomology
Entomological Society of America honors work protecting schools, communities from pest-related risks
Tuesday, October 27
Ranchers urged to watch for fall armyworms
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Texas ranchers are encouraged to scout pastures and hayfields for fall armyworms, which can quickly damage forage. Cooler temperatures and rain events across the state in early October created favorable conditions for fall armyworm activity.
Monday, October 26
Three Hagler Fellows to join Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Three prestigious Hagler Fellows in metabolism, insect ecology and conservation to engage faculty, students