Gordon Graves of Spade, a member of the South Plains Antique Tractor Association, is hosting the Association’s Ninth Annual Antique Equipment “Plow Day” Saturday, March 27, 2021, on his farm just off FM 168, three miles north of Spade.

Tuesday, was National Ag Day, which is part of National Ag Week this week, a celebration created by the Agriculture Council of America to help promote agriculture in classrooms and communities across the country. It has been going strong since 1973, though this year and last year, events have been focused virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic. The theme for National Ag Day 2021 is “Food Brings Everyone to the Table.”

Time is approaching for Lamb County 4-H and FFA exhibitors to begin ordering 2021-2022 Spring Breeding Heifer and Market Steer, and Market Barrow, Market Lamb and Market Goat Validation materials for the State Fair of Texas.

The Caprock Crop Production Conference for Crosby and Floyd counties is set for April 1 in Floyd County. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service event will take place at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center, 990 Farm-to-Market Road 786 in Muncy.

(AUSTIN) — Broadband — an internet connection with sufficient speed to deliver online experiences including full-motion video without significant lag time — is increasingly seen as a requirement for modern life. Yet census data indicate that nearly 20% of Texas households don’t have it, particularly in rural areas — and until they do, they’ll continue to be shut out of the modern economy.

Most adults know that kids are always willing and eager to learn about all kinds of things, including agriculture and general happenings around the farm. Questions like “What crop is the most important in the United States?” or “How much milk can a cow make?” are some of the most common inquiries adults are faced with. With this in mind, we’ve put together some fun farm facts for kids to keep the little one in your life excited to learn more.

For nearly two decades, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, BEA, has ranked Texas as the No.

Whether you have a lot of space or just a little, raised garden beds offer opportunity to succeed with your gardening anywhere there is good sunlight available, said a Texas A&M AgriLife expert. General rules for raised garden beds “Raised beds could be boxed beds, or they could be one of the large fabric beds,” said Skip Richter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulture agent, Brazos County, and host of Garden Success, KAMU FM/HD-1.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present a webinar, “Toxic Plants in Grasslands and the Impact on Livestock,” at noon on April 1. The cost is $35; Texas A&M AgriLife employees may attend free.

Texas row crop producers might have the luxury of choosing between sorghum, corn and cotton as all three commodities are seeing high prices with the 2021 planting season underway, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.