Some farmers are betting that consumers would pay more for eggs if they knew the chickens that made them were healthy and well-treated. The hard part is figuring out where your eggs come from. Because ...
Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles tackling the topic of ticks. The first confirmed tick specimen was ...
An annoying and encroaching pest known as the mealybug has entered the Lone Star State. On Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued an urgent warning about the pasture mealybug — ...
A new pest is invading Texas and destroying pastures in the region, according to the Lone Star State’s Department of Agriculture (TDA). An outbreak of the pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei), ...
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An invasive species previously not found in North America has been discovered in Texas, including multiple counties in the Houston region. The pasture mealybug, or the Helicococcus summervillei, is ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned of a “newly detected and highly damaging pest.” According to the commissioner’s office, the pasture mealybug, aka ...
Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 ...
First it was water scarcity, then it was the looming threat of the New World screwworm. Now there’s a new pest threatening Texas farmers that has state agriculture officials sounding the alarm. On ...
HOUSTON — Texas ranchers and hay producers are being urged to take a hard look at their pastures after state officials confirmed a highly destructive new pest has arrived in the Lone Star State. Texas ...
Sarah Bailey did not have a horse growing up. So, she rode her cow into town. She'd borrow the neighbors' ponies until she got her first 4-H calf, riding down a hardtop road to the grain mill, ...