Texas Beef Industry Profits Eaten Away by Threat of Screwworm June 17, 2026 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune and Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune James Henderson was a teenager in 1971 when he had to treat animals for a type of white maggot that...
Rio Grande Valley Farmers Are Bracing for Severe Drought June 9, 2026 By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Texas heat can be relentless. For much of the year, farmers and ranchers were preparing for a tough summer of...
US Races to Contain Deadly Screwworm Threat to Cattle Supply June 5, 2026 By Ilena Peng and Joe Lovinger The US Department of Agriculture is racing to contain the deadly New World screwworm after a case was detected in...
Deadly Screwworm Parasite Found in US Threatens Cattle Herd June 4, 2026 By Ilena Peng A deadly cattle parasite was confirmed in the US for the first time in nearly a decade, posing the latest...
Record-Setting Drought Devastates Wheat Crop in Kansas May 26, 2026 By Alexa St. John and Charlie Riedel Orville Williams has had a healthy wheat crop on his 2,600-acre farm in Montezuma, Kansas, every year since he was...
‘Am I out?’ Drought and Rising Costs From Iran War Deepen Pain for US Farmers May 20, 2026 By Tom Polansek and Julie Ingwersen Scott Irlbeck crouched in a field of stunted wheat plants in a parched stretch of West Texas and slipped his...
Hawaii’s Worst Flooding in 20 Years Leaves Farmers Struggling May 20, 2026 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan’s Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a...
US Farmers Dial Crop Adjusters as Wild Weather Hammers Wheat May 19, 2026 By Erin Ailworth From drought to ping-pong size hail and unseasonable warmth, weather extremes have wheat farmers reaching for their phones to ring...
Fertilizer Firms See Profit Windfall as War Upends Supplies May 8, 2026 By Ilena Peng Fertilizer makers are seeing a windfall from Iran’s war, highlighting the impact of the conflict’s upheaval on supply chains for...
Bird Flu May Spread Through Air on California Dairy Farms, Study Finds May 6, 2026 By Jason Gale Air and wastewater may help spread bird flu on California dairy farms, according to a study that points to more...