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The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year.

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, uncounted bird flu infections in a new study. Without better surveillance, researchers warn that health officials could be caught off guard if the virus gets more contagious.

With help from the anti-hunger nonprofit Share Our Strength and Kroger, the community farm and market recently launched Grocery Connect.

Investigators say the fire was an accident and started with an engine fire in a manure vacuum truck.

Continuing drought means Texas rice farmers will not receive water from the Lower Colorado River Authority in 2023.

Drought and fertilizer prices have raised the cost of growing citrus this year.

As Texas continues to battle drought, groups are trying a market-based solution to help farmers and protect what little water is left.

Hemp advocates promised the Texas Legislature the crop was drought resistant. The 2022 drought has proven otherwise. And farmers are abandoning the nascent market.

Researchers are learning that cows exposed to fire often give less milk, and horses, with their large lungs, take in a lot of smoke from fires.

To cope with the setback, farmers rely on crop insurance and hope for fall rains to boost next year’s harvest.

Drought, climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have created a volatile market for the staple commodity.

The number of milk cows in the state is increasing, thanks to mild weather and expanded processing capacity.