Category: Agriculture

The 28th Annual Gulf Coast Grape Grower Field Day is scheduled for Feb. 7 at the Cat Spring Agricultural Society Hall. This year’s field day includes an optional one-hour industry perspective for those new to the grape and wine industry. 

The Extension Education Association of Austin County (a direct part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service) held their Winter Gardening Program about the best plants to plant during the winter season.

Many farmers in the middle of the country faced very serious delays in getting their crops planted from horrific flooding early in the year. Now, an unprecedented October blizzard that hit just before harvest time has absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland. The majority of US crops were still in the fields and in many cases has been declared a total loss. What this means for you is food prices are going to go up. Americans should begin to stock up and get prepared now, because we are facing a major shift from the ripple effect this will undoubtedly leave.

A new report from Reuters outlines how China has ditched US farmers for Argentina. An agreement between both countries is expected to be signed on Wednesday in Buenos Aires, describes how Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of the animal feed, will allow China to import soy meal for the first time. 

A new farm survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Thursday detailed farm loans at Midwest banks are having the most repayment difficulties in 20 years. Following six years of falling farm income and rising debt levels, and the recent addition of record floods across the Farm Belt and the trade war between the US and China, a farm crisis on par to the 1980s could be imminent.