By Amanda Hill For months now, we at Texas Farm Bureau have been anticipating a rise in food prices as the epic drought of 2011—which lasted, in some areas, through 2012 and into 2013—caused crops to wither and cattle herds to shrink. Texans’ food costs actually declined for a few quarters, but it seems the [...]
By Amanda Hill We Americans have much to celebrate. Nearly all of us have calendars filled with celebrations—birthdays, weddings, new babies. We can almost always find a reason to gather with our friends and family and express our gratitude for someone or something. Today, we have another reason to celebrate. It's the 40th anniversary of [...]
By Mike Barnett I’d like to share rural Texas with you through my eyes via photographs I’ve taken for Texas Farm Bureau over the years. We write a lot about the food we eat on Texas Table Top but haven’t done much on the rural lifestyle that captures the hearts of farmers and ranchers and [...]
By Justin Dauer I’m often puzzled by the notion that livestock are abused in pursuit of the almighty dollar. I know some of that sentiment is generated by images seen on television or the internet of animal mistreatment. Just to set the record straight, I think anyone who abuses livestock should be out of the [...]
By John Paul Dineen III My family is in the business of agriculture, helping to feed the people of our state, nation and world. I farm and ranch full time on the Blacklands of North Central Texas. My wife, Heather, and I and our four children call Ellis County home, where we farm 1,800 acres [...]
