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During the seven-year drought of the 1950s, the old-timers of that era told tales about the drought of the 1930s being worse: “Why, it was so dry that jackrabbits west of the Pecos grazed at full gallop to keep from starving to death.”

The 2011 wheat crop has resulted in mainly low yields as harvest winds down for another season throughout the Lone Star State. Because of extreme drought conditions, the Kasberg Grain Co. in Miles, 73 miles southwest of Abilene, handled approximately 25 percent of normal volume compared with years with adequate rainfall.

$42 million budget on tap for coming year.

New Mexico State University is partnering with Texas A&M and other universities across the country on a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research bovine respiratory disease and how to reduce its prevalence in beef and dairy cattle.

Listen up, urban dwellers. The Ohio State Fair opens today in Columbus, so here’s your chance to pretend you know a thing or two about agriculture. To help out, we’re offering a brief cattle primer to help you sort Holsteins from Herefords.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that U.S. producers are now eligible to ship a larger array of U.S. beef and beef products to Chile.

Farm Journal’s Washington Editor Roger Bernard is covering the event today.

Get more bang for your buck on brush control.

An online monitoring system gives farmers a way to track disease outbreaks.

A diversity of grasses and legumes improves production and flexibility.