Despite a challenging season for Texas rice growers due to pests and poor prices, yields have been average and conditions look good for the second crop. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Texas rice growers optimistic despite challenges

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4-H Congress encourages youth to be involved

Reanna Santos ’22 ’25, a Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences former student, will serve as Miss Rodeo Texas 2025. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Howdy, Queen: Reanna Santos ’22 ’25 is Miss Rodeo Texas 2025

Farm with a red barn on a curving road in the Iowa countryside on a beautiful spring day. (iStock │ #2157489040 - Willard)

New report unpacks foreign interest and land leases in Iowa farmland

University of Missouri Extension crops entomologist Ivair Valmorbida urges farmers to scout soybean fields for the presence of the soybean tentiform leafminer, a new pest found for the first time in Missouri in August. This microscopic image shows the larva, which turns into a moth that is only ¼-inch long. (Photo by Ivair Valmorbida)

New soybean pest found in Missouri

Rancher Minnie Lou Bradley dies at 93 

Laura: Big sky, big yields

Wind-injured corn near Beresford, South Dakota. (Credit: Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension)

Wind injury in corn