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A lone cowboy is moving a small herd of cattle to a greener pasture, near Hatch, UT. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #366190283 - Bob)
Beef, beef, Loos Tales, Opinion

Why rebuild the nation’s cattle herd?

Trent Loos examines declining grazing land, rising beef imports and the case for rebuilding U.S. cattle numbers. Read More

(Photo courtesy of National Sorghum Producers.)
Arkansas, Colorado, Crops, Grain Sorghum, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Sorghum, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming

Food for Peace sending 400,000 bushels of sorghum to Africa

Shannon Baker, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research assistant research scientist in Canyon, was presented the 2026 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career Award by Maricelis Acevedo, Ph.D., director of science for the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative. (Matt Hayes/Cornell University)
Regional Roundup, research, Southern Region, Texas, Wheat

AgriLife Research scientist receives international Borlaug early career award

(Journal stock photo.)

Kansas must act to protect food security

  • March 27, 2026
  • By Dennis McKinney
Research to develop biobased feedstock cropping systems that prioritize both water and carbon resiliency offer a sustainable solution for a bioeconomy. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Michael Miller)

Feeding the Economy report celebrates agriculture

  • March 23, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier

Trump’s order to protect glyphosate, phosphorus a win for agriculture 

  • February 23, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Apples and peppers crates. (Adobe Stock │ #308601356 - markobe)

Peeling back the truth in food

  • February 20, 2026
  • By trent-loos
The pivot with KZ valves waters a plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Water for Food Global Conerence set for April 28 to May 2

  • March 21, 2025
  • By HPJ staff

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