Michael Wilson – In the Western United States there are few issues as contentious as water. Who controls the waterways? Who knows the best ways to allocate the resource? Who knows how to best protect the water and those who … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — TSCRA -Hughes Abell, president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, issued the following statement after U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady and Jake Ellzey introduced the High-Speed Rail Land Acquisition Assurance Act to protect the property … Continue reading →
AUSTIN – Jordan Dixon has been named the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer. Dixon will oversee five divisions of HHSC that are responsible for licensing and regulating long-term care, acute care, and child care … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hughes Abell, president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association issued the following statement after the White House announced measures they believe will increase fairness, competitiveness and resilience in the meat and poultry supply chain: … Continue reading →
Michael Wilson – Most of us have seen commercials for various Colleges and Universities from around the United States advertising an online education through distance learning. The pitch goes along the lines of you will never have to set foot … Continue reading →
By Michael Wilson – Telemedicine or telemedicine is not a new idea, what is new is the technology behind it and the rapidity of change in that technology. Over a 100 years ago, a “wired-wireless” electronic stethoscope was used to transmit … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2021 – USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced the Department is expanding access to four loan guarantee programs that provide funding to help rural communities create jobs and improve local infrastructure. This expansion … Continue reading →
By Michael Wilson – One pressing issue that Texas rural communities face is a lack of access quality health care. When it comes to health care consider this scenario, you wake up in the middle of the night and see … Continue reading →
By Nancy McNiff, Strategic Communications Coordinator, Farm Production and Conservation Business Center USDA – For hundreds of years, agriculture has heavily impacted bird habitat in New England. European settlers cleared most of the original forest for agriculture, growing to nearly … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — In 2015, the Obama administration enacted its Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) Rule. The absurdly overreaching scheme would have gone as far as regulating drainage ditches and streams that only flow after heavy rainfall. Fortunately, it … Continue reading →
