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 →
McLEAN, Va., Nov. 19, 2021 — At its monthly meeting yesterday, the Farm Credit Administration board approved a bookletter (PDF) providing guidance to Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions on the sound governance of wholesale funding and related processes. For FCS … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association today filed an amicus curiae brief with the Texas Supreme Court in the case of Pape Partners v. DRR Family Properties. The brief, available here, asks that the state’s … Continue reading →
Courtesy – TSCRA – Copper L. Hatley was indicted by a Falls County grand jury Oct. 18 and now faces theft of livestock charges, a third-degree felony, according to Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Marvin Wills. The … Continue reading →
According to the 2020 census, the State of Texas showed an increase in population, unfortunately that increase was not spread evenly across the 254 counties that make up the state. While urban cities and counties generally saw an increase in … Continue reading →
