A vote for private property rights
Special guest blogger for this Texas Agriculture Talks post is Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke. By Kenneth Dierschke Texas voters will decide the fate of 11 constitutional amendments on...
View ArticleWill EPA leave room for farmers and ranchers?
Administrator’s Note: Today’s guest blogger is Lloyd Huggins, who moved back to ranch in his hometown of Hico after 20 years in the cattle business.By Lloyd Huggins Forty years ago when my family moved...
View ArticleGMO Crops – A farmer’s perspective
By Billy Bob BrownTexas Farm Bureau District 1 State Director A little over 70 years ago, yours truly first saw the light of day in the Texas Panhandle. I was born on the farm in the middle bedroom of...
View ArticleTexas water rights are muddy at best
By Mike Barnett “Water will become our most valuable asset—probably the most precious commodity we’ll have available in the next 50 years.” I heard that statement from a farmer the other night as I sat...
View ArticleFarm girl observations: On the go but rolling slow
By Dakota Fleming The time is fast approaching of hot days when people crowd in pools and lakes. The best movies come out and teenagers flock to see them first. Family vacations are planned and many...
View ArticleFarmers running and winning The Amazing Race
By Mike Barnett My blogging partner Gene Hall and I have gained a reputation as “the angry dudes from Texas.” We’re not afraid to address controversial issues in Texas Agriculture Talks. We tangle...
View ArticleTexas Farm Bureau’s time is now
The following excerpt is from President Kenneth Dierschke’s address to convention delegates during TFB’s 77th annual meeting Dec. 5 in Waco. For the Texas Farm Bureau—for the people who grow our...
View ArticleDoes your GCD support your Texas private property right to groundwater?
By Billy B. Brown Most landowners have a strong belief that they have a Texas private property right to the groundwater beneath their land. They believe that the Rule of Capture gives them a property...
View ArticleEminent domain reform, at last!
By Kenneth DierschkePresidentTexas Farm Bureau Congratulations, Texas. Eminent domain has been reformed! Private property laws in the Lone Star State have entered the 21st Century. The...
View ArticleBriefly—underwear Tweet shouldn’t scare off ‘Tweeters’
By Gene Hall Note to self: “Self, under no circumstances ever use social media to send pictures of anyone (especially me) in underwear to anyone in the social media world.” I’ve got to admit that I...
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