COMMISSIONER STAPLES SALUTES FARMERS, RANCHERS DURING NATIONAL AGRICULTURE WEEK
Ag industry brings more than $100 billion to Texas economy
     AUSTIN — As the agriculture industry takes center stage during National Agriculture Week, March 14-20, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples asks Texans to join him in honoring the state’s hardworking farmers and ranchers for making Texas a powerhouse of productivity.
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Texas crop, weather
Pastures green up, but corn planting still delayed in many areas
Robert Burns
     COLLEGE STATION - - Warmer weather and sunshine dried out fields in parts of the state, allowing farmers back into fields, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
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Albert Thompson awarded agriculture pioneer of the year
The Pete Smith Agriculture Pioneer Award will be presented Monday, March 29
     NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Albert Thompson will receive the 2010 Pete Smith Agriculture Pioneer Awar
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