Jessica Domel

1 week ago | texasfarmbureau.org | Jessica Domel |Emmy Powell

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterU.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to adopt permanent Daylight Saving Time, ending the twice annual changing of the clocks. “The House and Senate should push hard for more daylight at the end of the day,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

1 week ago | texasfarmbureau.org | Jessica Domel |Emmy Powell

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterTo help farmers, ranchers and landowners better combat feral hogs and the damage they cause, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and several colleagues recently introduced a piece of legislation that would make the feral swine eradication program permanent. “Feral hogs can inflict serious economic and environmental damage to our agricultural communities by destroying crops, trampling farmland and threatening other livestock,” Cornyn said.

3 weeks ago | texasfarmbureau.org | Jessica Domel |Emmy Powell

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterThe United States will soon implement an across-the-board 10% tariff on all goods exported to the U.S. and will levy additional reciprocal tariffs up to 34% on countries with which the nation has the highest trade deficit. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the new tariffs in a press conference in the White House’s Rose Garden Wednesday, April 2.

4 weeks ago | texasfarmbureau.org | Jessica Domel |Emmy Powell

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterA bipartisan group of lawmakers, including 25 from Texas, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand their New World screwworm (NWS) eradication and containment efforts to protect the U.S. cattle industry. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) said a growing number of NWS cases in Mexico is concerning.

4 weeks ago | texasfarmbureau.org | Jessica Domel |Emmy Powell

By Jessica DomelMultimedia ReporterA Texan was in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the importance of agricultural trade and urge Congress and the Trump administration to open new markets for U.S. beef, reduce non-tariff trade barriers and level the global playing field. Robby Kirkland, vice president and general manager of Kirkland Feedyard near Vega, told the U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee on trade that exports maximize the value of U.S. beef.