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Agriculture
3:09 pm
Fri January 13, 2012

TDA acts to protect Texas' onions

Credit http://www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/
Onions can fall to destructive thrips.

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Agriculture today announced it has been granted approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a Section 18 specific exemption allowing the use of spirotetramat (Movento) to control destructive thrips on onions in Texas. 

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Drought-related funds
8:13 am
Fri January 13, 2012

Ag Commish announces water relief funds

Credit http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/
2011 saw the worst Texas drought in 100 years.

AUSTIN — With an historic drought threatening to deplete entire water supplies in some rural Texas communities, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced the availability of funding to sustain and enhance water resources. 

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Shoo, fly
11:35 am
Tue January 10, 2012

Texas, US eradicate Mexican fruit fly

Credit wikipedia.org
Female Mexican Fruit Fly

AUSTIN - For the first time since 1927, Texas and the United States have been declared free of the citrus-destroying Mexican fruit fly following four years of successful eradication efforts by the Texas Department of Agriculture and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

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