Texas Agriculture: Texas Farm Bureau History, Coverage, Staff and Readers
Profile updated November 2026
Texas Agriculture is the Texas Farm Bureau's publication for its farm and ranch members, produced at the bureau's Waco headquarters and posted online in regular dated issues. Its sister title, Texas Neighbors, serves members who do not farm. Together they serve one of the largest state Farm Bureaus in the country, with more than half a million member families.
| Publisher | Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) |
|---|---|
| Bureau founded | 1933; headquarters in Waco since 1938 |
| Audience | Agricultural producer members; Texas Neighbors serves non-producing members |
| Schedule | Dated issues roughly monthly, published online |
| Members | 554,048 member families (2023), 205 county Farm Bureaus in 13 districts |
| Companion media | Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, 60-plus affiliate stations |
| Official website | TexasAgriculture.TexasFarmBureau.org |
History of Texas Agriculture
Texas Farm Bureau was founded in 1933 and reorganized as the Texas Agricultural Association in Dallas on March 6, 1934, before restoring the Farm Bureau name in 1941. Members voted in 1938 to move the headquarters to Waco, where it remains.
Starting with 15,630 member families, the organization grew past 500,000 over about seven decades. In late 2023 Texas Agriculture reported that TFB had reached 554,048 member families, its 23rd straight year of growth, with 156 of its 205 county Farm Bureaus gaining members and a statewide retention rate of 87.28 percent. Membership is open to anyone who wants to support rural Texas, not only producers.
Members elect a president at each annual meeting, and an executive director oversees daily operations. Russell Boening served as president during the 2023 membership report.
Texas Agriculture Today
Texas Agriculture is published as dated issues that appear about monthly, with articles posted on its own site. It is part of a larger TFB media operation that includes the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network with more than 60 affiliate stations and short features such as Your Texas Agriculture Minute.
Texas Neighbors covers the same organization for non-producing members, letting Texas Agriculture focus on the policy and production news that farmers and ranchers need.
What Texas Agriculture Is Publishing Now
Policy and legislation
Reports from Austin and Washington on water, property rights, taxes, trade and farm bills, and the grassroots policy process that starts in 205 counties.
Markets and production
Cattle, cotton, grain, hay and specialty crop markets, weather, drought and wildfire coverage, and research news for producers.
Members and programs
Young Farmers and Ranchers, ag literacy work, county Farm Bureau news, member benefits and annual meeting reports.
Texas Agriculture Editors and Staff
Texas Farm Bureau people connected with Texas Agriculture include:
- Gary Joiner - Editorial contact
- Russell Boening - President (as of 2023 reporting)
Who Reads Texas Agriculture
Readers are Texas Farm Bureau's producer members, who run cow-calf herds, cotton gins, grain farms, citrus groves and much more across a state larger than many countries. Texas leads the nation in land in farms and is the top cattle state, and cattle and calves are the largest U.S. animal product category, worth $72.9 billion in 2021 according to USDA's Economic Research Service.
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted about 1.9 million U.S. farms averaging 463 acres, 95 percent of them family farms. Texas farms and ranches fit that family-farm pattern, which is why Texas Agriculture mixes policy reporting with member profiles.
Texas Agriculture readers know that everything is bigger in Texas, including the droughts, the hail and the tall tales told at the sale barn. For a lighter take, farm.FM rounds up farm satire and farm humor with a Lone Star drawl, plus plenty of ranch humor for the cow-calf crowd. Its farm jokes are best delivered slowly, the way a West Texas rancher talks about rain.
The outlet behind those laughs, farm.FM, is the nation's first satirical farm site, complete with Tractor Tunes country music for farmers. A farm.FM humorist's archive shows what a week of it looks like.
Texas Agriculture Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Wikipedia: Texas Farm Bureau - history, structure and publications.
- Texas Agriculture: TFB achieves 23 years of membership growth - 2023 membership report.
- Texas Farm Bureau: Your Texas Agriculture Minute - TFB broadcast media.
- USDA ERS: Animal product cash receipts - cattle sector economics.
- USDA NASS: 2022 Census of Agriculture release - national farm numbers.
Texas Agriculture FAQ
Who publishes Texas Agriculture?
Texas Farm Bureau, headquartered in Waco.
What is the difference between Texas Agriculture and Texas Neighbors?
Texas Agriculture is for agricultural producer members; Texas Neighbors serves members who do not farm.
How many members does Texas Farm Bureau have?
It reported 554,048 member families in 2023.
When was Texas Farm Bureau founded?
In 1933; it moved its headquarters to Waco in 1938.
For more than half a million member families, Texas Agriculture is how Texas Farm Bureau keeps its producers informed.