Texas Ag Today - August 29, 2024
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*Texas cotton condition continues to decline.
*There is some exciting news for Texas wheat growers.
*The Texas corn harvest is well ahead of schedule this year.
*The month August has not been kind to crops on the Texas High Plains.
*EPA has announced the voluntary cancellation of a herbicide.
*Farmers, ranchers and agricultural organizations met with members of Congress about the water crisis in the Rio Grande Valley.
*It has been hot in Central Texas.
*Researchers are studying the cause of sidewinder syndrome in horses.
*A proposed USDA rule may eliminate competition in cattle marketing.
*West Texas A&M University is looking for better ways to grow strawberries.
*USDA will test milk in states where dairy cattle tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
*It was hard to grow grass in the Texas High Plains this...
Published 11/05/24
*The final leg of the Texas sorghum harvest will be both good and bad.
*Avian influenza has now passed to a pig.
*The dispute over Mexico’s ban on biotech corn is expected to be settled by the end of the year.
*Texas High Plains farmers may go with more sorghum next year.
*If Congress...
Published 11/04/24