Texas Ag Today - September 4, 2024
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*Texas farmers and ranchers made the most of the congressional August recess.
*Texas grapefruit production is forecast to grow this season.
*U.S. corn and soybean exports took a big jump last week.
*Groundwater capacity is declining on the Texas High Plains.
*Texas farmers and ranchers are stressing the need for a new Farm Bill.
*The U.S. is working to increase red meat trade with Columbia.
*USDA has released its latest ag trade forecast, and the trade deficit keeps growing.
*Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been diagnosed in two horses in Houston County.
*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