Texas Ag Today - September 5, 2024
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*The number of beef-on-dairy calves is increasing in feedlots.
*USDA announced $300,000 in funding is now available to support the U.S. sheep industry.
*Farming without irrigation is becoming more likely on the Texas High Plains.
*An extension of the 2018 Farm Bill seems to be the most likely move Congress will make this year.
*The Texas fair and rodeo season is getting underway.
*It’s time to plant deer plots in East Texas.
*Dairy show cows are now required to test negative for avian influenza prior to moving them.
*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