Texas Ag Today - September 13, 2024
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*Cotton harvest continues in South Texas.
*We are still transitioning into a La Nina weather pattern.
*The Delta cotton crop was susceptible to damage from Hurricane Francine.
*Providing enough water for a growing Texas will be a major focus of the next session of the Texas legislature.
*The democrat and republican leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees all agree on one thing.
*The West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute’s annual meeting was in Lubbock last week.
*The South Texas water crisis is hot topic right now.
*Show and fair season is getting underway, emphasizing the need for strong biosecurity practices.
*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...
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*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...
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