Texas Ag Today - September 19, 2024
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*Harvesting hurricane damaged corn is a challenge.
*The one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill ends on September 30th.
*The condition of the Texas cotton crop is improving slightly.
*Fed cattle prices may be headed for a rebound.
*A lawsuit and a lack of information from the Farm Service Agency has slowed the review of the controversial 2022 Emergency Relief Program payments.
*This is National Farm Safety and Health Week.
*Vaccinating cattle is not always easy, but it is necessary.
*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