Texas Ag Today - September 23, 2024
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*Farmers in the Rio Grande Valley had a tough summer.
*Texas corn farmers may produce less corn this year.
*The Environmental Working Group is suing Tyson Foods.
*Last week’s interest rate cut will lower borrowing costs for farmers and ranchers.
*The Farm Bill extension expires in a week, and lawmakers are urging Congress to get something done.
*We are entering a new grazing season in Texas.
*September has been a dry month in the Texas Coastal Bend.
*Controlling intestinal parasites in foals is much different than in older 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.
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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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