Texas Ag Today - September 24, 2024
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*USDA is piloting a program that will allow cotton bales to be shipped in a four-bale grouping.
*Texas peanut farmers will produce more peanuts this year.
*The latest Cattle on Feed report came out Friday.
*Making a profit will be a challenge for Texas High Plains farmers this year.
*The process to reform federal milk marketing orders is coming to an end.
*Wheat planting is underway.
*Tropical storm activity in the Gulf is active.
*It’s time to preg check spring calving beef cows.
*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