Texas Ag Today - October 4, 2024
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*Farmers are already feeling the impact of an expired Farm Bill.
*Texas farmers have more wheat in storage this year.
*A court appointed receivership has entered into a purchase agreement to buy Ft. Worth based Agridime after the owners were discovered running a ponzi scheme.
*West Texas A&M is growing its agricultural research programs.
*With no Farm Bill in place, we are inching closer to the dairy cliff.
*Dairy producers in the Texas Panhandle and Southern Plains are facing water challenges.
*The BEST method is recommended to determine the health of pigs.
*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