Texas Ag Today - October 9, 2024
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*Texas cotton harvest is one-third complete.
*Farmers do not have a good outlook for the future.
*Halloween is bringing an unexpected scare to the Texas corn industry.
*The success of the Texas corn crop this year comes down to where you are.
*EPA continues to roll out pesticide strategies. *Texas pecan production is down this year.
*Biological therapies are being used for ligament and tendon injuries in 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.
*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