Texas Ag Today - October 10, 2024
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*The Texas southern plains had the best crop in a decade, but that’s not the case now. '
*The grand champions were auctioned off at the State Fair of Texas last weekend.
*McDonalds is suing the nation’s largest meat packers.
*Depressed prices are making things tough for Texas High Plains corn growers.
*EPA’s herbicide and insecticide strategies could mean extra work and costs for farmers and applicators.
*Ag education is front and center at the Texas State Fair.
*It’s deer season in East Texas.
*Bulls can be the key to a high percentage calf crop.
*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