Texas Ag Today - October 16, 2024
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*A large corn crop helps cattle producers make money.
*Registration is underway for Texas A&M’s first ever Beef Sustainability Summit.
*Texas Congressman Michael McCaul received the “Friend of Farm Bureau” award from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
*The sugarcane aphid has been a problem for some Texas sorghum farmers in recent years.
*EPA is restoring pesticide application exclusion zone requirements.
*Texas cotton makes its way into international markets around the globe.
*Parts of East Texas are abnormally dry.
*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