Texas Ag Today - October 21, 2024
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*Cheaper corn is causing cattle to stay in feedlots longer.
*Drought continues to expand across Texas.
*Corn harvest is moving quickly across the U.S.
*Silage production is expanding in the Texas High Plains.
*An important deadline is approaching for Texas farmers and ranchers.
*Farmers markets are thriving in Texas.
*East Texas is dry as fall hunting season gets underway.
*A new animal traceability rule goes into effect soon.
*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