Texas Ag Today - October 28, 2024
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*USDA released another proposed rule dealing with cattle marketing.
*Drought continues to spread across Texas.
*The American Lamb Board has grant money available for sheep producers.
*Halloween decorations could spell trouble for Texas corn farmers.
*Farm debt could continue to grow without a new Farm Bill.
*Winter wheat planting continues in Texas.
*Our dry fall can affect plants ability to survive winter.
*Transporting cattle is stressful, but supplementing them with zinc can help.
*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