Texas Ag Today - October 30, 2024
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*Texas corn and sorghum yields were great in some places and not so great in others.
*There is less rough rice and more milled rice in storage in Texas.
*A Texan is the new president of the American Hereford Association.
*Cattle prices remain strong, but how long with they last?
*Almost half of Texas congressional representatives have thrown their support behind a farm disaster aid bill.
*New USDA regulations regarding animal traceability will kick in next week.
*The ability to grow winter grass can cut the need for stored forages and supplemental feed for cattle.
*Coronary band dystrophy is a skin disease 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