Texas Ag Today - May 13, 2024
05/13/24 • 23 min
*USDA announced the launch of financial assistance for dairy farmers affected by the H5N1 virus.
*Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz introduced the Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act.
*The volatility in cattle futures continues as cash prices remain strong.
*Producing and selling beef on dairy calves has been beneficial for both feedyards and dairies.
*Two Texas lawmakers are working to help ranchers who lost unborn cattle in the wildfires.
*Texas cotton gins are facing both challenges and opportunities.
*Spring rains are being well received in the Texas Rolling Plains.
*Feeding grain to sheep and goats is controversial.
*USDA announced the launch of financial assistance for dairy farmers affected by the H5N1 virus.
*Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz introduced the Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act.
*The volatility in cattle futures continues as cash prices remain strong.
*Producing and selling beef on dairy calves has been beneficial for both feedyards and dairies.
*Two Texas lawmakers are working to help ranchers who lost unborn cattle in the wildfires.
*Texas cotton gins are facing both challenges and opportunities.
*Spring rains are being well received in the Texas Rolling Plains.
*Feeding grain to sheep and goats is controversial.
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Texas Ag Today - May 10, 2024
*Texas spring crop planting is right on schedule.
*The 2024 Oklahoma Wheat Crop Tour forecasts more than 2 million harvested acres this year.
*Forage is not always enough when it comes to the nutritional needs of cattle.
*Officials discussed cyber attacks and the threat to U.S. agriculture at a recent Senate committee hearing.
*Central Texas farms are waterlogged after a string of heavy rains.
*There’s a lot going on in agriculture on the Texas Rolling Plains.
*An unusual respiratory disease has been found in Arabian foals.
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Texas Ag Today - May 14, 2024
A bipartisan group of the Texas congressional delegation is demanding Congress withhold federal funding for Mexico because of their unwillingness to abide by the 1944 water treaty.
The House Agriculture Committee will mark up the Farm Bill next week.
More money was raised for Texas wildfire victims last week.
It’s a busy time for farmers in the Texas High Plains.
The current extension of the Farm Bill expires at the end of September.
May is Beef Month.
Strong storms have wreaked havoc in spring gardens across many areas of Texas.
Horn flies are a major problem for cattle.
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