Texas Agriculture Today

*Texas livestock auction markets are having a good year.  

*Diesel prices have hit another record high.  

*A company working to stop the screwworm has chosen San Antonio as the site for a major new research project.

*Market fundamentals make the case for higher fed cattle prices.

*The benefits of growing sorghum are highlighted this week at the Global Sorghum Conference in Lubbock.

*President Trump has signed a ban on select products from Canada sold into the U.S.  

*It’s still hot and dry in East Texas, but deer season is getting close.

*Transporting baby calves can be a very stressful event. 

*This may be a good time to protect cotton prices.  

*Texas citrus production topped $100 million this season.  

*Terri Stuart Forest will receive the National Golden Spur Award.

*Some Texas High Plains farmers are thinking of switching from row crops to grass. 

*The Global Sorghum Conference is underway in Lubbock.  

*Lawmakers are set to reconsider the Farm Bill and vote on a bill that supports AM radio.  

*September is a great month to plant a fall garden. 

*Shipping calves is stressful.  

*It’s been a great summer in some parts of Texas.  

*For the second year in a row, Texas duck hunters will have a shortened teal season.  

*The beef industry has never seen presidential administration so focused on it.  

*Water challenges are bringing changes to agriculture on the Texas High Plains.  

*Farmers are feeding families in South Texas.  

*USDA is using advanced technologies to combat the spread of screwworms.  

*Farmers and ranchers on the Texas Rolling Plains are looking forward to fall.  

*Stomach ulcers are common in horses.  

*One billion sterile flies have been released.  

*Diesel prices are at an all-time high.  

*Texas corn harvest is 69 percent complete.    

*New seed products are on the way for Texas wheat farmers.  

*Making changes in feed can help broilers and laying hens cope with the summer heat.  

*The EPA is accepting public comments on the Waters of the U.S. rule.  

*Drought conditions are forcing many Texas ranchers to feed hay. 

*A sunken flank can tell you a lot about a calf.  

*More screwworm infested zones are released.   

*Texas pecan growers are expecting an above average crop this year.  

*The cattle markets have taken a big drop recently. 

*Texas poultry growers are keeping their birds cool in the brutal summer heat.  

*What’s ahead for winter wheat on the Texas High Plains?  

*USDA released the latest farm income projections.  

*Triple digit temperatures and no rain have forced Central Texas livestock producers to feed hay.  

*Horses are feeling the Texas heat.  

• The president has taken action that could lead to mandatory country of origin labeling on beef. 
•  As a new season begins, what's ahead for winter wheat in the Texas High Plains?
•  Pasture mealy bugs have been an issue for Texas ranchers this year in their pastures.
•  Texas livestock auction market operators welcome the release of screwworm infested zones.
•  Most of Texas is experiencing excessive heat and this can affect our horses. 

• On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders the White House says will protect U.S. ranching.
•  The recent run-up in commodity prices can make it tempting for farmers to delay marketing their crops.
•  September is the peak of the Atlantic tropical season. 
•  The American Lamb Board is building demand for American lamb.
•  Anthrax was recently found in a goat in Edwards County. 

*The cotton futures market traded above 90 cents last week.  

*Recent rains did not make much of a difference in the Texas High Plains.  

*Agriculture and baseball are teaming up in Texas.  

*One of the two Texas members of the House Agriculture Committee has an update on the Farm Bill.  

*It’s been a good year for hay production in East Texas, despite the hot, dry August.  

*Texas A&M AgriLife has developed a New World screwworm guide for cattle producers.  

*Texas livestock market operators want Washington to stay out of the cattle market.  

*U.S. diesel supplies have fallen to the lowest seasonal levels ever.  

*The condition of the Texas cotton crop continues to get worse.   

*Cotton harvest continues in the Rio Grande Valley.

*Wildfire losses are growing.  

*This is a brutal year for corn in the Texas High Plains.  

*USDA plans to modernize its data reporting for acreage and yield estimates.

*The citrus harvest is getting close in the Rio Grande Valley. 

*The U.S. is importing more fruits and vegetables than ever before, putting a strain on already-squeezed growers. 

*Laminitis is a painful disease for many horses. 

*The Texas sorghum harvest is moving forward.  

*Farmer sentiment improved last month.   

*American Ag Credit is suing Double J Lamb for unpaid loans tied to the shutdown Double J processing facility in San Angelo.

*Texas High Plains farmers are adapting to declining irrigation water supplies.  

*August was hot and dry.  So what does the fall forecast look like?  

*There are now only two active screwworm cases in Texas.  

*There was no rainfall at all in August in the Lower Coastal Bend. 

*There are new methods of determining lameness earlier in herd bulls.