Latest Texas farming Podcast Episodes
Texas Ag Today - April 12, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 12, 2024 20:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is cancelling the July Cattle Inventory report. *Nominations are being sought for Texas representatives on the Cattlemen’s Research and Promotion Board. *The likelihood of getting a Farm Bill passed this year is slim. Another crop ...
Texas Ag Today - April 11, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 11, 2024 19:55 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Texas farmers are suing USDA over disaster aid discrimination. *Time is running out for Texas dairy farmers to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage program. *The King Ranch has acquired a 50% stake in Cobalt Cattle, which is the nation’s 4th largest cattle feeder. *Farmers can ...
Texas Ag Today - April 10, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 10, 2024 19:47 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*The American Association of Bovine Practitioners released a new name for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in cattle. *Drought conditions continue to improve across Texas. *Livestock producers should be careful when restocking drought stressed rangelands. *We’re getting very ...
Texas Ag Today - April 9, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 09, 2024 20:09 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Dairy cattle are recovering from HPAI. *There is more corn in storage now than at this same time last year. *Texas is losing a livestock sale barn. *When weather forecasters in the Texas High Plains are trying to assess the potential for severe weather, a key issue is determin...
Texas Ag Today - April 8, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 08, 2024 20:39 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Agriculture is an integrity-based industry, but farmers and ranchers need to be careful about who they do business with. *The weekly cash fed cattle price is very important to cattle marketing. *Texas cotton growers are watching the Farm Bill debate closely. *When severe weath...
Texas Ag Today - April 5, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 05, 2024 20:16 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*The political environment in Washington D.C. is getting tougher for agriculture. *The Texas Bankers Association held its Agriculture and Rural Affairs conference last week in Ft. Worth. *What was behind the recent run up of old crop cotton to over one dollar a pound? *Texas High...
Texas Ag Today - April 4, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 04, 2024 19:17 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*A Texas ranch is on the cutting edge of gene editing. *A group of Texas lawmakers has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State asking for enforcement of the 1944 U.S.-Mexican water treaty. *Texas corn planting has passed the halfway mark. *Most are quick to point to Avian I...
Texas Ag Today - April 3, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 03, 2024 19:16 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Preserving the Livestock Risk Protection program is a top priority for cattle feeders. *There are fewer hogs and pigs in Texas right now. *A poultry facility in the Texas Panhandle has contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. *The Texas wheat crop is now in the home stret...
Texas Ag Today - April 2, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 02, 2024 19:49 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*A new vaccine for bovine respiratory disease has been developed at Louisiana State University. *Texas ranchers who use traps may have to check them every 36 hours for mountain lions. *USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released last week shows a big drop in possible corn acreage...
Texas Ag Today - April 1, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - April 01, 2024 19:33 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Cotton has a demand problem. *Our time with El Nino is coming to an end. *There are new tools to help Texas ranchers control mesquite. *The condition of the Texas wheat crop is improving. *Forage sorghum is proving to be a good fit for the Texas High Plains. *The chances f...
Texas Ag Today - March 29, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 29, 2024 19:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Texas cow-calf producers have a positive future ahead. *The recent cases of HPAI in dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas are not the only cases of the disease crossing over into mammals. *Corn planting is nearing the half-way point in Texas. *Spring planting is getting close in the ...
Texas Ag Today - March 28, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 28, 2024 20:07 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Lufkin cattleman Carl Ray Polk was elected as president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association at their recent annual convention. *USDA recently authorized landowners enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program to donate their grazing or haying rights to help ranc...
Texas Ag Today - March 27, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 27, 2024 19:54 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*We are seeing record cattle prices in 2024, thanks to a shrinking cattle herd and strong demand. *Helena AgriEnterprises has an update from the TSCRA convention in Ft. Worth. *The Texas Panhandle wildfires are out, but the need for relief will continue for a long time. *USDA is fore...
Texas Ag Today - March 26, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 26, 2024 20:08 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was discovered in milk samples from two Texas dairies. *This year's first case of HPAI in birds was detected a few weeks ago. *The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association has a new president. *Prescribed burning may help prevent futu...
Texas Ag Today - March 25, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 25, 2024 20:52 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in Texas dairy cows. *Cattle traceability is a hot topic in the cattle industry right now. *Texas High Plains feedlots are staying full. *USDA is looking to increase its budget by over $2 billion. *Farmers are busy with field p...
Texas Ag Today - March 22, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 22, 2024 21:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Cotton traders are watching Texas closely. *Texas honey production fell last year. *Farmers in the Texas Panhandle are preparing to roll the planters. *There are many stories about ranchers who survived the wildfires. *China’s threat to U.S. agriculture was the topic of a rec...
Texas Ag Today - March 21, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 21, 2024 20:14 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*There could be a long-term benefit following the tragic Panhandle wildfires. *Burned out ranchers have some important decisions to make. *Cattle producers may be thinking of a herd rebuild. *The House Ag Committee heard about the threat the Chinese Communist Party poses to U....
Texas Ag Today - March 20, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 20, 2024 20:03 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Texas Teachers and students are celebrating agriculture this week. *The area of Texas impacted by drought has risen slightly. *Texas corn and sorghum planting are on right on pace this year. *Cattle feeders are getting very strong prices for their animals, but that doesn’t tra...
Texas Ag Today - March 19, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 19, 2024 19:47 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Planters continue to roll across Texas. *The U.S. House Ag Committee wants to know more about the potential threat China poses to U.S. agriculture. *The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is asking ranchers in wildfire affected areas to watch livestock for respira...
Texas Ag Today - March 18, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 18, 2024 20:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*A National Ag Day celebration is hosted at the Ft. Worth Stockyards. *Researchers are looking for ways to improve the diagnosis of trichomoniasis. *A new report outlines way to improve the H2A guest worker program. *USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is giving $24.7 million...
Texas Ag Today - March 15, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 15, 2024 19:39 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Spring planting continues to move across Texas. *A professor at Prairieview A&M has received a grant for an organic cotton project. *Texas rice farmers aren’t very optimistic heading into the 2024 crop year. *The cattle disease trichomoniasis, or trich, can cause significant lo...
Texas Ag Today - March 14, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 14, 2024 20:18 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Wildfire aid is pouring into the Texas Panhandle from all over the nation. *Gary Joiner is in the Panhandle with an update on relief efforts in Gray County. *All of the donations for Texas Panhandle wildfire relief have been welcome, but more will be needed. *A quarter horse in Ho...
Texas Ag Today - March 13, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 13, 2024 20:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*The Texas Panhandle wildfires may have a long-term effect on the cattle market. *USDA has launched a new program designed to help landowners improve quail habitat. *The latest Texas wheat crop ratings show 44% of the crop in good to excellent condition. *The corn market need...
Texas Ag Today - March 12, 2023
Texas Agriculture Today - March 12, 2024 20:36 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*There will be no help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Texas Panhandle wildfires. *Texas farmers have just a few more days to sign up for Farm Bill safety net coverage for the 2024 crop year. *Walmart is planning to build a milk processing plant in Central Te...
Texas Ag Today - March 11, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 11, 2024 19:27 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Farm groups are pushing for a new Farm Bill to be passed this year, but the chances are low. *There are more than 230,000 farms in Texas spanning more than 125 million acres. *Texas Panhandle feedlots didn’t lose any cattle in the recent wildfires, but they may suffer some longer...
Texas Ag Today - March 8, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 08, 2024 20:13 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTexans are working together to help those impacted by the wildfires that burned over a million acres in the Texas Panhandle. The dairy and beef industries are benefitting from beef on dairy calf production. Youth from across Texas and beyond are in Houston competing for scholarships...
Texas Ag Today - March 7, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 07, 2024 20:11 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAlthough fire crews are making progress, wildfires continue to take their toll on farmers, ranchers and communities in the Texas Panhandle. Texas isn’t the only state seeing declining dairy production. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was one of the lawmakers who traveled to the Panhand...
Texas Ag Today - March 6, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 06, 2024 20:23 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*A small Texas cow herd is now smaller following the largest wildfires in Texas history. *The Joplin Regional Stockyards is raising money for Texas wildfire relief. *The Texas Panhandle will always be vulnerable to wildfires. *As the wildfire recovery effort begins, it’s important...
Texas Ag Today - March 5, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 05, 2024 21:12 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*Wildfires continue to burn in the Texas Panhandle while ranchers are evaluating their losses. *The Texas Farm Bureau has established the Texas Panhandle Wildfire Relief Fund. *Texas A&M AgriLife is organizing a major supply effort to help burned out ranchers. *A U.S. Senator s...
Texas Ag Today - March 4, 2024
Texas Agriculture Today - March 04, 2024 20:17 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings*We have more coverage of last week’s Commodity Classic in Houston. *The National Wheat Foundation honored the nation’s top wheat growers. *Timing could mean a lot of farmers looking for pricing opportunities for 2024 cotton. *Leaders of the Senate Ag Committee are discussing their...
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