In a written testimony submitted to a U.S. Congressional Joint Committee, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples highlighted the effects natural disasters have had on the Texas agriculture industry and the subsequent needs faced by this sector. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, are conducting an analysis of recent disaster responses to determine methods for enhancement....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Nearly all of Texas received some rain, with some areas such as the Panhandle getting 6 to 10 inches, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....
By Blair Fannin and Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has raised the nation’s corn production estimate to 12.3 billion bushels, an increase of 573 million bushels over the July crop estimate, according to data released Aug. 12. ...
By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton
Cotton conditions in the waning days of the 2008 growing season in the North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas area are a mixed bag to say the least....
Though Hurricane Dolly has come and gone, much of the excess rain she brought is providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. cotton production could slip to about 14.1 million bales this fall, which would be the lowest production since 1998, say crop analysts from the four major cotton-producing regions of the United States....
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