Texas Ag Today - July 5, 2023

*Farmers and ranchers need to protect themselves from the high Texas heat and sunshine.  

*Texas corn and sorghum acreage is up this year while cotton acreage is down.   

*The EPA is not giving up on its Waters of the U.S. rule, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling against it. 

*The huge rainfall over the Texas High Plains this spring has brought in a bumper crop of weeds.

*The Texas Rolling Plains had a decent wheat crop this year. 

*Central Texas had some great spring weather, but as summer has set in temperatures are hot and it’s getting dry quickly.  

*Twelve horses have died in a recent 30-day period at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.  

*The Texas Private Lands Summit is coming up soon in San Antonio.