Texas Ag Today - October 30, 2023

*Cotton has not been a profitable crop this year, with prices below 90 cents.  

*Work to fight avian influenza is underway.  

*The new Speaker of the House is a fiscal conservative, but it’s uncertain how he will affect ag spending.  

*The Texas Cattle Feeders Association is helping young people gain a better understanding of beef production.  

*Congress is running behind on the 2023 Farm Bill, but the ag committees in both houses are continuing their work.  

*Nice fall rains have finally come to the Rolling Plains.  

*Weaning and transportation of spring born calves in the fall is stressful. 

*Deer hunters in more than a dozen Texas counties will be required to have their deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease.