Texas Ag Today - September 6, 2023
Sep 06, 2023•24 min•Ep. 787
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*Farm income will take a big drop this year as rising costs put a squeeze on farm profitability.
*Sheep and goat research in Texas is expanding with the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center in San Angelo looking for more personnel.
*Texas High Plains farmers needed a lot less irrigation water this spring thanks to heavy rains, but the current summer drought has had the pumps running hard.
*USDA’s Farm Service Agency is making efforts to help distressed borrowers.
*The Central Texas corn crop was excellent this year.
*The use of MRNA vaccines in meat animals and the safety for consumers has been a recent topic of discussion in the media.
*Early teal season opens Saturday.
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