The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the Texas Pecan Growers Webinar on July 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (photo courtesy AgriLife Extension, Andrews County)

Results of sale Saturday, July 11, 2020 - 1,563 head

Producers in Collin County who suffered losses due to excessive rain and flooding that has occurred since Oct. 1, 2019, may be eligible for emergency loans. Producers in the contiguous Texas counties of Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, and Rockwall, are also eligible to apply for emergency loans.

The application deadline is July 16, 2020.

Funds are available in three categories: 1) remedial work on existing watershed projects, 2) backlog projects which have an existing authorized watershed plan, and 3) new projects. Proposals are due August 14, 2020.

Results of sale Thursday, July 9, 2020, 1,186 head. "Weaned Feeder Special" August 8!

Conditions are drying around the state as regions deal with higher temperatures and development of fewer rain storms. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter)

North Texas - Corn, cotton and soybeans were doing well. Summer pastures and hay meadows were producing well.

Clarence Henry Burger, a 50-year-old man from Stroud, pleaded guilty to larceny of domestic animals in May following an investigation led by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Bart Perrier.

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) began accepting nominations for county committee members on Monday, June 15, 2020.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has cut demand for many U.S. products, agricultural exports are holding up well, according to a new analysis by an agricultural economist with The Ohio State University.

The continuing drought and high temperatures are causing cattle water sources to become a greater concern. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)