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Benavides said there's been a lot of restructuring in the packing and processing sector that is probably going to lead to substantive changes in where prices wind up for the rest of the year.

For the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, I'm Jessica Dolmal.

The American Sheep Industry Association is asking members to reach out to their congressional representatives to support the sheep industry's Section two-o-one lamb import investigation.

In October of twenty twenty-five, ASI formally asked the US Trade Representative to investigate lamb imports harming US sheep producers.

He'll be back with us in our next report with some observations on what area farmers are talking about when it comes to changes they're considering for future seasons.

Changes, of course, being considered due to our water challenges.

I'm James Hunt on the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

Cotton growers are investing in rural communities.

September means it's livestock show and rodeo time in Texas.

I'm Tom Nicoletti and I'll have more on where Texas Farm Bureau's Doorways to Agriculture interactive exhibit will be on display during the fall season on Texas Ag Today.

A fertilizer expert weighs in on the president's plan to import potash from Belarus.

I'm Jessica Dolmel and that story's coming up on Texas Ag Today.

Loan volume is also down.

The report indicates ag bankers are concerned about the disappearance of ag land due to increased competition from other commercial developments like data centers and alternative energy sources.

For the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, I'm Jessica Domel.

The fundamental factors of the cattle market point to continued high prices.

Again, the deadline to apply is November 13th.

For the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, I'm Jessica Dolmal.

The American Simmental Association recently honored John B. Collier of Stephenville, Texas, with the World Simmental Federation Golden Book Award.

That's the association's highest honor.

We want the rain just [laughs] as much as you do.

That's Joanne Kuellen with the National Weather Service's Amarillo office.

I'm James Hunt on the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network

NetworkFall is officially here, but summer heat and drought are still hanging around.

The farm facility is set to open for the 2029 show and rodeo.

I'm Tom Nicoletti for the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

Some rain

relief may be on the way for the Texas Panhandle.

That's why we often focus on the outlooks more into the fall and the winter months.

More from Joanne Culin with the National Weather Service tomorrow.

I'm James Hunt on the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

More than 30 million additional base acres were allocated this year.

There was a House Committee on Energy Resources hearing in Austin on September 15th.

where warren cood was giving testimony he serves as vice president of the texas farm bureau warren is a cow calf and sheep producer in fort stockton out in far west texas and warren wells that we're talking about originally were drilled for oil and gas development and later converted to water wells what's the issue that is confronting farmers and ranchers and other people that you addressed

Well, a lot of these wells that were drilled back in the 50s and 60s that were turned over to the landowners at that time to be utilized as water wells now are starting to either fail on the seam meaning or the casing, which is allowing produced water to flow in these wells.

A lot of these wells out west right now are flowing thousands of gallons of produced or brackish water to the surface.

The main objective is to try to call in the Railroad Commission with their expertise in plugging, but funding is the big issue.

That is Warren Coode.

He is Texas Farm Bureau Vice President and a sheep and cow-calf producer in Far West Texas.

I'm Tom Nicoletti for the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

The Texas A&M Forest Service responded to 13 new wildfires Tuesday, burning more than 7,000 acres.

For the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, I'm Jessica Domel.

And the drought isn't just confined to Texas.

Up in Oklahoma, farmers and ranchers are struggling there too.

So as Brady Miller said, this report is a one-page document, but there is a lot of information contained within, including some of the typical numbers you might expect, such as data showing the price situation for fed cattle, feeder cattle, and corn, but you can also examine what's going on with cattle weights, days on feed, the cost of veterinary care, and a lot more.

To find the latest installment of the Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico Beef Industry Economic Pulse, go to the market section of the TCFA website, tcfa.org. And while you're on the site, you can also go to the events section to find out more about next month's TCFA annual convention.

Once again, the website address is tcfa.org. I'm James Hunt on the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

The Global Sorghum Conference is wrapping up in Lubbock.

That's Brady Miller with the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.

I'm James Hunt on the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

Network.The Global Sorghum Conference continues in Lubbock.

Tom Nicoletti has more.

He is a professor at the University of Queensland in Australia.

He joins us today from the Global Sorghum Conference in Lubbock.

I'm Tom Nicoletti for the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.

USDA is working to increase the number of sterile screw worm flies.