October 28, 2009 RSS feed / Farm & Ranch

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Cotton Market Weekly

October 22, 2009
A Service Provided by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
After settling marginally higher Wednesday on commercial activity and underlying crop concerns, the famed "Thursday Effect" hit cotton futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) as a dismal export sales report from USDA pushed prices lower. More...

Texas teen critically hurt in fall at farm meeting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police say a 16-yearold boy from Texas who was in town for a national farm convention was critically hurt in a three-story fall from a mall escalator. Phillip Caler of Booker, Texas, was hurt about 2:45 p.m. More...

Reports received of common weeds poisoning livestock

WATCH OUT FOR NITRATE POISONING IN FORAGES, FORBES
by Robert Burns

OVERTON - This year's fall weather- rain and cloudy following a drought - and its effect on forages can be a recipe for nitrate poisoning of livestock, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. More...

Fuel costs for ag to skyrocket under House Climate Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. More...

Cool weather slows but doesn't stop armyworms

COLLEGE STATION - Though cooler weather slowed down the advance of armyworms, the pest is still eating up pastures and small grain fields in many parts of the state, report Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. More...

TDA Market Recap Oct. 26, 2009

AUSTIN - For the week ending Oct. 24, 2009, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were $1 to $4 higher per hundredweight on offerings weighing fewer than 600 pounds, and steady to $2 higher on heavier weights. More...

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