Shelley E. Huguley

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Less but timely rains boost 2025 cotton, corn crop

2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

What a difference a year can make. In 2024, as Todd Westerfeld was embarking on his first solo season since his dad’s retirement, he was staring at empty fields intended for cotton but bogged down by 42 inches of rain. This year, he’s only received 15 inches. And while he did get to plant cotton, a March dust storm with wind gusts raging up to 70 mph blasted his young crop. Farm Press recently caught up with Westerfeld on his Moody, Texas, farm, for a field check and found a silver lining.
Beef industry leaders address communication, teaching next generation

2 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

The beef industry is competing for consumers’ attention. It has seconds to tell its story and captivate its audience. A panel discussion recently focused on how they’re trying to attain and maintain that attentiveness, along with the importance of investing in the next generation of beef producers.
Beef industry leaders address demand and value creation at conference

3 weeks ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

Beef is amid a Renaissance, according to National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall. Consumers like beef and are willing to pay for it. It’s even their meat of choice when it comes to celebrations, he noted. But with success comes challenges. Panelists at the Hemphill County Beef Conference, Canadian, Texas, recently discussed beef demand, capitalizing on value creation, and the importance of policy engagement.
Screwworm cases prompt another border closure, challenge U.S. industry

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

Expansion of New World screwworm (NWS) cases into Southern Mexico prompted the U.S. to close its border to Mexican cattle again on May 11. While this decision lends to protecting the U.S. herd, it’s having a ripple effect on feedyards and cattle operations. “New cases were reported as far North (or West as you read the map) as the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Tabasco,” says Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist David Anderson, in a recent Southern Ag Today column.
Screwworm cases prompt another border closure, challenge U.S. industry

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

Expansion of New World screwworm (NWS) cases into Southern Mexico prompted the U.S. to close its border to Mexican cattle again on May 11. While this decision lends to protecting the U.S. herd, it’s having a ripple effect on feedyards and cattle operations. “New cases were reported as far North (or West as you read the map) as the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Tabasco,” says Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist David Anderson, in a recent Southern Ag Today column.
Rain brings relief and new challenges

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Ron Smith |Shelley E. Huguley

For the last two years Southwest peanut farmers have either delayed planting or cranked up irrigation to water the crop up. This year, they waited for fields to dry out. Waiting on soil to dry out enough to plant is a better option, say Oklahoma and Texas Extension peanut specialists. “We’re just getting started,” said Maxwell Smith, Oklahoma State University Extension specialist, Altus. The planter is running on Brent Hendon's Welch, Texas, peanut fields.
Southwest rain could cause Corn Belt pain

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

A switch from La Niña to an El Niño climate pattern is key if the Southwest’s drought is going to break, said Atmospheric Scientist Matt Makens, a meteorologist with Makens Weather, Denver, Co.“What’s not in the forecast? El Niño." But he assures not all hope is lost. Makens spoke with Farm Press at the recent Hemphill County Beef Conference in Canadian, Texas.
NCBA advocates for legal immigrant labor in cattle industry

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

The cattle industry needs legal immigrant labor. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall said this workforce is essential to sustaining the industry from the ranch to the feedlot to the packing plant. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall (Photo by Shelley E. Huguley)While NCBA supports the President’s firm commitment to deport illegal immigrants, Woodall cited the need for the U.S. to maintain legal labor programs, especially for packing plants.
Rising New World screwworm threat spurs USDA action plan

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

Part 1 of a two-part conversation with NCBA CEO Colin Woodall. New World screwworm (NWS) cases are on the rise in Mexico. About 1,000 cases have been reported, according to Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). Given this pest’s potential to devastate the U.S. cattle industry, the association is working to “hold the line” between the two countries by eliminating NWS in Mexico and then pushing it back to South America.
Rising New World screwworm threat spurs USDA action plan

1 month ago | farmprogress.com | Shelley E. Huguley

New World screwworm (NWS) cases are on the rise in Mexico. About 1,000 cases have been reported, according to Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). Given this pest’s potential to devastate the U.S. cattle industry, the association is working to “hold the line” between the two countries by eliminating NWS in Mexico and then pushing it back to South America. “That line is the narrow part of Mexico that comes off the Yucatan Peninsula.