Shelley E. Huguley

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NCBA advocates for legal immigrant labor in cattle industry

1 week 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 week 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 week 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.
Rising peanut acres spark carryover concerns

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

As competing commodity prices remain low with input costs tipping the scale, U.S. peanut acres are expected to increase again in several states. This trend has Erick, Okla., peanut producer Mark DeLeon, concerned about carryover.
Secretary Rollins visits South Plains, talks water woes, tariffs

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

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke recently about issues facing Texas producers, including Mexico’s failure to send water owed under the 1944 Water Treaty and concerns over what she calls a "realignment" in international markets. Mexico owes Texas producers 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty between the U.S. and its southern neighbor. And President Donald Trump’s administration plans to get it through “carrot or stick,” the USDA’s top official tells Farm Press.
US cotton industry unites with Brazil to combat synthetic fiber dominance

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

America’s reign as the world’s largest cotton exporter ended with the 2023/2024 season, as Brazil surpassed U.S. cotton production. But rather than view Brazil as its competitor, Joe Nicosia challenged a room packed with cotton producers and industry in Lubbock, Texas, to see that the real enemy isn’t another country but manmade fibers. “Brazil has done an excellent job in expanding their cotton production and they're going to be our largest competitor for years and years to come,” Nicosia said.
PCG advocates for cotton farmers in challenging times

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

Cotton farmers face economic challenges. Plains Cotton Growers CEO urges resilience, citing recent assistance and advocacy efforts. Hope for better conditions and a new farm bill persists. Cotton farmers and the industry are facing economic headwinds that mimic the 80 mph winds and brown smokescreen that blanketed the Southwest this spring. Plains Cotton Growers CEO Kody Bessent implored attendees at their annual meeting to press forward and persevere.
10 years of industry innovation

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

The Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Beef Conference is celebrating its 10th anniversary at this year's annual event in Canadian, Texas. In addition to industry guest speakers, author, leader, and pastor Dan Owolabi is slated to keynote the two-day event, April 29th and 30th. “Dan Owolabi is a man of valor executing the English language to inspire people into servant leadership,” said Andy Holloway, Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Extension agent.
ECAP stirs relief, warrants a ‘thank you’

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

America’s farmers are set to receive $10 billion in economic assistance payments through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). And in the nick of time, according to Joe Outlaw, co-director of the Texas A&M University Agricultural & Food Policy Center, College Station. “All that needs to be said is, ‘Well done and thank you,” Outlaw wrote in a recent Southern Ag Today column. He praised elected officials, political appointees, and career USDA employees for their hard work.
Specialists weigh in on how to make cotton work in '25

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

“How are we going to make cotton work in 2025?” This is a common question cotton specialists are fielding as they visit with producers across the Cotton Belt at winter and spring meetings. As growers face uncertainty from low commodity prices to demand to drought to an outdated farm bill, they still have a crop to plant. So, what’s a grower to do?