Shelley E. Huguley

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Screwworm cases prompt another border closure, challenge U.S. industry

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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.
Rising peanut acres spark carryover concerns

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.