New Choices article on the "U.S. Farm Bill Policies to Support America’s Heroes" available now. choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazi…

Three new faculty added to address agricultural, agribusiness challenges in Rio Grande Valley agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2024/09/30/thr…

After fielding questions from border landowners related to the laws applicable to their situation, we decided to write a handbook collecting information in one place. agrilife.org/texasaglaw/202…

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More data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Thank you for responding to National Agricultural Statistics Service surveys!

CME Group announced it will launch a suite of micro grain and oilseed futures contracts on February 24, 2025, pending regulatory review. These contracts will be cash-settled and one-tenth the size of the company's Corn, Wheat, Soybean, Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal futures.

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AgriLife Research and IBM's 'Soil and Water Assessment Tool Virtual Extension Assistant,' or SWAT VEXA, a free, generative AI assistant that provides user-friendly insights for a host of agriculture and natural resources production scenarios. agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/02/06/soi…

This tool, developed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and IBM, integrates artificial intelligence and is helping researchers and producers make smarter, data-driven decisions to improve water efficiency, soil health and overall agricultural sustainability!

I attended a farm management conference last week and this paper from 1990 was passed around. Though it’s 35 years old and numbers have inflated significantly, the underlying “rules of thumb” are still applicable. Numerous bullet points that are often hotly debated here on AgX.

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Corn Market Update – March 2025 WASDE 🌽 📌 U.S. corn outlook steady: Farm price $4.35/bu. 📈 Global production is up by 3.2M MT, led by India, Russia & Ukraine. 📉 Brazil & South Africa exports ↓, Argentina ↑. 📊 Ending stocks drop by 1.4M MT, mainly in China and Argentina.

Sorghum Market Update – March 2025 WASDE 🌾 📌U.S. sorghum holds at 344M bu. Farm price drops to $4.15/bu 📉 Exports cut to 100M bu, domestic use up to 225M bu 📊Ending stocks rise to 52M bu (weaker exports)

Cotton Market Update – March 2025 WASDE 📌 U.S. production is steady at 14.41M bales. 📉 The farm price is down to 63¢/lb. 📈 China’s production ↑, Pakistan & Argentina ↓. 🌎 Global consumption rises (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt). 📊 Ending stocks decrease by 80K bales.

A historical look at U.S. drought evolution by growing season.

Focused on food and ag products…first, USMCA stands. Thats the bulk of US imports/exports for food and ag. But some large increases for some country imports. But I suspect this will evolve quickly.

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