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A cow stands near a spot fire fueled by high winds near Canadian, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2024.

Texas wildfires destroy grain and cattle

By Reuters, Tom Polansek March 8, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle destroyed grain in storage bins and likely killed tens of thousands of livestock, state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said Feb. 29. One blaze, dubbed the Smokehouse Creek fire, is the largest in Texas history. Grazing lands covered with years of grass that are helped fuel the

Markets, News

Dry pastures force Texas ranchers to slaughter even more cows

By Evan Garcia September 6, 2022

Reuters – With almost all of Texas in drought, ranchers are sending more cattle to slaughter, a trend likely to increase beef prices over the long term due to dwindling supply. Since mid-July, more than 93 per cent of Texas has been in drought, according to the United States Drought Monitor. As of mid-August, more

File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

H7N3 avian flu found in chickens in Mexico, near Texas border

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 25, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s agriculture ministry on Saturday reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N3 bird flu virus in two hatching egg production barns in the northern state of Coahuila, which borders on Texas. The strain in question has existed in some regions of the country since 2012, the ministry said in a statement.

News, Weather

Texas ranchers scrambled to keep animals alive during freak storm

From power generation to diesel fuel and frozen ponds, icy blast underlined lack of winterization

By Tom Polansek March 5, 2021

Reuters – Texas ranchers worked overtime to haul water and hay to cattle to keep them alive during a freak winter storm, but some cows succumbed to unusual icy temperatures that also killed chickens, idled meat plants and threatened crops. The deaths of baby cows in the top U.S. cattle state and struggles to care

Livestock, Weather

Harvey’s floods scatter cattle in Texas, swamp cotton fields

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Theopolis Waters August 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — South Texas ranchers are scrambling to relocate cattle from massive flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Harvey, with many hauling livestock up to the north of the state while others rush to move the animals to higher ground nearby. About 1.2 million cattle are located in a 54-county disaster area drenched by

Crops, Weather

Harvey’s rains sending fuel prices higher

By GFM Network News August 28, 2017

Houston | Reuters — U.S. fuel prices surged on Monday as two more Gulf Coast refiners cut output and a third considered reductions, leaving more than 13 per cent of the country’s refining capacity offline after Tropical Storm Harvey flooded plants and shut seaports. The storm swung back over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday

Beef cattle, Livestock, Weather

U.S. Plains wildfires leave thousands of cattle dead

By GFM Network News, Jon Herskovitz March 9, 2017

Austin | Reuters — Fast-moving wildfires that burned through nearly two million acres of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas this week have devastated ranches and left thousands of cattle and other livestock dead, officials said Thursday. Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cargill to sell two Texas feedlots

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 8, 2016

Reuters — Cargill, a top U.S. meat processor, said Friday it will sell two Texas beef cattle feedlots to Amarillo-based Friona Industries pending final agreements and regulatory reviews. Under the deal, Friona will acquire Cargill’s cattle feedlots at Bovina and Dalhart, Texas. Cargill said in a statement it will retain ownership of its cattle feedyards

Crops

Texas fertilizer plant blast deemed criminal act

By GFM Network News May 11, 2016

Reuters — A blast that killed 15 people three years ago triggered by a fire at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas was a criminal act, a U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigator said Wednesday. ATF Special Agent in Charge Rob Elder said a reward of up to US$50,000 was being offered

News, Weather

U.S. winter weather to see El Niño’s influence

Northern-tier states are expected to be warmer, drier than normal

By Reuters November 4, 2015

Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer-than-usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Niño weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued Oct. 15. More rain and snow are likely across the nation’s southern regions, extending from central California to Texas

Daily Network News

Bunge sells assets per merger approval

Budget cuts may signal shift away from food aid says Canadian Foodgrains Bank

China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu

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