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Yields were above-average at this dryland trial site at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation, RACE, Trials in Wharton County. (Zack Eder/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Cotton, Cotton, Crops, Southern Region, Texas

Cotton crop thrives with timely rains across the state

Despite some challenges, cotton production is expected to be better than average due to timely rains this season. Read More

Picked grapes sit in storage containers awaiting transport. Texas wine grape producers were reporting good to exceptional quality fruit this season. (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife.)
Agronomics, economy, finance, General

Longshore union, ports avert strike with agreement

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Columns, Opinion

How long will the port strike disrupt trade and farm gate prices?

A combine harvesting soybeans. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Longshore strike hits cargos, worries farmers

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Beneficial rains hit parts of the Plains

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Minor expansion of drought regions

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Moisture did find fields in the South

Winter precipitation map forecast. (Courtesy of NOAA.)

US Winter Outlook: Wetter South, warmer North

(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Drought briefing explains September conditions, monitoring network 

Heat remains fixture in Plains

Picked grapes sit in storage containers awaiting transport. Texas wine grape producers were reporting good to exceptional quality fruit this season. (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Texas wine grape growers expect quality vintage for 2023