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Welcome to your daily briefing on agriculture developments in Texas. Today we're covering 14 key stories including updates on texas agriculture headlines, texas agriculture updates, background & context. Let's dive in.
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Texas Agriculture Headlines
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TDA Data Overview - Food and Nutrition Programs Open Data.
Summary of datasets available for Texas Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Programs.
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Texas Agriculture.
Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Texas Ag Stats.
Texas Ag Stats.
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Crop Weather Survey - Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - District 12.
Texas Crop Weather Online Survey Texas Crop Weather Survey Background Information and Instructions The Weekly Crop-Weather Survey is intended to provide current information on crop progress during the growing season, crop and pasture….
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Texas Agriculture Updates
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Basis Data - Extension Agricultural Economics.
The cash grain prices found in this data set are Thursday prices provided by participating elevators in each specific region. These series contain less price history since collection began in 2000. Prices in the basis data are an average….
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Texas Daily Ag Market News Summary.
Feeder cattle auctions uneven; futures mixed. Formula.
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Texas Water Development Board.
The mission of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is to lead the state's efforts in ensuring a secure water future for Texas and its citizens. Our mission is a vital part of Texas' overall vision and the state's mission and goals….
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About Texas Poultry Federation.
The Texas Poultry Federation represents more than 1,250 egg and chicken farmers across the Lone Star state.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency | Home.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency.
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Texas Farm Bureau Media Center | Latest agriculture news impacting Texas farmers and ranchers.
Posted on Jun 5, 2026 inEditorial,Featured,News Releases.
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Background & Context
3 stories
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Prior-appropriation water rights you can lose by not using.
In western states, "use it or lose it" applies to surface-water rights — five consecutive years of non-use creates a presumption of abandonment in many jurisdictions. Right-holders who switched crops or fallowed land without protective filings can find their water right reduced or extinguished without ever receiving notice.
Why It Matters
Water rights are often the single most valuable asset attached to agricultural land, sometimes exceeding the land value itself. Quietly losing them through non-use is one of the most expensive avoidable errors.
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Cottage food laws have niche-specific exclusions.
State cottage-food laws permit home-prepared food sales without a commercial kitchen, but typically exclude meat, low-acid canned goods, dairy, and prepared foods requiring refrigeration. Some states limit annual sales volume; others require labeling that identifies the home-kitchen origin. The rules vary widely between adjacent states.
Why It Matters
Operating outside the cottage-food exemption without a commercial license is unlicensed food production, with health-department citations and potential consumer-protection exposure.
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Livestock mortality disposal: state rules dictate timeline and method.
Most states require disposal of livestock mortality within 24-48 hours by approved methods (rendering, burial at depth, composting under specific conditions). Discovery of expired mortality on the property — even from natural causes — can trigger violations under animal-disease and water-quality regulations.
Why It Matters
Repeat findings can affect grazing-permit renewal in some areas and produce reportable events on USDA records that follow the operation indefinitely.
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