Southwest

The latest agricultural news related to New Mexico, Texas, and other states is the Southwestern United States.

According to OPIS, the city is preparing for a projected Level 1 Water Emergency tied to a prolonged five-year drought.
Texas officials say sterile fly releases and expanded surveillance efforts are helping slow the spread of the flesh-eating pest.
England Cattle Co. in Mercedes, Texas, is coming off a highly successful production sale.
Commissioner Sid Miller says productive farmland, water resources, and rural infrastructure are increasingly under pressure as data centers continue growing across Texas.
Texas A&M economist John Robinson says speculative buying helped push ICE cotton futures sharply higher.
NRCS leadership affects how conservation dollars, technical assistance and working-lands priorities reach farmers and ranchers.
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller and Rep. Henry Cuellar say rising costs and generational shifts are making it harder to keep young producers in the industry.
Texas Farm Bureau takes us behind the scenes at USDA’s sterile fly facility, considered a first line of defense against New World Screwworm, a fight Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller fears is “futile.”
Several fires have merged into Kansas’ largest active wildfire as crews continue battling shifting winds and dry conditions.