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*The Mexican border is closed once again to livestock imports.  

*Farmers who suffered crop losses in 2023 and 2024 due to natural disasters may now apply for disaster assistance.  

*The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is supporting a new USDA plan to keep farms and food secure.  

*The condition of the Texas cotton crop is much better than it has been over the past three years.

*Labor issues remain a big frustration for Texas farmers and ranchers.  

*USDA has unveiled a national farm security action plan.  

*Texas roadways can get busy with farm equipment during the summer.  

*This has not been a normal weather year in the Central Texas Blacklands.  

*Healthy horses can still spread diseases.