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*Cotton harvest is getting underway in the Texas Panhandle.  

*Texas Farm Bureau named five finalists for the Excellence in Agriculture contest.  

*Wheat planting is about half done in Kansas.

*There has been a big increase in peanut production around the world.  

*The Texas State Fair is over, after welcoming millions of people to Dallas.  

*The woman nominated to be the U.S. Chief Ag Trade Negotiator was questioned about importing beef from Argentina.

*Farm Service Agency offices are reopening on a limited basis despite the government shutdown. 

*It’s important to assign a body condition score to your cows.