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*Texas corn and sorghum acreage is down, while cotton acreage is higher.   

*A heat dome is bringing high temperatures to Texas.  

*Governor Greg Abbott has approved an agreement with USDA to hire additional screwworm inspectors.

*Late arriving rains helped sorghum fields in the Texas High Plains.  

*The annual Texas FFA Convention is next week.

*President Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the US Mexico Canada trade agreement and lifting some duties on fertilizer imports.  

*Farmers on the Texas Southern Plains farmers are running irrigation as they wait for the next rain event.  

*There’s a new drug being tested for breeding synchronization in cattle.