*The Texas winter wheat crop is improving.

*An important deadline is coming up for Texas farmers and ranchers.

*The Texas Wheat Symposium is two weeks away.

*Texas farmers are looking for alternative ways to make money due to weak crop prices.

*What does a second Trump presidency mean for the Packers and Stockyards Act?

*The cost of a Thanksgiving meal is down slightly from a year ago.

*The cool chill of fall will soon turn into the cold temperatures of winter.

*Lots of horses need shoes, but many can go barefoot.

*Cotton harvest is ahead of schedule this year.

*More farmers are switching to lower cost generic products.

*NCBA doesn’t expect much to happen in the lame-duck session of Congress.

*Silage continues to offer economic advantages for Texas High Plains farmers.

*Ag groups are pushing for economic assistance for farmers.

*The beef checkoff was the subject of a recent presentation by high school students at an ag issues contest.

*Frothy bloat is a problem in cattle grazing small grain pastures.

*The fall of the Texas sugar industry is felt across the nation.

*Time is running out for Texas farmers and ranchers to file documents to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act.

*Texas cattle feeders are riding through some rough market turbulence.

*Another extension of the 2018 Farm Bill may be in the works.

*A long time Texas farm broadcaster is inducted into the industry’s Hall of Fame.

*Parasites continue to develop resistance to deworming treatments.