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This weekly 15-minute program covers agricultural news and features across Texas. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley and from the fields of West Texas to the Pineywoods of East Texas, Roundup’s team of reporters helps to tell the story of farmers, ranchers and rural communities.  Farm Bureau Roundup is the longest-airing show of its kind, debuting in 1954.

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On this week's program, the weather in the Texas Panhandle this spring has been good for livestock grazing of pastures.  Fertility systems for forage are important for the soil.  Poultry litter is a very good option for producers to apply to their pastures.  Early spring is a good time to fertilize home lawns.  Which product to apply and how much to apply are key to a healthy, good-looking landscape.  The largest man-made wetland in the USA is in Kaufman County in North Texas.  A visit to the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center reveals what the wetland center is accomplishing for the environment.  The TCU Ranch Management program is teaching students a wide array of concepts and skills for those people interested in a career with a ranching operation. 

4/26/25 - Panhandle spring grazing conditions looking good

Dr. Terry Hensley, assistant agency director for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, recently discussed the vital role the lab and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network play in protecting the U.S. livestock and wildlife industries and the U.S. food supply chain.

07/18/25 - Texas laboratories vital to protecting state, nation through detection of animal disease

The country's largest beef organization praises the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Trump Administration overall in promoting and protecting American agriculture here at home and around the world.

7/18/25 - NCBA praises work of Trump Administration on agriculture issues

The week, the House Committee on Agriculture will consider legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Grain Standards Act.

Dave Walton, secretary of the American Soybean Association, told the subcommittee that the system is important to grain farmers who rely on trade with other countries.


07/21/25 - House Ag Committee to consider reauthorization of Grain Standards Act

The flooding that has occurred in Texas this month has challenged farmers and ranchers as crops have been inundated with water from heavy rainfall and pastures have turned to mud.  Cattle have been lost due to the overflowing rivers as was the case in San Saba County in Central Texas. 

7/21/25 - Central Texas flooding challenges ranchers to locate surviving cattle

On this week's program, the young cotton crop on the Texas Rolling Plains along with native grasses are looking favorable in mid-summer.  With ample rainfall in many hay-growing regions of Texas, producers should consider forage analyses of their hay for optimum nutritional value for animal performance.  At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference, attendees heard a report on cattle numbers in Texas and other cattle-producing states.  Agricultural land that is being lost to urban sprawl development is occurring in the Texas Panhandle.  This year's weather is having a different impact on landscapes.

7/19/25 - Rolling Plains cotton crop progressing;  urban sprawl into farmland

On this week's program, South Texas into the Rio Grande Valley is in need of rain for crops, pastures and reservoirs.  Meanwhile, the tropical season is at its peak in September as systems continue to develop in the Atlantic and Pacific basins.  Texas Coastal Bend farmers are completing the harvest of their cotton.  Dove season has begun in the North and Central zones of Texas.  An annual family-oriented event called Harvest Celebration will be held later in the month of September in Central Texas.

9/6/25 - South Texas needs rain as tropical systems develop

On this week's program, we will have crop updates from the South Plains and Rolling Plains of Texas.  Meanwhile, crop market prices are still on the downside.  As cattle herd rebuilding slowly occurs, ranchers have the opportunity to strengthen the genetics of their herds.  With conventional fertilizer prices still very high, some producers are getting away from the conventional and going with alternatives.  With autumn weather slowly developing in Texas, the  time for landscape plantings will be here very soon. 

9/13/25 - Crop updates as summer nears end, fall soon to begin

On this week's program, as summer turns to autumn in Texas crops continue to progress in West Texas.  Producers in Central Texas are finishing up one crop harvest and beginning another harvest.  Cotton gins are quite busy in the Coastal Bend where more rain is still needed this fall to replenish soil moisture.  Rio Grande Valley farmers are ready to plant fall vegetables. An agricultural barnstorming tour will stop in several cities and towns across Texas to address farm policy issues.

9/20/25 - Crop updates as the season of change occurs across Texas

On this week's program, the summer crop yields coming out of the Texas Panhandle are better than expected.  The Texas Drought Monitor shows many regions of the state in very good shape entering the fall season while other areas still remain quite dry.  The destruction of hay fields and pastures can occur rapidly from fall armyworms.  Scouting for these pests is essential.  Texas Rolling Plains farmers are set to begin planting their 2025-2026 winter wheat crop.  Managing landscapes in the fall can lead to a more vibrant season around homes and businesses.

9/27/25- Texas Panhandle crop yields better than expected

On this week's program, precipitation totals in the Texas Coastal Bend region were very low in September.  Rainfall is needed in the fall months for better soil moisture going into the winter months.  In South Texas, the temperatures still remain high while Rio Grande Valley farmers are set to plant their fall vegetable crops.  The Central Texas cotton harvest is in full swing.  West Texas South Plains producers continue making decisions on the variety of crops still in the fields at this time of year including the harvest of pumpkins.  East Texas cattle producers selling their animals are still receiving very good prices at the auction barns.  Hunting season is keeping hunters out on the leases.

10/4/25 - Rain needed in Texas for fall crop growing season

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