Texas Ag Today - May 5, 2025

*Wheat disease pressure was light this year.  

*Texas Farm Bureau is providing financial support to high school ag mechanics programs.  

*President Trump’s nominee for USDA Undersecretary for Trade is defending the use of tariffs.

*EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says he plans to address a backlog of pesticide registrations.  

*Texas Panhandle ranchers are enjoying the record high cattle market.  

*April was a month of active storms in the northern half of Texas.  

*Spring rains are setting up East Texas ranchers for a good year. 

*Colorado has created a new position in veterinary medicine, and it may soon show up in other states.