*Cotton crop ratings look good beltwide, except for our crop here in Texas.
*The Texas dairy industry continues to grow.
*The sheep and lamb market has moved higher recently.
*The cash fed cattle market here in Texas all but dried up last week, with only around 500 head sold on negotiated cash trade.
*The Texas electric grid has been holding up through the brutal summer heat.
*Farmers and ranchers in Northeast Texas continue to clean up from spring storm damage.
*Equine piroplasmosis is a bloodborne disease caused by parasites.
*The new director of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation has some specific goals.