*Corn acres expected to increase while cotton acres are expected to drop.
*This could be a big year for corn in the Texas High Plains.
*The public has more time to comment on a proposal to list the Monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
*Texas corn planting has now reached the half-way mark.
*The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is taking several international trips in the coming months to promote agricultural trade.
*It could be another dry spring in much of Texas.
*The weather forecast may be calling for a dry spring, but farmers in the Texas Rolling Plains are hoping for a wetter April.
*A recent study showed some causes of corneal ulcers in horses.
