*Texas ranchers should prepare for screw worms.
*The comment period for a proposal to list the Monarch butterfly as threatened is closing soon.
*Corn planting is ahead of schedule.
*Texas High Plains cotton farmers may need some additional strategies to deal with wire worms.
*Managing 13 million acres of state land is challenging.
*U.S. lawmakers from Texas have introduced legislation to combat screw worms.
*Weather conditions have improved in the Coastal Bend.
*Copper toxicity can be a concern in dairy cows.
