*There are some empty pens in Texas feedlots.
*USDA is working with Mexico to improve and enhance New World screwworm trapping and surveillance.
*National Sorghum Producers took a strong message to Washington D.C.
*Bringing livestock back into farming operations may be a way to conserve declining ground water supplies.
*The 14th annual Brazos Valley Fair and Rodeo will kick off this weekend.
*A Texas member of the U.S. House Agriculture committee outlined her priorities for the next Farm Bill.
*Broom sedge is in a lot of Central and East Texas pastures.
*Tick riders patrol the southern U.S. border protecting cattle from fever ticks and screwworms.