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March 7: March 12 is the deadline for submitting comments on the consideration the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving to designating the monarch butterfly as a threatened species. The reasons agriculture should be concerned are related primarily to the use of crop protection pesticides and insecticides--which can kill the insects themselves--and also herbicides that affect the plants that monarchs feed on and where they lay their eggs. The National Agricultural Law Center did a recent webinar on the subject. March 3-6: These shows were generated from a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled Perspectives From the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 2. There’s a video recording here. February 28: Bryan Bracewell is the third generation in his family to own and operate the Southside Market and Barbecue, with locations in Elgin, Austin, Bastrop, and Hutto, Texas. He was profiled in a video clip done by Texas A&M University, where he went to college. February 25-27: Dr. Florence Becot and Dr. Hannah Budge conducted a study (along with Dr. Shoshanah Inwood) on the level of stress that childcare responsibilities place mostly on farm women. Becot and Budge talked about it in a recent episode (#39) of the AgriSafe Network’s Total Farmer Health podcast. February 24: With the 2025 (3/15) deadline fast approaching to sign up for crop insurance, University of Arkansas Agricultural Economist Hunter Biram talked about the significance of crop insurance in a recent podcast episode produced by UARK’s Division of Agriculture. February 21: The January 31 episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action features Tim Trotter, CEO of the Dairy Business Association and the Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative. He talks mostly about sustainability in dairy production. February 20: Hotchkiss, Colorado, farmer Robbie LeValley reflected on LeValley Ranch being named the Region V winner of a 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. February 19: The CEO of CattleFax gave an encouraging presentation during CattleCon 2025 recently in San Antonio, Texas. Randy Blach told cattle producers that he expects the current favorable cattle market conditions to continue based on the relatively slow herd expansion predicted. An audio recording of his talk is available here. February 18: South Texas farmer Jennifer Cervantes presented a statement to the House Appropriations Subcommittee for National Security, the Department of State, and Other Related Programs, alerting the members that Mexico has been violating a 1944 Water Treaty. She said this has been going on for some time and has resulted in the shutdown of a sugarcane processing cooperative in Texas.

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