*Congress passed and the president signed a Farm Bill extension and an economic assistance package for farmers.  

*The December cattle on feed report came in as expected Friday.  

*Mexico’s demand for U.S. dairy products is growing.

*Diverting acreage to dryland production could make sense in the Texas High Plains.  

*Southern Plains farmers are wrapping up cotton harvest. 

*Central Texas finally received a general, wide-spread rain.  

*Colic surgery has come a long way in the last 40 years.