*The corn crop looks good in the northern Texas Panhandle.  

*Two lawmakers from Texas are working to provide some additional relief for victims of the wildfires that burned more than a million acres earlier this year.  

*Three Central Texas school districts will be serving locally raised beef this year.

*Some timely rains have fallen in the Texas High Plains this summer. 

*Farm groups and lawmakers continue to press the Senate Ag Committee to release its version of the Farm Bill.

*East Texas ranchers are baling hay at a fast pace.  

*Liver flukes can be a problem in Texas cattle.