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County brief · Nov 1, 2026

Brown County, Texas

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Barns near Brown County

BarnMilesLast sale5-weight steers
San Angelo
San Angelo, TX
88Oct 29, 2026 $368.50
per cwt · 63 head
Giddings
Giddings, TX
164Oct 26, 2026 $359.47
per cwt · 60 head

Steers 500–599 lb, head-weighted average of the sale. Source: USDA AMS Market News sale reports. Past sales, not a bid.

Grain and fuel prices

Grain bid$/buRange
North Panhandle corn$5.04$4.78–$5.23
North Panhandle sorghum$3.86$3.58–$4.28
North Panhandle wheat (hard red winter)$5.79$5.69–$6.19
Hooker, OK corn$4.93$4.93–$4.93
Hooker, OK sorghum$3.83$3.83–$3.83

Source: Texas Daily Grain Bids, Oct 30, 2026.

Fuel$/gal
No. 2 Diesel (Farm)
OK distributor ask, Oct 30, 2026
$5.54
Propane
OK distributor ask, Oct 30, 2026
$2.41
On-highway diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3, incl. Texas)
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$5.95
On-highway diesel, Midwest (PADD 2, incl. Oklahoma, Kansas)
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$6.48
On-highway diesel, U.S. average
EIA retail, week of Oct 26, 2026
$6.35

Sources: Oklahoma Production Cost Report (bi-weekly); EIA weekly retail diesel.

Drought

Shackelford: D2Tom Green: D2Wise: D0Cottle: D1Taylor: D2Irion: D2Mitchell: D2Gillespie: D0Dickens: D2Falls: D2Hamilton: D0Runnels: D2Hale: D0Martin: D2Limestone: D2Fisher: D2Baylor: D2Jack: D0Coryell: D1Brown: D0Bell: D2Sutton: D0King: D1Uvalde: D1Schleicher: D1Motley: D2Lynn: D2Menard: D1Nolan: D2Sterling: D2Garza: D2Callahan: D2Stonewall: D2Van Zandt: D1Hunt: D1Madison: D1Hood: D0Mason: NoneUpton: D2Lavaca: D2Midland: D2Kimble: NonePalo Pinto: D0Eastland: D0Kerr: D0Lubbock: D1Erath: D0Blanco: D0Knox: D1Llano: D0Crosby: D2Kent: D2Comal: D1Jones: D2Hill: D1Williamson: D2Kinney: D1Ellis: D1Clay: D1Kaufman: D1Foard: D2Collin: D1Comanche: D0Concho: D2Gonzales: D2Fayette: D2Burnet: D0Throckmorton: D2Anderson: D1Caldwell: D2Medina: D2Glasscock: D2Travis: D2Howard: D2Bastrop: D2McLennan: D2McCulloch: D0San Saba: D0Washington: D2Cooke: D0Wilbarger: D2Leon: D1Wichita: D2Kendall: D0Rockwall: D1Brazos: D2Burleson: D2Crockett: D1Lee: D2Robertson: D3Mills: D0Austin: D1Reagan: D2Tarrant: D0Hays: D2Pecos: NoneReal: D0Dallas: D1Coleman: D1Terrell: D0Wharton: D1Harris: D1Navarro: D1Montague: D0Floyd: D2Stephens: D1Val Verde: D0Coke: D2Waller: D0Grimes: D1Scurry: D2Rains: D1Parker: D0Young: D1Dawson: D2Haskell: D2Archer: D1Henderson: D1Bosque: D0Somervell: D0Colorado: D1Freestone: D1Borden: D2Lampasas: D0Edwards: NoneGuadalupe: D2Fannin: D2Fort Bend: D1Milam: D2Bexar: D1Johnson: D1Denton: D0Bandera: D0Grayson: D1Jefferson: D1Bryan: D3Love: D0Marshall: D2

Abnormally dry
across most of Brown County (100%).

Moderate drought on 27% of the county.

Outlined county is Brown. Colors are the Drought Monitor levels D0 to D4.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map dated Oct 27, 2026.

Disaster designations

  • S6178 · Primary · Drought · approved Apr 10, 2026
  • S6058 · Contiguous · Excessive Rain, Moisture, Humidity, Severe Storms, Thunderstorms · approved Sep 30, 2025
  • S5973 · Primary · Drought · approved Apr 21, 2025
  • S5965 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Apr 7, 2025

Primary or contiguous, both open FSA emergency loans. Source: USDA secretarial designations.

On FSA's 2026 drought-pay (LFP) list. FSA file of Oct 29, 2026.

Programs and deadlines

ProgramDateDays
NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP)Nov 13, 202612
Other crop insurance plansNov 20, 202619
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage rain insurance (PRF)Dec 1, 202630
Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)Mar 1, 2027120
Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP)Mar 1, 2027120
Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)Mar 1, 2027120

Sources: FSA, RMA and NRCS program pages. Dates change; confirm with your FSA county office.

FSA money in Brown County

$2,347,799
1,191 payments in the 2025 FSA file.

  • Emergency Livestock Relief Prgm-2023-24 2023: $798,820
  • Emergency Commodity Assistance Program 2024: $670,191
  • Livestock Forage Disaster Program (Cof) 2025: $287,495
  • Marketing Assistance For Specialty Crops 2025: $221,674

Land in CRP: 0 acres (FSA, fiscal 2025)

County totals computed from FSA's public payment and CRP files. No names or addresses.

Burn ban and fire alerts

No burn ban Texas A&M Forest Service list, Nov 1, 2026

No National Weather Service fire-weather alerts right now.

No mapped wildfire within 50 miles.

Sources: NWS alerts; NIFC current fire perimeters, updated Nov 1, 2026.

Your FSA office

Call before you drive: hours and addresses change.

Find the nearest office and its phone number: offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app

Cownty does not hold FSA office addresses. The USDA Service Center Locator is the official list.

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