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AUSTIN - (June 1, 2009) For the week ending May 30, 2009, feeder cattle price trends at Texas auctions were mixed, with some locations steady to $3 higher per hundredweight and others steady to $3 lower. Buyers remain very selective as they fill orders from a seasonally smaller supply of available cattle. Fed cattle prices declined in response to lower beef prices. More ... Heat stress can greatly impact cattle producers through decreased milk production and subsequent calf growth, decreased reproductive performance in cows and bulls, and decreased stocker and feeder performance. It has been estimated that heatrelated events in the Midwest have cost the cattle industry over $75 million in the past 10 years. More ... COLLEGE STATION - While irrigated cotton in the Texas High Plains is in pretty good shape, the majority of dryland cotton is in "dire straits" because of lack of rainfall, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service agronomist. "We just haven't had a good region-wide dryland rainfall," said Randy Boman, AgriLife Extension cotton agronomist, Lubbock. More ... USCA (June 4, 2009) - The U.S. Cattlemen's Association (USCA) yesterday sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Members of Congress opposing the EPA's proposal to use the Clean Air Act to impose stringent regulations on our small businesses. More ... OVERTON -- Farmers and ranchers are seeing more weeds - both common and unusual varieties - this year, according to Dr. Vanessa Corriher, Texas AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist based at Overton. Corriher said producers can expect to have more problems with weeds this year because high fertilizer costs limited their use in many pastures last year. More ... My name is "Hope" and I am an adult female mixed breed dog that has been living at the Buffalo Animal Hospital. I am looking for a good home to live at permanently. My vaccinations are current and I have been fixed so as not to have any puppies. Please come by for a visit to see if we would make a good match. More ... Twelve-year-old Kaylee Nicholson of Athens (right) will long remember National Free Fishing Day 2009. Fishing at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens with her best friend, Sidney Bruyere of Blooming Grove (left), Nicholson caught a 1.14-pound, 10. More ... WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2009 - The U.S. Grains Council sponsored two teams of swine managers from China and Taiwan to travel to the United States this week to attend the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, as well as attend educational courses and tour U.S. swine farms. More ... |
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