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CAT SPRING -- Helping landowners and others understand reduced quail habitat in the Blackland Prairies and Post Oak Savanna of Texas and how they might be restored is the focus of the Texas Quail Study Group workshop. The workshop will take place Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Cat Spring, about one hour west of Houston. More ... NACOGDOCHES – A virtual video tour of a Panhandle feed yard will be just one of the features of the upcoming beef quality program set Oct. 20 at Nacogdoches County Exposition Center, 3805 N.W. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches. More ... While fall armyworms feed around the clock, true armyworms feed primarily at night and will not be found farther up on plants during the day. Hordes of fall armyworms and true armyworms have invaded several Central Texas counties, and the assault will likely continue. More ... Leon County 4-H members participated in the Washington County Fair Livestock Judging Contest this past Saturday. There were two junior teams and one senior team. Junior Green team placed 27 out of 84 teams and Junior White team placed 72 out of 84 teams. The Senior Green team placed 60 out of 159 teams. More ... Stewart United Methodist Church was filled with 4-H’ers on Monday night who were there to beat the membership enrollment deadline of October 31st. New county wide enrollment deadlines were implemented this year, making October 31, 2009 the deadline for any member wishing to participate in a 4-H club project during the 2009- 2010 school year. More ... AUSTIN – (Sept. 21, 2009) For the week ending Sept. 19, 2009, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mixed, with sales early in the week mostly steady to $4 higher per hundredweight and sales later in the week mostly steady to $4 lower. Fed cattle and beef prices were lower. Cotton prices ended the week higher amid concerns that rains in the southeastern U.S. would damage the crop. More ... COLLEGE STATION – Much of Texas received substantial rains in the past weeks, but nowhere was it more needed than in southwest Texas, said Dr. Jose Peña, Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist based at Uvalde. "The average was about 5 inches, but there was 10 or even 12 inches in some places," Peña said. "An excellent rain after many months of severely dry conditions." More ... The Texas Agrilife Extension Service Youth Board in Leon County met on Monday, September 21, 2009 for the first time this year. The purpose of the newly established Leon County Youth Board is to provide direction in the area of Youth Programming Issues for Texas Agrilife Extension Service in Leon County. More ... |
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