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OVERTON – This year's fall weather– rain and cloudy following a drought – and its effect on forages can be a recipe for nitrate poisoning of livestock, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. More ... COLLEGE STATION – Heavy rain, as much as 10 inches in some areas, raised soil moisture levels and generally improved the agricultural outlook through most of the state, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. More ... Can You Eat Your Jack-o-lantern Pumpkin? It's fall and thoughts turn to pumpkin pie and to Halloween jack-o-lanterns. But, can you use a pumpkin for BOTH a jack-o-lantern AND for eating? More ... FAIRFIELD, Texas-- September means at least two unpleasant annual natural phenomena in East Texas: ragweed is blooming and fish are dying at Lake Fairfield. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries management and Kills and Spills Team (KAST) biologists investigated a major fish kill on Fairfield Lake the second week of September. More ... AUSTIN – (Oct. 19, 2009) For the week ending Oct. 17, 2009, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mostly steady to $3 higher per hundredweight. Lighter offerings for sale at some locations and increasing demand for cattle for fall and winter grazing contributed to the increase. Fed cattle were $1.50 higher. More ... |
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