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Farm and Ranch News February 2, 2010  RSS feed
Landscape and Gardening Conference set for Feb. 13
      TYLER – Feral hogs and vegetables are commonly not topics for the annual East Texas Spring Landscape and Gardening Conference, but times are changing, say horticulturalists.
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Houston Livestock Show tickets available
      The Leon County Area Go Texan Committee has tickets for Brad Paisley on March 11, 2010, Eli Young Band March 19, 2010 and Brooks and Dunn on March 20, 2010. The sale of these tickets helps provide scholarship opportunities for local youth. The Leon County Area Go Texan committee made a commitment to the youth of Leon County.
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Chute ‘n the Bull
      For the benefit of regional ranchers, the ultimate achievement would be to provide a year-round grazing system that could utilize a perennial cool-season grass. Cool-season grasses, such as tall fescue, can fill part of the forage gap by replacing annual winter pasture.
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Texas crop, weather
Fields wet and sloppy in many areas
      COLLEGE STATION -- Whether it rained or not this past week, many areas remained too wet for field work, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. Wet conditions persisted in the Coastal Bend, East, Southeast and North regions, in many instances putting a halt to field work and other farming operations.
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Buffalo ranchers join American Angus Association
      Freddy & Brenda Starns, Buffalo, Texas, are new members of the American Angus Association®, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national breed registry organization in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
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TDA Market Recap January 25, 2010
     AUSTIN – (Jan. 25, 2010) For the week ending Jan. 23, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were steady to $6 higher per hundredweight on offerings weighing less than 600 pounds and steady to $2 higher on heavier weights. Lower grain prices and demand for cattle for winter grazing supported the market.
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