34-inch high fencing keeps feral hogs out summer and winter
By Robert Burns
      OVERTON - - The second phase of a Texas AgriLife Extension Service study confirmed that it is possible to exclude feral hogs from wildlife feeding stations without limiting access by white-tailed deer.
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Home Food Preservation Seminar set for April 30th
      Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Leon County will be hosting a Home Food Preservation Seminar on April 30, 2010 from 10 am to 2 pm, at Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church in Buffalo. Registration will begin at 9:30 am.
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Chute ‘n the Bull
by Tommy Neyland
      When spring-calving season is over or almost complete, then the next breeding season is already beginning or just around the corner. During a 75-90 day breeding season, it's not uncommon for a bull to lose 100 to 200 pounds - sometimes even more. For that reason, your bulls should be in a body condition score (BCS) of 5.5 to 6.5 and consuming primarily a high roughage diet (hay or pasture).
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Texas crop weather
Wheat springs foward with good weather
By Robert Burns
      COLLEGE STATION -- With good soil moisture, warmer weather -- unseasonably warm in some areas -- and generally low insect and disease problems, wheat growth really took off in most of the state, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
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TDA Market Recap April 5, 2010
     AUSTIN – (April 5, 2010) For the week ending April 3, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mostly $1 to $5 higher per hundredweight with continued good demand for stocker cattle to put on summer grazing. Fed cattle prices were 55 cents lower.
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BUFFALO LIVESTOCK REPORT
     Sale Date: 4-10-10 Head Count: 1688 Last Week: 717 Sellers: 266 Buyers: 65 Cutter Cows...................53-68.5 Fat Cows........................56-68.5 Canner Cows.....................41-65 Slaughter Bulls Steady/Down Heavy Bulls.................70.5-
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BRAZOS VALLEY LIVESTOCK REPORT
     Date of Sale: 4-6-10 Total Receipts: 1024 Previous Week: 757 Total Sellers: 140 Total Buyers: 61 Feeder Steers- Med/Large #1 200-300.......................... 130-149 300-400.......................... 125-145 400-500..........................
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GROSBECK LIVESTOCK REPORT
     Date of Sale: 4-8-10 Head Count: 949 Cut/Boner.....................58-65.50 Canner Cow......................48-52 Breaker Utility Com Cow............
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EAST TEXAS LIVESTOCK REPORT
     Date: 4-6-10 Volume: 1165 Tested: 300 Sellers: 181 Total Buyers: 70 Packer B11uyers: 5 Order Buyers: 14 Cattle Companies: 30 Feeder Orders: 263 Slaughter Cows Canners..........
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