farm & ranch
TSCRA convention will prepare cattle producers for future
Fort Worth – Timely topics and tough issues will be addressed during the breakout sessions at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association ( TSCRA ) 133rd annual convention March 19-21 in...
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CattleFax’s Blach to discuss market at cattlemen’s convention
Fort Worth – A state-of-the-industry review of the cattle market will be presented at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association ( TSCRA ) 133rd annual convention March 19-21 in Fort Wo...
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FSA news
Congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected 2010 Farm Service Agency county committee members. They are: Bee County — Troy Berthold, COC representative and Arturo Gaitan, first alternate...
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What does health care reform mean for Texas ranchers?
Fort Worth – As Republicans and Democrats prepare to begin negotiating health care reform in Congress, ranchers in Texas are wondering what to expect from new reforms and how their families and sm...
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NRCS accepting applications for Wetlands Reserve Program
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TEMPLE – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from landowners interested in wetlands restoration through the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP). For more i...
O’Brien Ranch horse places in top five at San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale
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San Antonio – Playguns Royal Moon, a 6-year-old gray gelding raised on the O’Brien Ranch of Beeville, placed Top Five in the San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale held during the San Antonio Stoc...
Morón saddles up for first rodeo
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The Beeville Horse Committee held a playday at the coliseum for children of all ages on Saturday, Feb. 27. Lauren Morón, 2 years old, was one of the youngest to participate. She was entered in five...
Ranchers, landowners to gain valuable tools at TSCRA’s School for Successful Ranching
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Fort Worth – Ranchers and landowners from across the state will gather in Fort Worth for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s (TSCRA) 16th annual School for Successful Ranching d...
NRCS announces funding for Organic Farming Initiative
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TEMPLE – The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a special initiative of $50 million, of which Texas will be receiving more than $4.4 million, to provide financial assi...
AgriLife research, regional horse breeders seek answers to reproductive seasonality in mares
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Research is currently underway at the Texas AgriLife Research Station-Beeville and the Texas A&M University Horse Center in College Station to address an important and economically challenging prob...
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, the Toyota logo is seen on a car at a dealership in Nashville, Tenn. An analysis by The Associated Press finds that the U.S. government has received more than 100 complaints from drivers who say their recalled Toyotas are still accelerating on their own even after receiving the automaker's fix. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.


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The Eli Lilly warehouse is seen here in Enfield, Conn., Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  Authorities say tens of millions of dollars worth of prescription drugs have been stolen in a brazen, well-planned heist at a pharmaceutical company's regional warehouse in Connecticut.  (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Leslloyd F. Alleyne) MANDATORY CREDITAP - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market.


Wed Mar 17 16:11:23 -0500 2010

Kaleb Chase, left, and Mark Segovia toss sandbags outside Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, N.D. on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The school's football score board, lower left, is partly submerged by the Red River. Thousands of volunteers are lending a hand this week to fill and stack sandbags to place along the river and near endangered homes as Fargo faces the threat of a severe flood after the river's expected crest Sunday. But the heart of that volunteer corps are the city's youngest citizens. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)AP - Schoolchildren, parents and hundreds of residents have spent days packing and stacking sandbags to protect their cities against the rising Red River. The National Guard is in place, keeping watch over the water. Dike builders are finishing last-minute work.


Wed Mar 17 17:15:29 -0500 2010

In this photo taken Monday, March 9, 2010, the Charles River Laboratory is seen in Reno, Nev. Workers at a Nevada research lab were making a routine check on one of their primate facilities in 2008 when they came across a ghastly sight: a room full of dead monkeys. Thirty monkeys had succumbed to stifling temperatures because someone left the heater on, and two more later had to be euthanized. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.


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