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Hay Harvesting Field Day scheduled May 7
Ranchers need to circle May 7 on their calendar for a Hay Harvesting/Production Field Day. The field day will be held at the Brooks Ranch located at 2100 FM 534 in Mathis. The program is being jo...
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grants to help farms, ranches build resilience to drought
WASHINGTON – On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of $5.3 million in Conservation Innovation Grants to develop approaches and technology that will help producers adapt t...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tri-County Field Day set for May 10
Area livestock and forage producers are invited to this year’s Tri-County Field Day on Friday, May 10, at Papalote Ranch located at the end of County Road 351 outside Papalote. Registration and a c...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Private pesticide applicator training, testing set for April 19
Any person who is interested in purchasing applying restricted or state limited use pesticides must be appropriately licensed through the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). To acquire a license...
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SA Livestock Show
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Tri-County Commercial Female Sale a huge success
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Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The 9th annual Tri-County Commercial Female Sale was held on Friday, April 5, at Beeville Livestock. According to Matt Bochat, Bee County Extension Agent, “Cattlemen from all over the Coastal Bend...
Disaster assistance available to Bee County producers affected by wildfires and drought
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BEE COUNTY – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Salvador Salinas announced recently that $1.6 million in disaster assistance is available to help with recovery...
TSCRA’s Special Rangers recover millions in stolen livestock, equipment
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Fort Worth – Stolen livestock and ranch equipment worth more than $4.4 million were recovered or accounted for in 2012 by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Range...
Local FSA office to observe Ag day
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) suggests that we all take a moment in these turbulent fiscal times to celebrate agriculture and honor our hard-working farmers and ranchers in Texas. CED Darren ...
Tri-County female sale coming April 5
by Matt Bochat, County Extension Agent
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Beeville — Start making plans to participate in the 9th annual Tri-County Commercial Female and Bull Sale, to be held at noon on Friday, April 5, at the Beeville Livestock Commission. Priority wil...
national news
Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport
Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
By Greg McCune (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hou...
Sat May 18 11:43:32 UTC 2013
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People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New York
Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million
By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot being drawn on Saturday night cou...
Sat May 18 11:18:16 UTC 2013
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Tech, labor brandish dueling studies in immigration fight
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology industry and organized labor are locked in a...
Sat May 18 00:00:57 UTC 2013
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Residents capture amazing videos in the face of tornadoes
A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flatteni...
Fri May 17 19:53:22 UTC 2013
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