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USDA authorizes emergency grazing of CRP acres for Live Oak County
GEORGE WEST – In response to drought conditions, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) authorized emergency grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for Live Oak County. This authorizatio...
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DOT abandons proposal to require ranchers to obtain CDL
FORT Worth — The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) today applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision not to consider a proposal that could have required...
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Enjoying an Overflow oasis
This nice-looking white-tailed buck was drinking water and eating the green grass near a cistern on a ranch in Live Oak County Saturday in the middle of the day. Not even an approaching truck on th...
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FSA administrator to tour areas of Texas struck by worst drought in state history
Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson traveled to Texas last Wednesday to tour areas of the southern parts of the state devastated by drought and wildfires. Nelson said that USDA w...
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USDA reminds producers of Sept. 1 sales closing date for noninsurable crops
Live Oak/McMullen County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Darren Pruski, urges producers who want to purchase coverage through the Noninsurable Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NA...
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USDA deadline to apply for SURE crop disaster benefits is July 29
Live Oak/McMullen County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Darren Pruski, announced that the deadline to apply for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue As...
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Pruski reminds producers to apply for 2011 Livestock Disaster Assistance
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Live Oak/McMullen County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Darren Pruski reminds eligible ranchers and livestock producers of the Jan. 30, 2012 deadline for applying for benefits un...
Texas High School Rodeo Roundup benefits Region VIII Association
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Live Oak Livestock Auction and Region VIII of the Texas High School Rodeo Association (THSRA) partnered with Ram Trucks to host the High School Rodeo Roundup at the Live Oak Livestock Auction on Tu...
S-TISD trustees focus on leadership
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Skidmore-Tynan ISD school board members joined trustees from across the state at the Texas Association of School Boards’ (TASB) Summer Leadership Institute June 9-11 in San Antonio. Approximately ...
Crop Field Day experts agree, Live Oak County is in dire need of rain
by Rita Arnst
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Dale Rankin and the Live Oak County Extension office sponsored a crop field day on Thursday evening, June 2. The tour began at Stanley Schilling’s farm to inspect his corn crop. Schilling address...
Brush Country Cattlewomen announce Beef Gift Certificate drawing for Father’s Day
by Pat Mitchell
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Hey, kids! Wanna know what Dad would really like for Father’s Day? Dads love to eat beef! You can win a free $25 Beef Gift Certificate for your father just by filling out an entry form at Elder’s...
Live Oak County Row Crop Field Day begins June 2nd
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There will be a Live Oak County Row Crop Field Day on Thursday, June 2, beginning at 5 p.m. Everyone will meet at the South Parking area of the Shell Station at the Intersection of US Highway 59 ...
national news
Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
Sat Feb 04 12:19:03 UTC 2012

A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4, 2012. Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the Reuters - Police removed bedding and most tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters for months.


Sat Feb 04 11:08:40 UTC 2012
Reuters - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour.
Sat Feb 04 12:43:22 UTC 2012
Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason
Fri Feb 03 23:20:00 UTC 2012