farm & ranch
Crop symposium to focus on new technology
The Coastal Bend Crop Symposium will be held Friday, Jan. 22, at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center on Hwy. 44 just west of the Corpus Christi Airport. The focus of this symposium wi...
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County farmers may get relief through ‘SURE’ disaster assistance program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program ( SURE ) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. Vilsack also...
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Bee County Wildlife Management Association Extravaganza on Jan. 29
The Bee County Wildlife Management Association is hosting an Extravaganza, a steak and shrimp dinner and fundraiser on Friday, Jan. 29. The doors at the Bee County Exposition Center will open at 6...
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NRCS seeks input for February meeting
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service ( NRCS ) and the Copano Bay Soil and Water Conservation District welcome the public and any agencies with an interest in conservation issues to pa...
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Donation made to S.N.O.W and Adult Center of Refugio
Blanconia 4-H Club Blanconia 4-H met on Dec. 8. Members were reminded about the mandatory livestock validation on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 6:30-11 a.m., for all animals showing in the 2020 Jr. ...
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4-H animal validation scheduled for Dec. 12
The livestock superintendents and validation committee will validate hogs, pre 4-H goats, market goats, and sheep at the Precinct 3 barn at the fairgrounds on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 8-11 am. Al...
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County 4-H team earns honors at Aggiefest
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The Refugio County 4-H Livestock Judging Team won fifth place at Aggiefest on Saturday, Nov. 7. The intermediate team, consisting of HC Neel, Dalton Klare, Kodye Neel and Lacie Beall placed fifth...
4-H Clubs busy with activities
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BLANCONIA 4-H CLUB The Blanconia 4-H Club met on Oct. 13th. The club voted to buy 4-H t-shirts for new members. Members need to contact Mrs. Beall for more information. Mrs. Tina McGuill gave...
Farm Bureau to host convention
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The Refugio County Farm Bureau will host its county convention at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the EXPO building at the fairgrounds. The convention is open to all county farm bureau members. A fr...
$49 hay ready to ship
by Kenda Nelson
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One thousand bales of hay are ready to be shipped to Refugio County from Oklahoma and another 2,000 are in reserve. A load of 30 to 38 1,000-pound round bales will be trucked to ranches for $49 pe...
Clubs plan activities for National 4-H Week, Oct-5-9
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Blanconia 4-H Club Blanconia 4-H Club installed its 2010 officers at the Sept. 8 meeting. New officers are Brooke Williams, president; Lacie Beall, vice-president; Courtney Myers, secretary; ...
Local FSA office now accepting applications for emergency assistance
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Texas Farm Service Agency offices statewide are now accepting applications for benefits under the provisions of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP...
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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.


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No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says (AP)
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Sun Mar 14 14:12:21 -0500 2010
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP)
AP - Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Sun Mar 14 23:10:29 -0500 2010
Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP)

Swedish artist Lars Vilks talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S. in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)AP - With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?


Sun Mar 14 19:01:21 -0500 2010