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Pineywood Cattle Congress set for May 9 in San Augustine County

Apr 28, 2008 10:11 AM

The upcoming Pineywoods Cattle Congress, set May 9, will take a "two-pronged" approach, said Cary Sims, Texas AgriLife Extension Service agent for San Augustine County. ...

Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day scheduled for May 1 near Mound Valley

Apr 10, 2008 9:55 AM

Kansas State University´s Southeast Agricultural Research Center has scheduled a Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day for Thursday, May 1....

Commissioner Staples announces major cattle trading agreement between U.S. and Mexico

Mar 28, 2008 9:46 AM

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced a major trade agreement has been reached between the U.S. and Mexico....

AgriLife Extension seeks to make cattle producers better

Mar 26, 2008 9:48 AM, By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Texas AgriLife Extension Service has set the dates for its Beef Cattle Standardized Performance Analysis workshops. ...

Commissioner Staples supports fever tick eradication program

Mar 25, 2008 9:53 AM

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced his support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to invest more than $5 million in emergency funding to implement a fever tick eradication program....

Secretary Kawamura on action by the Texas Department of Agriculture in cattle trading dispute

Mar 25, 2008 9:48 AM

California joins the Texas, New Mexico and Arizona Departments of Agriculture in seeking a halt to the exportation of Canadian cattle through U.S. export facilities into Mexico until a resolution is reached based upon acceptable international trade standards....

ADA supports Texas decision to stop Canadian cattle exports to Mexico

Mar 10, 2008 8:23 AM

Don Butler, Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADA), announced today his support of a Texas plan that prohibits Canadian breeding Cattle from being exported through Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) ports into Mexico until Mexico accepts U.S. breeding cattle. Director Butler went further to call on Arizona livestock export facilities to also stop Canadian cattle exports into Mexico until Mexico accepts U.S. breeding cattle. ...

News from the Farm Bill

Conferees to announce farm bill agreement

May 8, 2008 10:51 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package....

Committee approves 'final' farm bill provisions

May 2, 2008 11:14 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007; oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?...

Republicans ask for farm bill meeting with president

May 1, 2008 9:49 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Republican senators reportedly are asking for a meeting with President Bush to discuss his latest criticism of the ongoing efforts to reach a compromise agreement on the 2008 farm bill....

Bush displeased, farm bill conference postponed

May 1, 2008 9:45 AM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash. ...

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