The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing an increase of ethanol levels in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent. ...
Continued growth among the global population will heighten demand for food worldwide. ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
During the next few decades this year's summer of 100-plus temperatures and parched soils may represent the norm, not the exception, for much of Texas, said a climatology expert....
To help landowners, stockmen, and wildlife ranch operators fight Cattle Fever Tick, two workshops have been scheduled to discuss technical and financial assistance available through the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). ...
By Donald Stotts, Oklahoma State University
Understanding and avoiding heat stress in cattle can be a valuable management tool in Oklahoma, where most areas of the state experience 70 or more days each year with temperatures that exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit....
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
A combination of academic, industry and legislative efforts have created a premier research cattle feeding facility at the Texas AgriLife Research and U.S. Department of Agriculture complex near Bushland....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Noting that other countries are showing no signs of reducing their export subsidies, USDA has announced the initial round of allocations under the Dairy Export Incentives Program for the period July 1 through June 30, 2010....
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's Agricultural Division will host a Stocker Cattle Seminar from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the Kruse Auditorium on the Noble Foundation’s Ardmore campus....
It has been estimated that heat-related events in the Midwest have cost the cattle industry more than $75 million in the past 10 years....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Without rain and with temperatures soaring to the high 90s or topping 100, large parts of the state continued to suffer drought-like conditions, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....
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