Receipts totaled 900 head for the week. Demand was strong on all classes of cattle with the stocker steers selling steady after last week’s increase and stocker heifers especially in the 500 lb range sold $5.00 higher. The feeder steers and heifers sold $2.00 higher. Packer cows sold $2.00 higher with the top cow at $93 and packer bulls were $2.00 higher with the higher selling bull at $114 @ 2075 lbs totaling $2365.50.

There’s very good evidence the same factors contributing to the drought – the El Niño-La Niña cycle — have temporarily stalled global warming, according to a Texas A&M University climatologist. During the last two decades of the 20th century, climatologists recorded a rapid rise in average temperatures. But in the last decade the rise has leveled off, said Dr.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will conduct a feral hog management workshop and tour April 5 at the Muse Wildlife Management area in northern Brown County. Scott Anderson, AgriLife Extension agent in Brown County, said the workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. with registration.

Applications for emergency farm loans for damages and losses caused by drought, October 1, 2012 and continuing, are being accepted at the Farm Service Agency (FSA) office located in San Angelo, Paul S. Cline said today. San Saba County is one of 207 counties in Texas recently designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as eligible for loans to cover part of actual production and/or physical losses resulting from damages caused by drought that occurred from October 1, 2012 and continuing. Paul ...

The Dyess Doppler Radar, KDYS, will undergo a modernization to use new technology known as Dual Polarization. Installation will take up to two weeks and begins on Monday, March 18th. This upgrade will cause the KDYS Radar to be down and unavailable for much of this two week duration. During this down time, the National Weather Service, San Angelo, will use surrounding NWS Doppler Radars for coverage, including those in San Angelo, Texas; Frederick, Oklahoma; Midland, Texas; Lubbock, Texas and ...

Receipts totaled 1493 head for the week. The market was active and demand good with stocker steers steady to $3.00 higher and heifers steady. The feeder steers and heifers all sold steady except for some really fat calves and yearlings that sold $2.00 to $5.00 lower. Packer cows sold $1.00 higher with the top cow at $93.00 and bulls were steady.

San Saba County Chamber of Commerce hosted Texas Hunters for Heroes last month and proudly supports their efforts; below are their goals and objectives. 1. We are dedicated to assisting the wounded veterans of our country's military by introducing them to the joys of hunting. 2. Our goal is to show them respect, honor, compassion, and above all, love for our fellow man through fellowship and the excitement we hunters share each time we go hunting.

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. Valerie Cortinovis, San Saba-Mills County Executive Director announces that March 19th is National Ag Day and this year's theme is "Generations Nourishing Generations". "According to recent USDA studies, the agricultural sector right now remains a bright spot in terms of economic stability and growth and there ...

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. • Venison Violator A Garza/Lynn County game warden was called by a Garza County ranch foreman regarding a headless white-tailed buck that had been dumped alongside a two-track road inside the ranch. As the warden was responding to the area, the foreman called again and said that he believed it to have been shot by one of the hunting lease holders and that the carcass was no longer at th ...

The “Column” has been somewhat sporadic the past few months partly due to writer’s cramp on my part, some due to the lack of News, (as I see it), but on most part, the presence of this dratted drought. Though it is definitely not broken, the rainfall we received around most parts of our dear County was very well received.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is adding Texas to a pilot program that enables current USDA borrowers to save money on housing costs by refinancing their mortgages with lower interest rates. USDA Housing Administrator Tammye Treviño made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack. “USDA’s expansion of this program will help more rural borrowers refinance their mortgages to reduce their monthly payments and ease their financial burdens,” Vilsack said.

COLLEGE STATION – U.S. cattle numbers continue to shrink and Texas is no exception as the Lone Star State has experienced a 22 percent decline over the past three years, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock specialist. “Continued drought in 2012 took another year’s toll on the nation’s cowherd, according to the latest U.S.

A free Texas Watershed Stewards Workshop on water quality and availability issues related to the Lampasas River will be held from 8a.m. to 4p.m. on March 28th. The workshop will be held at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Building, 1793 U.S. Highway 281 North in Lampasas. The training is free and participants are encouraged to preregister at http://tws.tamu.edu. The Texas Watershed Steward Workshop is sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Con ...

Receipts totaled 830 head for the week. The market on the lighter weight stocker steers was steady to $3.00 lower and the stocker heifers going to grass or graze out wheat were steady. The bigger steers and heifers that were going to the feed yard sold $3.00 lower. The packer cows were $2.00 higher with the top cow at $90.00 and bulls were $1.00 higher with the top bull at $110.00.

LCRA’s Board of Directors, noting the record-breaking drought conditions gripping the region, has agreed that Highland Lakes water should be withheld from most farmers this year if water supply conditions don’t improve by March 1. The Board of Directors voted unanimously to seek emergency drought relief at a special meeting Jan.