Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: Voting by mail should replace voting at the polls in it's entirety. The two institutions that can definitely be trusted is the County Board of Elections and the United States Postal Service.

Editorial: The case for climate collaboration

When Burger King launched their #CowsMenu public relations campaign back in July, cattle producers across the country shook our heads in frustration.

30 days left to be counted in the 2020 Census

Now is the time to be counted in the 2020 Census! Data collection will end on September 30, and the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging everyone in Central Texas to respond between now and the deadline of September 30. A complete and accurate count is vital to the state of Texas.

The Richland Springs Report

All the big rains have circled around the San Saba and Richland Springs area, but we have had a few tenths to water our trees. I am looking for one of those four-inch rains. I fear we are going to lose many more trees this winter. They just have no strength left to hold on to life.

Editorial

As if things weren’t hard enough for Texas’ small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.

Editorial: Victory in the courts for Texas property owners

Avid Cattleman readers will remember an article earlier this year where I discussed Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s involvement in judicial issues. The case I highlighted in the story was Hlavinka et al. v.

The Idle American

They tried ever so hard to make major league baseball’s opening day seem as normal as possible, for the radio listener or TV viewer anyway. Globe Life Field in Arlington--the $1.2 billion enclosed structure barely completed for the scheduled home opener in March--languished for almost four months.

The Richland Springs Report

There are many prayers going out for rain in the area. Some friends are already selling off cows and putting out hay. Those are not good signs for the beginning of September. Everywhere you go in the area, large trees are losing their leaves that have already turned brown.

Seeds From The Sower

What others did in the past influences what we do today. What is done today will influence what goes on in the future. It's like dominoes: stand them on end and place them in a line - one after another - and if the one at the beginning of the line is pushed over, all of them will fall down.

Children - Our Greatest Asset

One of my daughters sent me a picture this morning of her young son bottle-feeding a calf. A younger sibling stood by to encourage and help. The boy doing the feeding had a big smile as he posed for the picture.