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Funding Offered to Texas Grassland Owners, Priority for Drought Areas

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:43:11 +0000

Grassland owners in south Texas, the area hardest hit by the state’s drought, will be given priority consideration to participate in USDA’s Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), a $4.2 million conservation program in Texas. Extreme or exceptional drought has been designated in 78 counties in south Texas by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Landowners in these counties can sign-up for GRP to [...]

Vocational Ag Teachers Conference in Town

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:21:01 +0000

Lubbock is currently hosting the Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association of Texas professional development conference. The Lubbock Memorial Civic Center is serving as headquarters for the two thousand agricultural education teachers, families, exhibitors, and guests. This conference gives agricultural science teachers the opportunity to enhance their current teaching methods and keep up with the latest developments [...]

Cattle Raisers Say Ethanol Raises Prices

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:58:48 +0000

The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association today submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency saying that the ethanol fuel increase is bad for cattle raisers. TSCRA President Dave Scott today said “Corn ethanol production is important to cattle producers because it directly impacts the cost of feed. While cattle producers strongly support alternative and [...]

Safflower Crop Production Showcased

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:54:05 +0000

High Plains research aimed boosting safflower crop production will be showcased at a field day next Tuesday at Texas Tech University’s research farm in Lubbock. Safflower seeds are used for cooking oils and in margarine, much like sunflower seeds. Energy officials say safflower also makes an excellent feed stock for biodiesel. The safflower showcase event [...]

Wild Horse Adoption

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:21:08 +0000

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse adoption event in Lubbock this weekend at the Panhandle- South Plains Fairgrounds. The BLM will have over 70 horses at the event. The minimum cost for adoption is $125 and horses must be transported in a covered stock-type trailer.

USDA Money Available to Rehab Damaged Land

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:55:15 +0000

The United States Department of Agriculture will provide funds to rehabilitate damaged farm and ranch land. The USDA announced today that money will be available through the Emergency Conservation Program to repair farm and ranch land damaged by natural disasters that occurred in 2008 and 2009. Approximately 1.8 million dollars will go to Montague, Clay, [...]

ATF Enters Investigation Into Fire at Egg Manufacturing Facility in Farwell

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:23:51 +0000

FARWELL, Texas, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with ATF special agents from Lubbock Field Office, Dallas Field Division, have entered the investigation of a large fire that occurred July 9 at the Cal-Maine Foods egg production plant in Farwell, located [...]