Emergency loans available in county
      Applications for emergency farm loans for losses caused by excessive rain that occurred July 1, 2007 are being accepted at the Farm Service Agency office located in Wharton, Gail A. Hoskins said today.
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High grain prices may keep cattle prices level
      Prices for fed cattle will go up slightly in 2008, according to the prognosis offered at the 2007 Texas Cattle Feeders Association Annual Convention by Randy Blach, executive vice president of Cattle-Fax. Blach predicted the 2008 average price would be around $92 to $94 per cwt, but there will be...
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Cotton harvest about third done statewide
      For the week ending Oct. 27, the average cash feeder steer price was virtually unchanged from a week earlier. Price trends at individual auction markets ranged from $7 per hundredweight lower to $3 higher with many locations reporting at least some sales at steady prices. Fed cattle prices declin...
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County stalk destruction deadline extended to 5th
      Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced cotton growers in Wharton County are granted an extension for cotton stalk destruction to Nov. 5. The deadline is extended because of weather. Deadlines for cotton stalk destruction are established by regulations adopted under the Cotton Pest ...
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