TFB votes to up beef checkoff funding
      WACO - Continued support for the Beef Promotion and Research Program and a vote to increase Beef Checkoff funds topped the agenda of delegates at the 74th annual meeting of the Texas Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau delegates voted to raise the Beef Checkoff amount from $1 to $2 per head or "an amount d...
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Water Act changes draw opposition
      Proposed legislation to amend the Clean Water Act would in effect result in a "large taking on the part of the federal government," says Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. "TSCRA strongly opposes HR 2421 and SB 1870 to amend the Clean Water Act," TSCRA President Jon Means told leg...
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Winter pasture short in Texas so far
      Winter pasture across the state is "very short" due to lack of rainfall, Texas Cooperative Extension reports. Overall, the wheat crop statewide "is looking a bit iffy right now" as to how it will fare heading into January, said Dr. Travis Miller, Extension agronomist.
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