Stakes high in fight against cattle fever tick
By CARLA EVERETT Texas Animal Health Commission
      Livestock health officials say it could cost upwards of $13 million and take as long as two years to stop an incursion of fever ticks into the formerly fever tick-free areas of five counties along the Texas- Mexico border. The fever tick, less than oneeighth inch long, is capable of carrying and ...
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Which way is in?
      These feathered creatures seem to be searching for an opening in this rustic barn. Must be getting close to chow time.
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Ag Notes
      Burn workshop A workshop designed to give landowners and managers a basic understanding of the use and application of prescribed fire in a wildlife and/or grazing management program will be offered Jan. 19 at M.O. Neasloney Wildlife Management Area in Gonzales.
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Special guest
      Local Lampasas agriculturist Benton Floerke recently spoke to 50 upper-level agriscience students and work-based learning participants at Lampasas High School. Floerke, co-owner of Agro-Tech Inc.
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Cattle Auction
      The report from the Oct. 17 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 615 compared to 844 last week and 998 last year. Feeder steers and heifers, $5-$7 higher; slaughter cows steady; slaughter bulls $2-$3 higher.
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Show validation
      Melissa Telford, Victoria Meyer and Drew Anderson process their entries for the county rabbit and poultry show while Stephen Byrd waits in the background. FFA advisers Wes Harris and Dr.
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Texas tackles cattle TB entry, ID requirements
      Texas livestock health officials, striving to protect the state's hardearned cattle tuberculosis-free status, have adopted new cattle entry, testing and movement regulations that became effective mid-October.
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