September 22, 2009 RSS feed / Agribusiness

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Why devote a month to life insurance awareness?

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. The following was submitted by Farm Bureau Insurance in Lampasas. Almost everyone knows they need life insurance, but almost no one wants to buy it. That's understandable. More...

TSCRA sets drought-management workshops

Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association will host free drought-management workshops this month for ranchers in droughtstricken parts of Central Texas. All programs are free to ranchers, and they include a meal. More...

Ag Notes

Outdoors Woman Texas Parks and Wildlife will present "Becoming an Outdoors Woman," a three-day workshop that teaches women 18 and older new outdoor skills. The workshop is Oct. More...

Assembly required

Senior ag mechanics students Eduardo Davila, left, and Cory Carpenter assemble mobile welding tables for use in laboratory instruction at the new Lampasas High School agriscience building. More...

First-ever Texas Native Plant Week set Oct. 9-12

Sprawling fields of Texas bluebonnets and vibrant orange Texas paintbrushes highlight fields and highways across the state. More...

Got game?

Local agribusinessman Jed Dunning spoke to a number of freshmen and ag co-op careers students recently at the Lampasas High School agriscience facility. More...

Ag teacher ready to begin student training at Lampasas High School

Candace Lusk, a student in the agriscience program at Texas A&M University, will begin her student teaching in agriscience/FFA this fall at Lampasas High School after completing block courses at A&M. Ms. More...

Cattle Auction

The report from the Sept. 16 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 565 compared to 824 last week and 1,104 last year. More...

Safety first

Lampasas High school sophomore agscience/FFA student Layton Irvin sets up an eye protection safety cabinet for use in the new ag mechanics lab. More...

Enjoy hunting season -- but be aware of disease threats lurking in the wild

Texas can be a letdown for visitors who expect the set of "Rio Lobo" (actually shot in Arizona) and instead find an urbanizing state fully integrated with the 21st century. But even in the iPhone age, much of the frontier culture survives. More...

Goal-setting

Lampasas High School agriculture alumnus and Texas A&M graduate Jim Collins spoke last week to 45 agriculture/ FFA students enrolled in Work-Based Learning and equine science classes. More...