Beef
Industry Town Hall Meeting tonight in Three
Rivers
The Beef Industry Town Hall Meeting for Wednesday, Apr.
23, will be held at Live Oak Livestock Auction, 4 miles south of Three Rivers,
Texas, on highway 281. Producers do not have to be a member of
any industry organization or association to attend. Registration will begin at
5:30 p.m. and a free meal will be served at 6:00. Presentations will
begin at 6:30. more
TSCRA student membership events held
at Texas Tech and Texas A&M
TSCRA held membership
gatherings for students at Texas Tech University on April 8 and Texas A&M
University on April 16. Both meetings were a success, with a turnout of 48
attendees at Tech and more than 200 students attending the Texas A&M
meeting. Approximately 70 folks signed up for student memberships at both
events. more
Virtual fence on Mexican border
to be replaced
The
government will replace its highly touted "virtual fence" on the Mexico border
with new towers, radars, cameras and computer software, scrapping the brand-new
$20 million system because it doesn't work sufficiently, officials said. more
Texas crop, weather, April 23,
2008
With
few exceptions, most of the state's topsoil remained critically dry. And in
regions where a little rain came, strong winds followed, taking moisture with
it. Conditions were particularly severe in the Panhandle and the
Southwest. more
