The Blue Ranch near Dumas was presented the Texas Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award at the 2024 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo held last week in Fort Worth.
Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle caused significant cattle losses for individual ranchers, but should not impact beef cattle markets or consumers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension photographer Sam Craft was in the Texas Panhandle documenting the aftermath of the largest wildfire in Texas history, and the aid and support for fire victims.
After burning for more than six days, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma was only 15% contained Sunday morning. Drifting sand now poses a threat to rural roads.
While the Smokehouse Creek Fire rapidly became the state's largest in history, four other wildfires are burning in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle area. (Additional images contained in story.)
Devastating wildfires are burning in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region and the Smokehouse Creek Fire has already become the second largest in Texas history, consuming at least three-quarters of a million acres.
Emergency management officials are advising landowners in five Texas counties to remove livestock from flood-prone areas due to excessive rainfall upstream over the last three days.
After Texas renovated a highway, Richie DeVillier’s ranch experienced catastrophic flooding that destroyed his crops and killed his cattle. A seven-year legal battle ensued, which now heads to the Supreme Court.
Our industry is constantly evolving, but today’s consumer is changing even faster. As producers, we must put ourselves in their shoes because we’re ALL consumers at the end of the day.
A microscopic species of algae is causing toxic algal blooms affecting two dozen states in the U.S., New research into the genetic diversity of the responsible organism could help predict when blooms will occur.
By restoring the native ecosystem on their land, the Browns are doing their part to protect one of the most imperiled ecosystems, the grasslands of North America.
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association recognized Meredith Ellis of G Bar C Ranch as the winner of the Texas Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award.
While the recent rule may be one of many WOTUS definitions, Mary Thomas Hart of NCBA shares how producers should prepare in reaction to the rule now in effect.
Tucker Brown of Throckmorton, Texas, has been selected as the 2022 Advocate of the Year by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.
More than 2,000 Texas beef producers received an update on how the Texas Beef Council is helping keep beef in its strongest state through demand-driving programs during the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course.
Everything’s bigger in Texas. And when it comes to the Texas State Fair, everything’s fried, too. Here’s the 10 Big Tex Choice Awards finalists of 2022!
The Emory Livestock Auction saw 3,494 head of livestock on July 9, drawing miles of trailer lines filled with desperate sellers, thankful for a sale while prices hold relatively steady.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s 12th annual Central Texas Stocker Cattle Program for McLennan County will be held June 22 in West and will offer the opportunity to earn Beef Quality Assurance Certification.
Wildfire threats are not over in Texas, but preliminary estimates from early March through the end of April put losses to ranchers at $23.1 million from multiple fires that covered 433,000 acres.
As the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire continues in New Mexico, Texas Panhandle residents are under a severe fire risk warning with high temperatures and high winds forecast all week.
TSCRA reminded the committee ranchers and landowners are right beside law enforcement officers on the front lines of the battle, confronting regular thefts, burglaries, damaged infrastructure and armed intimidation.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have tested a technology to make temporary genetic modifications in mosquitoes that may reduce risks associated with invasive genetic elements.
Could a proposed ‘endangered species’ along the southern Texas border be a deterrent to proceed with border enforcement activities? Texas Attorney General Paxton comments.
Selected as Grand Champion Jr. Market Steer from a field of 1,750, Vanilla Ice sold for a record $1 million at the 90th Anniversary of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture employee was paid to allow tick infested and diseased cattle to enter the country, according to an indictment filed in a Laredo federal court last week.
Wildfire activity is forecast to increase along and west of I-35 and into South Texas from Feb. 18-21. Texas A&M Forest Service firefighters have responded to 91 wildfires that burned 7,312 acres since Feb. 14.
With deer hunting a major recreational activity and economic benefit, understanding more about deer and the possibility of zoonotic disease transmission ensures the industry’s safety and sustainability.
The Shoal chub is a widely distributed small fish species being studied as part of a project to identify how flow regulation in Texas can benefit water users while maintaining a sound ecological environment.
TSCRA president Hughes Abell says the cattlemen's group has long opposed the use of eminent domain to force the sale of private property for Texas Central’s high-speed rail venture.
Critical fire weather is forecast through Dec. 26 for portions of North and West Texas, with Dec. 24 holding the most potential for wildfire activity, particularly in the Panhandle
Incorporating Brahman genetics into cattle herds amid changing environmental temperatures in the southwest has one Texas A&M AgriLife team researching the physiological differences to enhance beef quality.
Texas cattle producers seek clarity and consistency over who has jurisdiction to decide disputes regarding ownership of water rights, the court system or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
For Texas livestock owners, the registration of brands, earmarks, tattoos and other forms of animal identification expire every ten years at the end of August.
Livestock from the U.S. move through Texas in route to Mexico every day. Animals rejected for export could be moved somewhere in Texas without proper testing and treatment, creating vulnerability for Texas ranchers.
San Pedro Ranch, located near Carrizo Springs is the recipient of the 2021 Texas Leopold Conservation Award®. The ranch is owned by siblings Joseph Fitzsimons and Pamela Fitzsimons Howard and their families.
Thanks to contributions from across the U.S., Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Disaster Relief Fund mailed checks totaling $112,750 to cattle raisers financially burdened by February’s Winter Storm Uri.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows from North Dakota to Texas, all the way west to California, the most severe levels of drought didn’t ease across the U.S. this past week.
Food Network Chef and former NFL star Eddie Jackson has been named Chief Recipe Officer for Beef Loving Texans to develop unique, timely recipes and partnering as an ambassador for the brand.
The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced Treadwell Cattle. Co, Christoval, Texas, as the winner of the Outstanding Rangeland Stewardship Award.
"For too long, cow-calf producers across the nation have marketed our cattle with one hand tied behind our back. The culprit has been an ever-growing lack of price discovery."