Category: Ag News
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Screwworm Moves Closer To Texas Border
The New World Screwworm is now closer to the United States than it has been during the current outbreak, raising fresh concerns for cattle producers across the South and Southwest. According to USDA reports, a confirmed case was recently found in a young sheep in Mexico’s Coahuila state, approximately 31 miles south of the Texas…
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Colorado Grazing Rights Case Backs Land Grant Heirs
A long running Colorado land fight has produced another win for descendants of the 1844 Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. A recent court ruling allows land grant heirs in Colorado’s San Luis Valley to continue grazing sheep and cattle on La Sierra, part of the Cielo Vista Ranch. The 77 thousand acre ranch is privately…
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Kansas Wheat Crop Takes a Beating
Kansas wheat producers are staring down a tough crop year after a rough mix of drought, freeze damage, disease pressure, and insect problems hit fields across the state. Kansas State University wheat specialists say conditions found during the Kansas Wheat Quality Council Tour showed a crop that started with promise last fall but has struggled…
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Nebraska Feedlot Project Turns Manure Into Energy
A new renewable energy project planned for Central Nebraska is putting cattle manure to work in a different way and could bring new economic opportunities to cattle country. Neogenyx Fuels has announced construction is beginning on a renewable natural gas facility at Adams Land and Cattle near Broken Bow, Nebraska. The project will use manure…
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Virtual Fencing Tour Gives Producers Hands On Look
The University of Nebraska and Iowa State University are teaming up for a two day bus tour in June focused on virtual fencing practices and grazing management technology. The tour will take producers to ranches in Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska where multiple virtual fencing systems are already being used in cattle operations. Day one of…
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Colorado Man Arrested In Horse Theft Case
A Colorado man is facing felony livestock theft charges after Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers say an $8,000 registered Quarter Horse was never paid for following a sale in Northeast Texas. Investigators say 49 year old Edward Schwartz of Sanford, Colorado, was arrested May 17 in Wagner, South Dakota, after a months…