Some Remarkable Bright Spots in a Tough 2011
By: Joe Parker Jr, Photo by Steven Long
COWTOWN, (TSCRA) – There is no denying that 2011 was a tough year for cattle raisers. Ranchers across the state are still facing an unprecedented drought and rebuilding from the crippling wildfires, but through all the dust and smoke, there...
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ALLEGED CATTLE THIEF TURNS HIMSELF IN
PAWHUSKA, OKLA (TSCRA). – A Sperry, Okla., man turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on larceny of livestock charges. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Bart Perrier led the investigation.
Terry Lee Jett Jr., 40, was charged with allegedly stealing 16 head of cattle from an Osage...
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WASHINGTON, (NSAC) – Today Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Representative Chellie Pingree of Maine announced that next week they will introduce the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act, a comprehensive bill intended for inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill.
This legislation will help farmers and ranchers engaged in local and regional agriculture by addressing production,...
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HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Wild Horse advocate and acclaimed Nevada naturalists Craig Downer issued a note of concern Tuesday about a wild horse “gather” being conducted by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
“I was just up at the Bitner and Nut Mtn. HMA wild horse helicopter roundups on Saturday and Sunday” Downer said. “It is...
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Pending Free Trade Agreements Pass Congress: Increase in beef exports will help Texas cattle industry recover from tough weather conditions
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association today applauded the U.S. House and Senate for ratifying the pending free trade agreements (FTA) with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. The passage of...
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The U.S. Supreme Court Ends the George W. Bush Era Bureau of Land Management Grazing Regulations Once and For All
WASHINGTON, (Western Watersheds Project) – Today the United States Supreme Court denied consideration of an appeal by the Public Lands Council of prior federal court decisions overturning Bureau of land Management grazing regulations promulgated...
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By: Robert Burns
Lack of water and lack of hay and grazing continued to force Texas livestock owners to sell out herds statewide. (Texas AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns)
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COLLEGE STATION, (TAMU) – Many agricultural producers in East Texas are feeling caught between a rock and a ‘hot’ place, according to Texas AgriLife Extension...
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August 16, 2011By: Robert Burns,
Desperate for hay, the owner of this baler and tractor was trying to harvest a parched field of grass on a neighbor’s property in East Texas. A spark from the baler ignited hay inside, and the resulting fire spread to more than 100 acres. No houses burned, but the operator...
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DOT abandons proposal to require ranchers to obtain CDL
FORT WORTH, (TSCRA) – The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) today applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision not to consider a proposal that could have required tractors and loaded stock trailers weighing 26,000 pounds or more to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL).
According...
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By Steven Long
Chute Photo by Laura Leigh, Chase Photo by Terry Fitch,
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The secretive federal Bureau of Land Management has long kept the doors of the giant taxpayer funded pastures where thousands of wild horses are warehoused, well, closed.
But while the doors were closed to press and public, they may have been...
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