Michael Wilson
Introducing Today’s Rancher Desktop 2026 (pdf)
Texas Water Development Board approves $69,511,030 in financial assistance to co-fund Rio Grande Valley canal lining and conversion projects
(Courtesy TWDB) AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 10, 2026) – Today, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $69,511,030 in Water Supply Infrastructure Grants for canal lining and conversion projects in the Rio Grande Valley, co-funded with the North American Development Bank … Continue reading →
Cattlemen’s Column: A pound of gold
By Donnell Brown, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association director and chair of the marketing and transportation committee. (Courtesy TSCRA) FORT WORTH, Texas (September 9, 2026) – A pound is a pound — at least on the scale. But a … Continue reading →
Secretary Rollins Provides Update on Bird Flu Strategy
(Washington, D.C., June 26, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive, five-pronged strategy announced in February to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). After reaching a record high due to … Continue reading →
Texas bans the sale and production of lab-grown meat
AUSTIN — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today celebrated that Texas officially became the seventh state in the nation to ban the sale and production of lab-grown meat. The legislation, recently signed by Governor Greg Abbott, is now set to take … Continue reading →
Cherokee County man indicted in multi-county horse theft case
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 24, 2025) — Samuel Wayne Bell Jr. of Cherokee County was indicted for second-degree felony theft of livestock following an investigation by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Darrel Bobbitt and Larry Hand. In … Continue reading →
National Weekly Direct Slaughter Cattle Report – Formulated and Forward Contract – Imported
Hickory Hollow Jerky Recalls Ready-To-Eat Jerky Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection
FSIS Announcement WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2024 – Hickory Hollow Jerky, a Eufaula, Ala., establishment, is recalling approximately 6,229 pounds of ready-to-eat jerky products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection … Continue reading →
Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate. The warmer and more unpredictable weather has been a source of instability on U.S. farms. ARS agroecologists turned to history for a … Continue reading →