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QuailMasters, a series of intensive, hands-on training sessions to help Texans learn more about quail, is back.

Register here: https://www.texas-wildlife.org/resources/events/quailmasters-2022.

02/23/22 - QuailMasters once again takes flight

TFB Radio Network's Carey Martin was in New Orleans last week to talk with Texas farmers at the annual Commodity Classic.

03/14/22 - Texas farmers visit Louisiana for Commodity Classic

Treatment for a foal disease called Rhodococcus Pneumonia may lead to antibiotic resistance in the animals. The disease can lead to pneumonia, fever, intestinal disease and death in foals younger than six months of age.

6/20/22 - Treatment of foal disease may lead to antibiotic resistance

A diagnosis of a mysterious disease has been released.  The disease has killed and sickened dozens of horses in several states, including Texas.

1/16/23 - Diagnosis of deadly horse disease

Forty percent of the Texas cotton crop has now been harvested.

To connect transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses interested in farming and ranching with valuable resources that may help them along the way, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will host a free two day webinar Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Register here: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ca-wK7nzTlmmvZniAmFKKg#/registration.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in two domesticated swans along the Texas coast.

10/25/23 - Cotton harvest continues; resources for military, veterans; HPAI in Texas

In response to several recent detections of Chronic Wasting Disease, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently approved the creation of several new CWD containment and surveillance zones.

01/29/24 - New Chronic Wasting Disease zones in Texas

Several members of the public and members of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently questions the size and use of Chronic Wasting Disease containment and surveillance zones and their impact on deer breeders and landowners.

01/30/24 - Some question size, use of CWD zones

Representatives from the Texas Deer Association and Texas Wildlife Association were among those who recently spoke to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission about new Chronic Wasting Disease containment and surveillance zones.

01/31/24 - Wildlife, deer associations weigh in on new CWD zones

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been asked to create a mountain lion management plan, including mandatory trap checks, and a potential ban on canned hunts.

That request came from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission after the commission heard the final report from the Texas Mountain Lion Stakeholder Working Group.

02/01/24 - Mountain Lion Stakeholder group presents final report

While a statewide mountain lion stakeholder working group may not have agreed on all issues they were tasked with addressing, they did agree on several items – and that has led to a request for a management plan for mountain lions from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

02/02/24 - Commission tasks TPWD with mountain lion plan, potential ban on canned hunts

Are there likely more hybrid quail or "blobs" in Howard County?  Good question, and the lucky hunter who harvested the unique bird in late December will definitely be looking for more on his lease near Big Spring.

1/3 - More details on hybrid quail taken in Howard County

Registered dieticians are trusted by consumers to help with food and nutrition questions. Amber Pankonin, a registered dietician from Nebraska, says they can also be effective resources on questions related to food production and modern agriculture.

6/30 - Registered dietitians can be trusted resources for agriculture

The Olton Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture celebrated another successful pheasant hunt in early December. The two-day hunt attracted 125 hunters.

12/28 - Olton celebrates another successful pheasant hunt

On this week's program, the domino effect of the health pandemic on the U.S. beef industry will continue for a while until there is more stability in the economy.  Otherwise, cattle sales over the Memorial Day Weekend were good in South Texas.  The is an increasing concentration of summer crops being devoted to silage in the Texas Panhandle.  It is expensive to protect hay from the weather.  Barn storage is the best method of protection.  There are challenges to growing turf grass in shade in Texas.

5/30/20 - Beef industry trickle down impact from COVID-19

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1/3 - More details on hybrid quail taken in Howard County

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