September 2007 Archives

The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is a member based organization that helps identify stolen livestock and catch thieves.

Interesting in cooking more with beef but need to save money too?

The 23rd Annual Smith County Hay Show held at the East Texas State Fair was a huge success today! Our sale total of $22,750 was more than our 2006 sale total of $21,000!

Carbon, the sixth element on the Periodic Table, is found in a variety of forms in nature. Carbon is a raw material that, when put under tremendous pressure, yields dazzling diamonds or through sedimentation, produces the limestone we apply to fields to ameliorate soil pH. Along with the elements nitrogen and oxygen, life as we know it would not be possible for animals or plants without carbon.

However, the very carbon dioxide that is used by plants as a source of food, is today recognized and monitored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of several greenhouse gases (so called because they trap heat in the atmosphere) of concern to the environment. Other greenhouse gases monitored by the EPA include methane, nitrous oxide, and the fluorinated family of gases.

They are back! Since a little before Labor Day, spotty reports of Fall Armyworms have come into my office from around the county. These pesky insects make an annual migration north from the valley of Texas and usually make it here around the first to middle of September. Unlike grasshoppers, armyworms will have several generations per year, which makes their control more difficult.