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Guest speaker for the Tuesday, July 8, meeting of the Bandera County Ranchers and Landowners Association of Texas (RLAT) will be Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commissioner Margaret Martin.

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The nation’s largest deer breeding association, the Texas Deer Association (TDA) will represent the deer breeding industry and help Educate hunters and sportsmen in attendance at all three Texas Trophy Hunter Extravaganza events, presented by the Texas Trophy Hunters Association (TTHA)

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Personnel with the Texas Department of Health Services (TDHS) have released positive rabies results for 2006 and 2007.

Special to the Courier

Soil, the living land beneath our feet, is often overlooked in our everyday lives. Few realize what an important role it plays - from producing the food we eat and the fiber we wear to supporting the houses we live in and roads we drive on.

By Lauren Flake

On May 6, the House Committee on Land and Resource Management, chaired by State Representative Rob Orr, heard testimony on Interim Study Charge #5: “Study and evaluate policies held by other states in relation to how they treat wind resources as a property right.”

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Directors with the Cowboy Capital Rodeo Association are now accepting scholarship applications from eligible students attending college or trade school.

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The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) marked an ominous anniversary Thursday, July 3, by expanding the preventive cattle fever tick quarantine area in South Texas by 307,000 acres, after the dangerous livestock pests were detected on cattle outside quarantine areas in Starr and Zapata counties.

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Ranchers and landowners are asked to mark their calendars now for a free Farm and Ranch Management Workshop, scheduled for 12:30 pm until 6:30 pm, Friday, August 15, at The Beer Warehouse - aka as the Historic Meeting Hall - 1302 South 2nd Street at C Street in Floresville.

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Sixty-two organizations signed a letter sent June 25 to the House Appropriations Committee asking Congress not to connect the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) to the School Lunch Program.

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Kids ages six to 15 are invited to attend the Austin Bow Hunting & Archery Clinic sponsored by the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) and the Texas Deer Association.

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Joel Gourley, county executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Kerr and Bandera counties, recently announced that livestock producers have until July 18, to enroll in the 2005-2007 Livestock Compensation Program (LCP).

By Steve Byrns

Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a rainwater harvesting workshop Saturday, July 26, in San Marcos at the AgriLife Extension office in Hays County.

By Blair Fannin

The high price of fertilizer, diesel and other expenditures necessary to produce beef will be the focus of the 54th annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course scheduled for August 4 through 6 at Texas A&M University in College Station.

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Continuing to bring advanced technology to game management, GMS® unveiled its new Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system before an audience of more than 150 deer breeders at the recent third annual Whitetail Workshop at Mustang Creek Ranch in Salado.

Conrad K. Nightingale, DV

The American Association of Equine Practitioners considers vaccination against WNV to be not only important in the prevention of WNEE, but also as one of the core equine vaccinations.

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The Hill Country Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists is offering a free program designed specifically for landowners of small acreage.

By Rod Santa Ana

Grain sorghum market prices are said to be phenomenal as growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley begin harvesting an estimate half million acres, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts.