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AP Top News: 7:24 p.m. EDT

The Annual Forage Program is here! On Thursday, April 25th, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) announ-ced a new program to insure summer and winter annual crops for grazing, haying, silage and other intended uses under the Rainfall Index (RI) insurance policy called the Annual forage crop....

Texas Tales

published: May 9th 2013 by: Mike Cox

Sarah’s Story Few Texas women ever lived a harder life than Sarah Creath McSherry Hibbens Stinnett Howard. A lady with true grit and more, the way she came by her long name is one of Texas’ more gripping tales....

Executive Director’s Report...

published: May 9th 2013 by: Bill Hyman source: ICA of Texas

The USDA recently re-quested comments on their new mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rules. ICA responded with a letter vigorously supporting the new rules and COOL in general. Other Texas livestock groups once again took the opposing view....

President’s Address

published: May 9th 2013 by: Phil Sadler source: ICA of Texas

During the first week of April, ICA members from across the state made their way to the state capitol to visit their legislators. A-bout a dozen of us went to the offices of the senators and representatives from our individual areas of residence within the state to explain the ICA position on various legislative items....

Chapter Happenings Around The Lone Star State

published: May 9th 2013 source: ICA of Texas

Chapter Happenings East Texas ICA By Nyanza Price The ETICA met on April 9, 2013. The speaker for the evening was Todd Huebner, senior sales de-velopment representative for Merial. Merial also provided the meal for the evening....

The Texas Side of Things

published: April 25th 2013 by: Jim Banner

How many of you are familiar with the name Bill Dance? If you are an avid fisherman then you’ve probably seen one of his fishing shows on television or maybe even purchased one of his videos....

Texas Tales

published: April 25th 2013 by: Mike Cox

Early spring is dewberry time across much of Texas. So named because dew often covers them in the morning, dewberries bloom in late February and early March and can stay around until May. The berries go from green to red to a purplish blue, which means they’re ripe....

Weighing The Market

published: April 25th 2013 by: Wes and Sharla Ishmael

Drought & Cool Weather Continue Hampering Markets By now, lots of folks figured tighter cattle supplies would be driving the market. Instead, markets continue to be hamstrung by a deuce mixture of factors that include lingering winter weather, overall sluggish wholesale beef de-mand and expectations more total meat production will need to be marketed domestically....

Just Your Standard Bull

published: April 5th 2013 by: MIchael Sturgess

Light on the starch please! It’s been a very hectic Spring so far and March was no exception. I have spent many days on the road--more than many, not as much as some—and I have the plane tickets to prove it....

Texas Tales

published: April 5th 2013 by: Mike Cox

The lanky young ranger faced a tough choice, worse than life or death: Turn in his badge or lose the woman he loved. Unfortunately, he loved being a ranger as deeply as he cared for his fiancee. He liked the freedom of scouting the frontier, looking for hostile Indians and trigger-happy outlaws, making camp in one trouble spot until things settled down and then moving on when all hell busted loose somewhere else....

Agrilife Tips

published: April 5th 2013 source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service

GRAIN STORAGE SAFETY ISSUES ADDRESSED Texas A&M AgriLife Extension San Patricio, Nueces, and Refugio Co. will be hosting the Coastal Bend Grain Storage and Handlers Safety Confer-ence at the San Patricio Co....

Executive Director’s Report...

published: April 5th 2013 by: Bill Hyman

The Texas Legislature is in session and the state appropriations bill has passed the senate with only two nay votes. Now the appropriations bill goes to the Texas House to iron out the differences. At least in this session there are sufficient funds available to cover the state agencies needs....

President’s Address

published: April 5th 2013 by: Phil Sadler

As cattlemen, we’re always looking for ways to improve our profits. No need to look any further because the 39th Annual ICA Convention & Trade Show is right around the corner on June 26-28 in Bastrop, Texas at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort & Spa....

Chapter Happenings Around The Lone Star State

published: April 5th 2013 source: ICA of Texas

Chapter Happenings East Texas ICA By Nyanza Price Concern regarding the upcoming Sanderson Farms projects that will be coming to the surrounding counties and how they will affect the ranchers in the area was the topic for discussion at the monthly meeting for ETICA....

Just Your Standard Bull

published: March 8th 2013 by: Michael Sturgess

Well it has been a very busy and exciting few weeks since the last time I inked this column. First of all, our 22nd Annual San Antonio Livestock Show All Breeds Bull and Commercial Female Sale was held on February 13th, and it was by far our best sale ever! Within these pages, you will find a detailed report for the sale....

Texas Tales

published: March 8th 2013 by: Mike Cox

On the afternoon of September 14, 1953, television viewers over a large area of England supposedly saw on their screens the test pattern and call letters of KLEE – a TV station located 4,860 miles away in Houston....

AgriLife Tips

published: March 8th 2013 source: Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Grain Sorghum Management in Times of Drought Typically by this time of year, grain sorghum is being planted with hopes that this drought and heat tolerant crop will produce yields that will help carry the local farm economy....

Executive Director’s Report...

published: March 8th 2013 by: Bill Hyman

With the deadline for filing new legislation approaching quickly, our Texas lawmakers aren’t wasting any time writing new bills. We now have over 200 pieces of legislation concerning agriculture and private property rights....

President’s Address

published: March 8th 2013 by: Phil Sadler

Leadership is a precious commodity. It is not easily defined, but it is easily recognized. Leadership has components of inspiration, timely decision making, insight and follow thru. It can determine the direction and success of an organization, a business or a nation....

Chapter Happenings Around The Lone Star State

published: March 8th 2013 source: ICA of Texas

Chapter Happenings East Texas ICA By Nyanza Price Money, loans and finan-cing were the topics for our February meeting. Matt Tyler, regional vice president, Heritage Land Bank, Athens was the speaker for the evening....