Though planted late in about the third week of November, this Panhandle wheat still showed good tillering and good potential for spring growth, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Dr. Calvin Trostle).

Heading into the winter months, cattle producers should give careful attention to adequate nutrition of beef cattle, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Do you like feeding your livestock hay from August to March? Do you realize you have a choice in this matter? Well, you do. Here is a step by step process which you can follow that will help you make some good decisions for managing your livestock operation so you don’t have to feed so much hay and grow close to the same amount of beef but with more profit.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist, Clyde Hogue, announces applications for funding opportunities with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) are currently being accepted at the NRCS offices located at 1404 N. McDonald St., McKinney, TX 75071.

Saturday, December 14, 12:00 p.m Call (580) 380-6300 to consign early!

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) District Conservationist Randy Moore announces applications for funding opportunities with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) are currently being accepted at the NRCS offices located at 2504 North Center Street.

The county committee election ballots that were mailed to producers a few weeks ago were incorrectly printed with the producer's name and address on the back of the ballot. County committee elections must use a secret ballot so the misprinted ballots cannot be used. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) asks that you please destroy or recycle the misprinted ballot. If you have already voted and returned your ballot, it will be destroyed unopened at the FSA office.

Al Nelson, farm manager, shows off cotton grown on the 1,500-acre farm near College Station that serves as a research and teaching platform for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin)

Admission is free to 4-H and FFA exhibitors who may bring their project lambs and goats only; no cattle or swine, according to organizers.

Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership Program is seeking applicants for its new class, which will begin in July.

Saturday, December 14, 12:00 p.m. Call Jeff Hazaleus (580) 380-6300 to consign early!

Horse owners and breeders wanting to learn more about efficiency methods in reproduction and management can attend a short course Jan. 8-10 at Texas A&M University in College Station.