Results of sale Thursday, September 29, 2016 -- 1016 head

A study conducted by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University found that proposed mergers by the world's leading biotechnology firms would result in steep price increases farmers pay for cotton seed and small increases in corn and soybean seed, potentially leading to increased consumer prices for food and fiber. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin)

Bus tour to Noble Foundation ranches near Marietta, Oklahoma on Friday, October 7

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Cooke & Grayson Counties would like to invite you to our annual Fall Beef Cattle Management Program on Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., to be held at the Cooke County Fairgrounds Barn on 1901 Justice Center Blvd off Highway 82, west of I-35 in Gainesville, Texas.

Dr. Kevin Crosby, Texas A&M AgriLife vegetable breeder in College Station, explains to growers new techniques for producing tomatoes. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kathleen Phillips)

The Fannin County Extension Service will be hosting the 2016 Fannin County Hay Show and Program to take place on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Bois D' Arc Creek Cowboy Church. This program will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner and the program will go from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

The emerald ash borer has been discovered in East Texas. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)

Producers are prepping for fall planting as winter weather conditions are expected to be warmer and dryer than average. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns)

A four-wire electric fence system protecting a cowpea plot at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Overton. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Dr. Billy Higginbotham)

Winter six-row barley growing near Thrall in April in a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service variety trial. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)

United States cattle on feed up 1 percent

"This AgriLife Extension program pairs two important aspects of owning a ranch with horses and other livestock -- preventing theft and keeping animals safe in a trailer," says Tarrant County Agriculture Agent Fred M. Hall.