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Daily News Update, Jan. 8, 2008
Agriculture
Commissioner Staples sets goals for 2008
In
a speech to more than 800 faculty and staff at Texas A&M
University's AgriLife Conference in College Station on Tuesday,
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples encouraged all Texans to play
a part in preserving our state's multi-billion dollar agriculture
industry and enhancing rural economic development.
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New
marketing campaign for beef industry
The Beef
Checkoff Program is strengthening its award-winning advertising
campaign by building on the core equities consumers recognize and
love about beef. Powerful Beefscapes is a fresh iteration of
the successful "Beef. It’s What's for Dinner" campaign, which is one
of the most recognizable taglines in advertising history.
more
Tulsa cattle
sale resumes after five weeks off
The
Tulsa Stockyards' weekly auction, which saw its normal two-week
holiday break stretched out by last month's ice, electrical and
computer problems, has finally sold cattle for the first time since
Dec. 3, 2007.
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As horses
multiply, neglect cases rise
Across the U.S., the number of horses whose owners won't or can't
properly care for them is mushrooming. Spurred by retiring baby
boomers and their penchant for second homes in the country, horse
ownership boomed in the U.S. over the past decade.
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TDA Market
Recap, 1-7-08
For
the week ending Jan. 5, 2008, cash feeder steer prices at Texas
auctions averaged $115.43 per hundred-weight in very light
holiday-week trade. Fed cattle cash prices were higher as packers
secured supplies following the holidays and resumed a full-week
processing schedule.
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Operation Cow
Thief
You can help catch a thief!
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Market
Information
Direct link to TSCRA's market
information page go
Events and Sale Calendar
Direct link to
TSCRA's events and calendar page go
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