Farm & Ranch 9
Pushing through the Pandemic with the Youth Livestock Show
89th Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show sees 422 exhibitors despite the current troubles of the pandemic. A brighter horizon for Gillespie county and hoping it will be a sign to surrounding counties.
Texas food banks may be less equipped to help hungry households in the new year
More than 2.5 million households in Texas didn't always have enough food to eat in November, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. About two-thirds of those households were either Hispanic or Black.
Frederickburg’s Chapter of Native Plant Society will have a Fall sale
The Fredericksburg’s chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas announced its annual, members-only, Fall plant sale. With this first announcement of the event, the Native Plant Society confirmed that they have suspended meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic and advised to continue to be N.I.C.E. to our Texan environment. As for members, each of them […]
Texas ranchers, activists, and local officials are bracing for megadroughts brought by climate change
Photo by Allie Goulding By Meena Venkataramanan at Texas Tribune, July 27, 2020 Arthur Uhl III has been ranching for 30 years and routinely has the same lament: “It doesn’t rain enough.” Uhl, who works on his family’s San Angelo-area ranches, needs the rain to grow the grass that feeds his livestock. But in a […]
Texas’ Roadside Peach Stands Report Plenty of Fruit and Brisk Business
Despite pandemic concerns and winter setbacks, orchards see no shortage of customers or sweet fruit
Area Livestock Report Aug-Sept 2019
Southwest Livestock Exchange, Inc. Cattle Sale Thursday, 12:00PMSheep & Goat Sale Tuesday, 12:00PM Office (830) 278-5621Mobile (830) 591-7750P.O. Box 1456, Uvalde, TX 78802 Thursday, August 29, 2019 We had a nice run of cattle Thursday August 29th with the market being steady on most classes of calves and yearlings with the lighter good quality calves […]
Area Livestock Report August 2019
Southwest Livestock Exchange, Inc. Cattle Sale Thursday, 12:00PMSheep & Goat Sale Tuesday, 12:00PM Office (830) 278-5621Mobile (830) 591-7750P.O. Box 1456, Uvalde, TX 78802 Thursday, August 1, 2019 We had a good run of cattle Thursday August 1st with the market being steady to stronger. Our calves and yearlings were active with good demand. Our packer […]
Area Livestock Report June 2019
Southwest Livestock Exchange, Inc. Cattle Sale Thursday, 12:00PMSheep & Goat Sale Tuesday, 12:00PM Office (830) 278-5621Mobile (830) 591-7750P.O. Box 1456, Uvalde, TX 78802 Thursday, June 27, 2019 We had a light run of cattle Thursday June 27th due to the rains that fell around the area and the upcoming 4th of July. Our calves and […]
