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Nearly a dozen Oregon firefighters are on their way to Texas for the coming weeks, to help local crews battle wildfires across the Lone Star state. Oregon’s Department of Forestry said 21 others just returned from Texas, and 17 more remain in New Mexico on a similar mission. ODF’ ...

For the beleaguered winter wheat crop in some of the southern drought areas, "It's quickly becoming the point of no return," according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. He added the current crop raitings are just terrible for this time of year ...

The wheat crop nationwide is facing a variety of challenges this year. "For weeks now we've been watching the status of winter wheat and the poor condition across the central and southern great plains and despite a fairly stormy week last week, it's not surprising that we still have some significant issues with winter wheat condition," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey ...

President George W. Bush is set to headline the 2022 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo, hosted annually by the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. The event takes place at the Fort Worth Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth on March 25-27. Presi ...

Dry conditions are expected to continue in several areas of the country. “We do have some limited updates from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  Weekly state reports for the week ending March 6th indicating that topsoil moisture is rated 81% very short to short in Kansas and Texas," USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says Oklahoma is also notably dry. “In those st ... Read Mor

Winter wheat needs moisture, especially at critical stages of development. So what happens to winter wheat that doesn't get enough water? "Once those winter wheat plants are vegetative, which we are seeing across the southern great plains, you get the growth of the stalk, and then it begins to head out," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey ...

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that their agriculture specialists seized prohibited meat products at the U.S.-Mexico border. Customs agents seized 243 pounds of prohibited pork bologna in two separate and unrelated incidents ...

When it comes to the latest winter wheat conditions across the country, USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey said there is reason to pause. "This is probably the most concerning chart of the week, showing 44% of the crop rated as good to excellent, that is down 2% from a week ago," Rippey noted ...

Cactus Health Services in rural Texas was outgrowing its leased facility in a non-commercial area. "All patients in this two-county wide area and then we also get patients from all the way up in the city of Odessa that's an hour and a half away that come see our federally qualified health center ...

Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame inductees and award winners will be honored in August. The event, August 9, will precede the 2021 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, to be held in Nashville, Tennessee. The Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to honor the exceptional visionary men and women who have made lasting contributions to the cattle-feeding industry ...