COUNTY LIFE
Beef summit planned on Aug. 20
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a multicounty beef summit on Aug. 20 in Bellevue.
The cost of the summit is $30, which includes lunch. Registration is available online at https://tx.ag/MultiCountyBeefSummit or by emailing Bill Holcombe at bill.holcombe@ag.tamu.edu. The deadline to register is Aug. 15.
The summit will be 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m at the Vashti Community Center, 9345 Farm-to-Market Road 1288.
Counties included in the summit are Archer, Clay, Jack, Montague, Wichita and Wise Counties providing up-to-date information for producers and landowners in the North Texas area.
Topics that will be covered at the summit include: Beef cattle genetics, New World screwworm update, cattle market update, controlling brush in your pasture, parasite management, virtual fencing techniques and experiences, pasture weed management, spray nozzle calibration and pasture, rangeland and rorage insurance.
Speakers include:
- Ron Gill, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock specialist and professor, Department of Animal Science, Chico.
- Jason Johnson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist for management and associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stephenville.
- Colton Spencer, range and pasture specialist, Corteva Agriscience, Sherman.
- James Jackson, range and pasture specialist, Alligare, LLC, Stephenville.
- Kevin Przilas, product representative, Merck Animal Health.
- Donnell Brown, R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton.
Three Texas Department of Agriculture general continuing education units will be available with pesticide applicator’s license.
RSVP to j-hansard@tamu.edu or call 940-894-2831 by Aug. 15.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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