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Guide to federal agency shutdown protocols
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAgricultural Marketing Service Beef Quality and Yield Grading: Beef grading will continue uninterrupted as this activity is funded by user-fees. Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program: Updates to the Cattle Contract Library will continue. Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR)/Mandatory Price Reporting: Market news information, as required for commodities and agricultural…
Crime watch: 17 heifers and two steers reported missing in Caldwell
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Brent Mast, District 22 reports 17 heifers and two steers missing from a property in Caldwell. The missing livestock include: Five Brahman heifers with white Navasota Livestock preconditioned tags that weigh 600 pounds; One Brahman heifer weighing 800 pounds; One Jersey Brahman cross heifer…
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Crime watch: Calves missing in Dickens County
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Michael Looney, District 7 in Northwest Texas, reports three black calves missing from a property one mile northwest of County Road 129 and 136 in Dickens County. The calves have a yellow ear tag in their left ear and an “under 7” notch in…
Crime watch: Cattle missing in Childress County
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Chris Ward, District 1 in the Texas Panhandle, reports five Red Angus heifers and a Red Angus cow-calf pair missing from a property off FM 658 in Childress County. The heifers have a “Turkey Track R” branded on their right rib, and…
Crime watch: Black Angus bull missing in Guadalupe County
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Robert Fields, District 25 in Southeast Texas, reports a black Angus bull missing from a property off Wilke Road in Kingsbury. The bull has a “0050 over 2 bar C” freeze branded on his left hip. He was last seen July 2025.…
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TSCRA Talk Episode 68 – Evaluating mineral at the ranch
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TSCRA responds to confirmed NWS case close to southern border
FORT WORTH, Texas (September 22, 2025) — Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a New World screwworm (NWS) case less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border: “With the recent detection of…
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Crime watch: Bull missing in Houston County
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Darrel Bobbitt, District 14 in East Texas, reports a four-year-old black bull missing from a property near Berea. The bull has a green ear tag. He was discovered missing Sept. 5. Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact Bobbitt…
Crime watch: Yearlings missing in Sherman County
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Chris Ward, District 1 in the Texas Panhandle, reports 55 head of yearlings from a property east of County Road 24 in Sherman County. The yearlings weigh 700 to 800 pounds and have a “Rafter B” branded on their left rib. They were…
TSCRA partners with Prime Metal Buildings & Components to deliver new member savings
FORT WORTH, Texas (September 15, 2025) – Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) announced a new partnership with Prime Metal Buildings & Components, giving members exclusive savings with one of the nation’s leading steel building companies. Through the partnership, TSCRA members will receive a 5% discount on Prime Metal…
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