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Nominations now being accepted for the Texas Environmental Stewardship Award Program
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 15, 2025) – Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, in partnership with the Texas Grazing Lands Coalition, announced that nominations are officially open for the Texas Environmental Stewardship Award Program. This annual award honors Texas cattle raisers who demonstrate outstanding commitment to conservation and land stewardship.…
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TSCRA supports STOP Screwworms Act to protect U.S. cattle herd
In response to the introduction of the STOP Screwworms Act by Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Tony Gonzales, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today released the following statement:”The STOP Screwworms Act is a vital step in protecting the U.S. cattle herd from the growing…
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TSCRA supports USDA’s necessary decision to close southern border amid threat of New World screwworm
In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins’ recent announcement to close the southern border to imports of cattle, horses, and bison in an effort to slow the northward spread of New World screwworm, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. released…
TSCRA Talk Episode 64 – National Grazing Lands Coalition 411
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TSCRA Leadership Development Foundation Working Grant Program application period opens
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 1, 2025) – Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Leadership Development Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering the next generation of land and livestock stewards and leaders, has opened applications for the TSCRA Leadership Development Foundation Working Grant Program. This initiative provides financial capital to…
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TSCRA commends Rollins’ commitment to combat New World screwworm with U.S.-based sterile fly facility
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 29, 2025) – Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, the oldest and largest livestock association in the Southwest, today issued the following statement from President Carl Ray Polk Jr. following a closed-door roundtable meeting with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins: “The introduction of New World…
TSCRA Talk Episode 63 – Award-winning stewardship: Holistic resource management at Blue Ranch
TSCRA commends USDA for holding Mexico accountable amid New World screwworm management failures
FORT WORTH, Texas (April 26, 2025) — Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, the largest and oldest livestock association in the Southwest, commends U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins’ efforts to hold Mexico accountable for its failure to manage the growing threat of New World screwworm (NWS). In a letter…
EPA to amend Waters of the United States definition
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced today their intent to amend the definition of “continuous surface connection” under Waters of the United States (WOTUS) in response to recent legal developments.“As ranchers and landowners, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is pleased with Administrator Zeldin…
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Cherokee County man indicted in multi-county horse theft case
Samuel Wayne Bell Jr. arrested after an investigation led by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers. FORT WORTH, Texas (April 24, 2025) — Samuel Wayne Bell Jr. of Cherokee County was indicted for second-degree felony theft of livestock following an investigation by Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association…
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