Hay shortage drives up prices forcing cattle sales
Texas rancher Jimmy Atlas reports drought driven hay scarcity raising costs to about 12 000 and forcing sale of a third of a 150 head herd. He notes most pastures are dry with ponds drying, cattle underweight, and statewide losses estimated at 1.5 billion dollars since last year. Hay prices rose from 69 74 per ton to 91 97 per ton over the last two months per Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Jimmy Atlas
Atlas
Grandview
Fort Worth
Texas
Beverly Boyd
Texas Department of Agriculture
State board delays millions in funding across budget items
The Legislative Budget Board holds $473 million from vetoed 2006 07 budget funds unused as lawmakers postpone a meeting to allocate the money. Lt. Gov Dewhurst and House Speaker Craddick cite scheduling conflicts while Gov Perry backs spending on nursing homes and reimbursements to the Texas Education Agency for unfunded textbooks.
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Austin
Legislative Budget Board
David Dewhurst
Tom Craddick
Dewhurst
Mark Miner
Craddick
Rick Perry
Texas Education Agency
Black History Month celebrates leaders and legacies
The piece notes leaders like Ross and Cole recognized by Exxon Mobil for their achievements and advocacy. It highlights Edna Green-Thomas’s work with students and community, and traces Black History Month to Carter G. Woodson, a scholar who championed black American contributions and helped establish the observance.
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Ross
UCLA
Exxon Mobil
Tracy L. Cole
Exxon Mobil Basic Chemicals Organization
Edna Green-Thomas
B.P. Hopper
Highlands
Green-Thomas
Grady H. Moshay
Carter G. Woodson
Woodson
Kentucky
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