Farm Bureau reports grocery prices on downward trend
Texas Farm Bureau's Grocery Price Watch shows nine of 18 items fell in price over the last quarter with an average drop from 51.97 to 51.25. Kenneth Dietschke notes families monitor expenses as economists forecast up to 4 percent price increases in 2009.
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Farm Bureau
Austin
Lone Star State
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas
Kenneth Dietschke
San Angelo
Dietschke
Agriculture Department
Bird joins Angus Assn ranks amid junior plasma
Bird of Crawfills Gap becomes a junior member of the American Angus Association, gaining eligibility to register cattle and join programs, shows, and national events. Bryce Schumann, CEO, notes the association is the world’s largest beef registry with about 33,000 members. Consumers see no Texas price rebounds as lettuce, bread, and long grain rice fall in price this quarter.
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Bird of Crawfills Gap
American Angus Association
Bryce Schumann
Snt Joseph
Missour
National
Junior
Bosque County Beef Short Course Aids Area Farmers
Bosque County Farm Bureau urges drought challenged Texan ranchers to join the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course on Aug 3 for tools on brush control forage management and herd decisions. The program offers continuing education credits and covers dinner tradeshow and materials. Day highlights biofuel funding and private property rights debates plus broadband access for rural Bosque County and a quarterly food price survey.
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Clifton
Texas
Bosque County Farm Bureau
Alan Day
Day
Texas A&m
Texas Beef
Texas Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
USDA
TFB
Bosque County
America
Arm Bureaus
Farm Bureau
Farm Service Agency Extends Deadlines for 2009 ACRE DCP
The Farm Service Agency extends the signup deadline by 10 weeks for both the DCP and ACRE programs. Producers may elect ACRE at their county office after the month begins, with late reporting incurring fees. The extension gives producers more time to decide between staying with DCP or switching to ACRE for crop year 2009 and beyond.
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Aeridian
UNDA
Sune
Ation
Acre
FSA
Sudan
Farm Bureau Backs Estes SB 10 in Special Session
Texas Farm Bureau lauds Senator Craig Estes for introducing SB 10 on eminent domain reform during the special session convening July 1. The measure mirrors SB 18's landowner protections, compensation, and buyback provisions, with wide legislative support cited by TFB President Kenneth Dierschke.
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AIR 14
Texas
David More
Senate
House Land Resource Management
Uestature
Toler Mento
Corpenshoon
Farm Bureau
Estes
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Craig Estes
Sen
Jackson Joins American Angus Association
Jackson Walnut Springs joins the American Angus Association as a new member. Bryce Schumann of the association in Saint Joseph Missouri notes the organization has nearly $3 000 active adult and junior members and the largest beef cattle registry in the world. The association keeps permanent records on individual animals to aid members in selecting and mating high quality cattle for U S farmers.
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Jackson
Walnut Springs
American Angus Association
Bryce Schumann
C&o
National
Ed Registry Organization
Saint Joseph
Missouri
U.S
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