Locking diesel tanks to deter theft in West Texas farms
Lorenzo cotton producer Mark Schoepf installs padlocks on diesel tanks after price surges above 4.15 a gallon. Thieves target farm diesel nationwide with siphons and mobile pumps, prompting tighter security at farms, gins, and schools. Wildlife, penalties, and IRS enforcement add risk for off highway red dyed diesel.
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Lorenzo West Texas
Mark Schoepf
Schoepf
Lorenzo
Afix
Dom
IRS
Clay Sanford
Texas
State Comptroller’s Office
Comptroller
Allen Spelce
Comptroller’s Office
Spelce
Waco
Hallsburg
Kent Reynolds
Schoeps
Red-Dyed Diesel Use Expands Across Agricultural Sectors
The notice outlines that red-dyed diesel may be used in agricultural equipment including tractors and combines. It applies to farms, commercial orchards and nurseries, and ranches with operations like feedlots, dairy, poultry and timber. A home garden is mentioned but its scope is unclear.
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Crosby County Fuel Association
Sheldon Wilder
Memphis, Tenn
IRS
U.S. probes Mexico for salmonella link to tomatoes
FDA inspectors study three Mexican states Jalisco Sinaloa and Coahuila for tomato production gaps as nation faces 943 illnesses across 40 states with Texas bearing a large share. Bonanza Autlan exports heavy tomato volumes while warehouses hold hundreds of tons amid demand plunge. Growers fear lingering stigma into November harvests.
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Autlan
Mexico
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Jalisco
Sinaloa
United States
Coahuila
Texas
Florida
Bonanza
Texas-Mexico
Luis Almejo
Manuel Tarriba
Tomato Growers Association
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Gas pump inaccuracies help as well as hurt consumer
Texas motorists face inaccurate fuel amounts at thousands of pumps each year. A total of 5,778 pumps, over 5 percent of 109,369 inspected, gave the wrong amount or were out of service until repaired. About 28 percent of problem pumps shorted customers beyond the small variance. 1,612 pumps. Twenty-seven percent, or 1,575 pumps, provided more gasoline than allowed.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
San Antonio Express-News
The
Houston Chronicle
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Calif
N. Tom Green
Odessa
Harcrow, Sr
Ny Mier
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Winters
Rose Valderaz
Pin Basin
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