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Pecos sits in what veterinary professionals call a “veterinarian desert,” or a region with too few veterinarians to meet demand for pets, livestock and show animals alike. At the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District, a high school is partnering with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to train teenagers to help close that ...

Virtual fencing’s greatest value may be its ability to make grazing management practices that require frequent fence movement or additional cross fencing more practical. Over the past few years, we have conducted three studies evaluating virtual fencing in different grazing situations. The studies addressed three questions:  Can virtual fencing replace ...

Beef imports continue to be the subject of political attention that has resulted in a myriad of variable and inconsistent policies and actions. Cattle and beef markets have been buffeted by a barrage of political interference that has clouded markets and contributed to producer uncertainty and delay in responding to market ...

In the words of the country/western singer, Ian Munsick, “There are to many towns and not enough cattle.”  That song lyric is being repeated over and over in Texas’ conversations. There are a lot more towns and less cattle.  The landscape has changed and is changing. This is more than casual conversation ...

To keep or not to keep . . . that is the question facing many producers today when making the decision about weaned heifers. Many producers may wish they would have kept some heifers back two years ago to have calves to sell today, but record-high prices for feeder heifers ...

Background: Since April 2025, southern pasture and hay producers have reported problems in their fields. These fields show grass patches becoming brown or necrotic, or patches that are completely dead. There have been extreme cases where entire fields show symptoms of grass desiccation. Originally, it was presumed that symptoms were caused ...

Following the June 3 announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, confirming the presence of New World screwworm (NWS) in Texas, experts across Texas A&M AgriLife are supporting state and federal agencies in their response and providing educational programming and resources to help protect livestock producers, wildlife managers, veterinarians, public ...

The role of China in global beef markets has changed rapidly in the past two decades.  China (including Hong Kong) was not a player at all in global beef markets as little as fifteen years ago but has risen rapidly to become the largest beef importer in the last decade ...

Leaders from Texas A&M AgriLife and The Texas A&M University System gathered May 4 to break ground for the new Meat Science and Technology Center, a $133.36 million project designed to modernize applied agricultural research, teaching and extension services. The ceremony, held at 3844 Finfeather Road, marked the beginning of construction for an 85,600-square-foot ...

Texas A&M AgriLife held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Texas A&M AgriLife High Plains Research and Extension Center, a state-of-the-art facility that combines research and education outreach for the greater Texas High Plains region. The facility, at 3211 Russell Long Blvd, is a part of The Texas A&M University System’s Charles W. “Doc” ...