FREE DOUBLE FEATURE AT SPUR’S PALACE, SATURDAY 4 PM On the website for Blockchain Media’s new short film, “The Big Empty,” the aerial shot of a dry, desolate and rusted-out rural swimming pool says it all. Here in Spur, Texas—Pop.

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JULIE TOMASCIK | TEXASFARMBUREAU The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requiring electronic eartags for the shipment of dairy cattle, some beef cattle and bison.

Recess at Post Elementary School is supposed to be a fun time spent on the playground with friends—a break from the classroom and a chance to laugh and play. But it can be lonely for a child sitting on the sidelines.

No group of individuals has a more challenging or less publicly visible role than the courageous men and women working in our correctional facilities. The general public should fully recognize the correctional officials’ expert management of the physical and emotional demands placed upon them daily. Their profession demands meticulous and constant vigilance, with the threat of violence ever-present.

Garza County Health-Care District (GCHD) was the only local election held on Saturday, May 4. Only 176 out of 2650 registered voters cast ballots in Saturday’s election, less than 1 percent or 0.07 percent. Early voting occurred at the courthouse from Monday, April 22, through Tuesday, April 30. Voting day, the polls were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Whether you rent or own your land, a conservation plan is critical to maintain and improve farm productivity. Plans of any kind are important as they set goals and outline how to reach them. Conservation plans are roadmaps for improving your operation while conserving natural resources. They provide proven strategies that landowners can use to solve identified natural resource concerns and take advantage of conservation opportunities.

NEW EQUATIONS WILL BETTER ESTIMATE PROTEIN UTILIZATION BY BEEF CATTLE, BENEFIT PRODUCERS Knowing exactly how beef cattle utilize protein is important to answering many nutrition questions producers and industry nutritionists pose to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists like Jason Smith, Ph.D., Amarillo. Smith, an AgriLife Extension beef cattle nutritionist and associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science, works one-on-one with producers, AgriLife Extension county agents and other beef industry stakeholders throughout the High Plains of Texas.

The term “sodbusting” is used to identify the conversion of land from native vegetation to commodity crop production after December 23, 1985. As part of the conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, if you’re proposing to produce agricultural commodities (crops that require annual tillage including one pass planting operations and sugar cane) on land that has been determined highly erodible and that has no crop history prior to December 23, 1985, that land must be farmed in accordance with a conservation plan or system that ensures no substantial increase in soil erosion.

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