Farm and Ranch
  • Results of sale Monday, February 10, 2025 - 1,339 head
  • The Collin County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors would like to invite you to participate in our Local Work Group Meeting on February 20 at Myers Park in McKinney, TX. Your input is needed to help determine local natural resource priorities for USDA-NRCS and CCSWCD conservation program planning. The Board of Directors is asking city staff, county staff, North Texas Municipal Water District, ag producers, partner agencies and elected officials to participate in this meeting. This event is free, and lunch will be provided.

  • February 25 will be the annual Tri-County Farmer and Rancher Symposium held in Gainesville from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This annual meeting is hosted by Cooke, Grayson, and Montague counties for those needing Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for Private, Commercial, and Non-commercial licenses.
  • Results of sale Saturday, February 9, 2025 - 1,418 head
  • The online Where's the Beef?: Legal and Economic Considerations for Direct Beef Sales course provides beef cattle producers important information on selling direct to the consumer. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
  • Results of the sale on February 6, 2025 -1,495 head, 214 cows/bulls
  • All orders must be received by Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The District promotes the tree seedling sale program solely to encourage conservation.
  • Cattle prices are expected to remain strong in 2025 and beyond as the nation's beef herd remains relatively static compared to last year.
  • North Texas -- Counties received much-needed rainfall with cooler overnight temperatures. The soil moisture benefited soil health and wheat germination. Livestock were in very good condition, but the pastures were still stressed with minimal cool-season grass growth so far.
  • Results of sale Monday, February 3, 2025 - 1,396 head
  • The Texas A&M AgriLife portion of the muscadine grape improvement project will include hosting two research vineyard sites — one near Richards and another in Overton. (Justin Scheiner/Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service)
  • David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and professor in the Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station, said egg prices have skyrocketed to record highs due to ongoing supply disruptions caused by HPAI outbreaks in commercial laying flocks. Since Feb. 8, 2022, more than 134.7 million birds have been lost across 1,410 flock outbreaks, including 637 commercial and 773 backyard flocks, in every U.S. state.