Watch: What the Texas wildfires mean to the Panhandle region
Hemphill County Judge Lisa Johnson said the region has been overwhelmed with the response of support, but work remains
Hemphill County Judge Lisa Johnson said the region has been overwhelmed with the response of support, but work remains
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services is working to deploy feed, fence supplies and more needs for ranchers devastated by the wildfires in the Texas Panhandle. Xcel Energy said its power equipment may have started the largest wildfire in Texas history.
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Fewer cows available are boosting live prices.
“It’s a ghastly sight,” Sid Miller, commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, told USA TODAY.
Ranchers have likely lost thousands of cattle in the wildfires, according to some preliminary estimates.
The river’s spikes in salinity are killing crops in the Rio Grande Valley. Finding a solution will require negotiations between Texas and Mexico policymakers.
When Shane Pennington, a 56-year-old cattle farmer near Canadian, Texas, first saw flames from an enormous wildfire approaching the ranch he manages, his first concern wasn’t his home. It was his animals.
Texas wildfires have consumed acres of agricultural land, killing thousands of livestock, destroying crops and exacerbating challenges lingering from last year’s drought.
The spring season is the best time to pull out the hummingbird feeders as they migrate across the Lone Star State, generally around the beginning of March, according to AgriLife Today.