FALL SHEARING is underway on Texas Angora goat operation, a necessity despite a mohair market that has remained sluggish and uncertain for a long time. This modern shearing shed is on the Brackettville division of the 3-D Ranches.

Lamb Prices Hit Snag As Kill Goes Up
Slaughter lamb prices opened the week under pressure and continuted to weaken.

Plains Fed Cattle $1 Lower In Sluggish Trade This Week
Parden our ire, but there's something badly out of kilter when 25 million pounds of beef are condemned and a state-of-the-art processing plant is mothballed because fewer than 20 people contract E. coli from hamburgers, but almost 100 people are sickened at the same time by the same bug on alfalfa sprouts and it doesn't even make the evening news.

PLAINS FEEDLOT SALES

RANGE SALES

New Mexico's Agriculture Head Relaxes On Ranch And In Arena
Frank A. DuBois III is a team roper and a top hand at the F Cross Ranch here despite a debilitating disease. When he's not doing those things, he's Secretary of Agriculture for the State of New Mexico.

New Technology Shows Promise For Instrument Beef Grading
National Cattlemen's Beef Association members attending the Live Cattle Marketing Committee during NCBA's recent summer meeting here learned that promising developments are being made in instrument grading and individual animal identification.

Biologist Says Feds' Wolves Adapted To The Wrong Things
The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is biologically unsound, says a Montana wildlife biologist.

As E.Coli Episode Mushrooms, Media Goes For Sensationalism
The ongoing saga of the massive Hudson Foods Co. hamburger recall appeared to have no "less" under it, in media parlance, for the first couple of weeks; the public, it seems, had heard enough about E.coli the last three years or so that it no longer panicked at the thought.

Pesticide Scare Was A Big Hit Until It Turned Out To Be Dud
A widely sensationalized study that delighted environmental activists and panicked Congress into passing hastily conjured legislation has been quietly withdraw by a Tulane University scientist.

Cloned Calf Announced By ABS In Process Claimed To Be New
A biotechnology company unveiled a six month-old cloned calf last week, saying its new way of cloning could lead to beefier steers and cows that produce more milk.

Forest Grazing In Southwest Gets Breather From Judges
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a U.S. Forest Service bid for clarification of an injunction against ranchers and loggers who violate 1996 guidelines on Arizona and New Mexico forests.

Underground Water Districts Coming Whether Wanted Or Not
Senate Bill 1 gives the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission the power to ask the Legislature to set up an underground water district if the voters in an area refuse to approve a district the first time the Commission recommends one.

Dust-Up Over Clean Air Rules Likely To Resume In September
The fight over air pollution standards has been on hold durign Congress' summer break, but that will change in September.

WTO Issues Final Pan Of EU's Hormone Ban
A World Trade Organization panel issued a final report last week concluding that Europe's ban on hormone-treated beef is illegal.

USDA Errors May Deny Kansas Farmers 1000 CRP Contracts
Government errors could cost as many as 1000 Kansas farmers their contracts from the Conservation Reserve Program, lawmakers said.

Optimists Forecast Progress On Endangered Species Reform
This year - just like the past five years - it appears Congress will once again put off the politically touchy task of updating the badly flawed Endangered Species Act.

Angelo Feeder Lambs Weak, Cattle Steady
Feeder lambs sold on the weak side this week, slaughter lambs steady, slaughter ewes $2-4 lower. Receipts totaled 11,169 head.

Steer And Heifer Priced Steady In Angelo Special Sale Monday
Steers and hiefers were steady here Monday in the season's fifth special feeder sale at Producers Livestock Auction Co.

Llano Cattle Prices Trend Higher, Lower
Lightweight feeder steers sold several dollars higher, heavyweights $1-2 higher, 550-650 lbs. $1-2 lower, heifers $2 lower except replacements steady, slaughter cows and bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 711 head.

Brownwood, San Saba, Mason Cattle Mixed
Choice lightweight feeder steers and heifers sold steady last week in Mason, Brownwood and San Saba, heavyweights steady to $2 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady to lower, replacement heifers steady to strong, choice pairs and bred cows steady, plainer and older offerings meeting some resistance.

Ninth Cowboy Symposium Set for September 4-7 In Lubbock
With twice the attractions of a three-ring circus, the ninth annual edition of the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration is set for Sept. 4-7 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center here.

Loose Ends
The Clinton administration has added another entry to its long litany of broken promises.

Coming Up ...
Aug. 28—Special Stocker/Feeder Sale, Lubbock Stockyards Inc., Lubbock, Tex. Aug. 28-30—Superior Livestock Auction’s Labor Day Weekend XVII Video Sale, Denver, Colo. Aug. 30—1st Semi-Annual Horse Sale, Deming Livestock Market Inc., Deming, N. M. Aug. 30—Williamson Family Ranch Horse Sale, Red River Livestock, Marietta, Okla.