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It’s been a frustrating and disheartening couple of weeks for cattle feeders. This week feeders were asking $118 and packers offering $114.

Slaughter meat goat trends were mixed this week. San Angelo and Fredericksburg kids sold steady, while Goldthwaite kids were quoted steady to $5 lower. Hamilton nannies and kids sold $10 higher. At New Holland, Pennsylvania, slaughter kids traded $10-20 lower.

Most markets ended last week on a lower note and that trend was evident in trading through mid-week. A $10-15 lower market was typical at most auctions.

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Properly assessing the fair market value of water is a complicated business.

Researchers at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute have long been investigating supplemental feed use by white-tailed deer.

Historians here in the Panhandle of Texas thought they knew a lot about Oliver Loving. They were wrong.

PRCA rodeo victories are a commonplace for bareback rider Richmond Champion, and now he can check another one off his list.

Animal health quiz:           
Which profession is considered the “first line of defense” against bioterrorism?