West Texas ranches struggle to stay afloat

Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:55 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

At 59, Miller, the oldest of four sons, and a younger brother help operate their aging parents' cattle ranch, nine miles west of the tiny town of Valentine and about 2 1/2 hours' drive southeast of El Paso.

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Overcome by setbacks, Texas rancher fights to save longtime family business

Seeded on Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:37 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

The sixth-generation rancher is a hands-on cattle man. His dirt-flecked straw hat, worn Wranglers and scuffed boots make him hard to distinguish from his ranch hands.

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Drought aid tough to come by

Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:55 PM EDT (The Austin American-Statesman)

In letters to Rick Perry in February asking him to declare a state of emergency, officials in Bastrop and Caldwell counties said the areas were "facing significant threats to life, health and property" because of the persistent drought and had an "inability or the limited ability …

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Keith Urban :: Fan Submitted Recipes

Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:04 PM EDT ()

Hey, we're right in the middle of summer. No better time to get out and do some grilling. Just thinking of the weekend found this recipe. Might be nice to get my grill on.

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Bill Seeks to End Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal Growth

Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:09 PM EDT (The New York Times)

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans.

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Texas Drought is Having Damaging Effects on Cattle Herds

Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:56 PM EDT

The recent drought in Texas is being called "The worst drought we have seen in the Loan Star State." Right in the heart of Texas is were this drought seems to have it's strongest hold.

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Cow attack sparks damages concern

Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 12:33 PM EDT (BBC News)

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Farmers have expressed disappointment and concern at a legal ruling in favour of a walker hurt when she was attacked by cows as she crossed a field.

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Farmers 'can't shake' extended drought effects

Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 5:24 PM EDT (The Austin American-Statesman)

"These last two years have been the worst I've ever seen," he said.

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Rangers hunt down thieves in Texas

Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 4:40 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

Texas Rangers hunt down cattle that were stolen in Grimes County. Such acts only hurt profits of Texas Ranchers. Livestock thefts have shot up in the months since the recession, mixed with a lingering drought, brought hard times to the cattle industry.

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Modern cattle rustlers update Wild West ways

Fri Apr 3, 2009 9:56 AM EDT

By Alex Johnson, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com (Clipped by Jim Fisher-1194266)

Otto Dwaine Hendricks is a character out of the Old West transplanted to the 21st century, to hear the police tell it.

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Calif. drought forces cattle ranchers to downsize

Fri Nov 7, 2008 8:39 AM EST

By Terence Chea, Associated Press Writers (Clipped by Jim Fisher-1194266)

California's worst drought in decades is forcing the state's cattle ranchers to downsize their herds because two years of poor rainfall have ravaged millions of acres of rangeland used to feed their cows and calves.

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