Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 14.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.03/g today.
Agriculture
The 2021 Stephens County Junior Livestock Show and Sale kicked off Thursday evening, Jan. 7, with the Rabbit Show at the Stephens County Ag Center on U.S. Highway 180, east of Breckenridge, and will continue today with the showing of the poultry, goats, sheep, swine and cattle. On Saturday morning,
The Texas Department of State Health Services is notifying people who visited the cattle barn at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Feb. 11-14 that they may need to be assessed for a possible rabies exposure. A cow in the cattle barn developed rabies and was capable of spreading
Jaime D. Cantu Jr. recently joined the Breckenridge Field Office staff of the USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service as a Rangeland Management Specialist. Cantu was raised in Laredo, where he graduated from high school. After high school graduation, he attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where he received a Bachelor of
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas’ Stephens and Shackelford Counties and the Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos Soil and Water Conservation District will host a FY20 Local Working Group (LWG) meeting beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Breckenridge Interbank Coffee Room at 301
From the opening ceremonies to the awards banquet, all through the 61st Annual Stephens County Junior Livestock Show, the Breckenridge Texan was there, covering the activities – behind the scenes and in the arena. With more than 200 students exhibiting animals, there was a lot going on for those three
The Stephens County 4-H Plant ID team participated in the Fort Worth contest last week and brought home ribbons for first place, third place and high point individual. The Junior Plant ID team of Hannah Moreno, Nathan Tatum, Kason Burchett and Josiah Moreno won first place. Additionally, Hannah won first
The 2019 Stephens County Junior Livestock Show and Sale will kick off Thursday evening, Jan. 10, at the Stephens County Ag Center on U.S. Highway 180, east of Breckenridge. The show will officially start Thursday with the weigh-ins of the rabbits, goats, sheep, swine and poultry and will continue through
Local ranchers and farmers have identified “degraded plant condition” as the most important resource concern on rangeland, pastureland and cropland, according to information gathered in a meeting this summer. Livestock production was the second most pressing resource concern on rangeland and pastureland, and soil erosion on cropland. The Stephens and
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Texas’ Stephens and Shackelford counties and the Lower Clear Fork of the Brazos Soil and Water Conservation District will host the FY19 Local Working Group meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at the Breckenridge Interbank Coffee Room, 301 W. Walker St. It
