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Summer Beef Cattle Management program to be held Aug. 24

Sat, 08/07/2021 - 12:00am

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Limestone, Falls, McLennan, Robertson, Leon, Hill and Freestone counties are sponsoring a “Summer Beef Cattle Management” program at the Groesbeck Auction Barn in Groesbeck, on Tuesday, Aug. 24.

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ShareLunker Program produces hundreds of thousands of big bass offspring in 2021

Sat, 08/07/2021 - 12:00am

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker Program is experiencing a banner year in its goal to create, bigger, better bass in Texas. After obtaining 18 successful spawns from 19 of the 23 13-pound or larger Legacy Class fish loaned to the selective-breeding program in 2021, the department’s hatchery staff produced 271,872 fingerlings to benefit Texas public waters.

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Right Tool for the Job

Sat, 08/07/2021 - 12:00am

Some might wonder why prehistoric cave drawings weren’t more detailed. Surely there were artists capable of rendering intricate representations of the circulatory system of aurochs or the dentition of a Saber Tooth Tiger drawn to scale.