Ag Monthly - Serving Abilene and the Big Country

It is not because that Matt Smith likes to get up each weekday before daylight, or the fact that J.T. Smith really likes to work 80 hours plus a week. It is the subject, which they are dedicated to. And that subject is agriculture.

Rangeland weed and brush control: How NOT to do it!

In the past 30 plus years, I have been asked by landowners countless times why a particular weed or brush control treatment failed. In most cases, the causes are very similar and predictable.

AgMonthly - Profiles

Trammell's roots are deep in the Big Country

James Trammell's ranch operation and life career have been a mix. His professional career was a mix of agriculture and education. And now in so called retirement, his ranch just east of the city limits of Clyde is a mix of forage production, cattle and some other income.

Johnsons have 'loved every minute of it'

Winona and Lowell Johnson are symbols of West Texas hospitality and the heritage of Callahan County.

AgMonthly - Ag Briefs

County agents wear many hats

The Agri-Life Extension Service, better know as the "County Agent's Office" is widely known for it role in agriculture, horticulture and the 4-H Program.

AG BRIEFS

ARN - Agriculture Digest

Business has soured in dairy land

The National Dairy Council promotes June as Dairy Month, but at Highland Hill Farm in Erath County, it's always dairy month. And dairy week and dairy day.

TB at dairy confirmed

A dairy 25 miles southwest of Ballinger has been confirmed as having cattle that were infected with tuberculosis.