AGRICULTURE
Robert Plocheck A feed lot in Wheeler County.
• Ranching in a Changing Land
It has been said that ranchers and farmers are the original environmentalists. They are directly and forcefully affected every day by their natural environment. Typically, the first thing they do when they step outside early in the morning is to look for sign of a rain cloud. Rainfall or the lack of it, the weather cold or hot, the availability of water are concerns with which they must deal day by day, year by year. . . (for more, click).
• Cattle Drives
No single endeavor has marked the image of Texas in the national mind more than the cattle drive. For more than a century, writers have romanticized the work and the life of the cowboy. . . . (for more, click).
In the Texas Almanac 2008-2009
• 13-page analysis of Texas agriculture by crop and livestock.
• An article on livestock auctions.
• Charts on acreage, exports and income.
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