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PAGE 14 ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2003
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Looking forward to a normal weather pattern in 2003
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J.D. SARTWELLE
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on the offense starting out
the new year which is con-
trary to our usual defensive
position stalling a year.
Meanwhile, in the pro-
duction areas of the coun-
try, the year got off to a
typical start with hopes for
good crops and good grass.
It didn’t take long to realize
that the spring months
were going to be difficult
ones from the moisture per-
spective. Planting time
came and most of the farm
boys barely had moisture to
plant on and then didn’t
get the crop sustaining
moisture that they needed.
It happened from here to
the corn-belt, and it all
translated into a very short
Can you identify the most
dangerous terrestrial ani-
mal in Texas?
The honeybee. More peo-
ple in the United States will
die this year from honeybee
stings than from any other
animal bite or sting, said Dr.
John Jackman, entomolo-
west. In one year we saw
limited moisture for six
months and excessive mois-
ture for the next six. We all
know what’s the better of
the two.
We’re ready for a new
year that will see the
results of fewer numbers in
the feedyards coupled with
lighter carcass weights,
and a beef demand that is
bolstered by an improving
economy both at home and
in the world, that all lead
to a better pricing situation
for our calves. We’d sure
like to see our moisture
patterns return to some-
thing normal with a little
more even distribution.
Come on, New Year.
coma together to make for
a better deal until late in
the year.
Finally, in November,
ready feedlot numbers and
carcass weights brought
tonnage into focus with
both domestic and foreign
demand and fed cattle
started an assent upward
that we had been looking
for earlier in the year. We’ll
end the year with much
needed positive attitude
coming from the feeding
sector. The industry will be
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December and 2002 have
come and gone and taken
with them a year that was
like no other. Hot, cold, dry,
wet, up, down, and even
sideways was the year just
finished.
The industry started the
year with the feedyards
needing to wade through
large numbers of larger
cattle and it took a long
time to finally get through
the numbers and tonnage.
Large supplies of compet-
ing pork and poultry
throughout the year, a
slightly struggling econo-
my, a hot and cold export
trade and foreign trade dif-
ficulties, all added to beef
industry woes and did not
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grain crop in terms of pro-
duction.
The spring months didn’t
yield much moisture and
spring and summer grasses
left a lot to be desired; we
didn’t get spring calves off
to a very fast start any-
where in the country and
by June most folks were
left with only a very short
rope before having to liqui-
date a lot of cattle.
Late June and early July
saw very atypical rains
that literally saved the
state of Texas from utter
disaster from the Rio
Grand to the Panhandle.
Cow country from the
Northwest down to
Colorado and then east-
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ward didn’t receive the
life-saving rains and saw
heavy liquidations of cow
numbers to make numbers
equal their limited grass. It
will take those folks a long
time to rebuild numbers.
What a year; we get a
new lease on life at mid-
year; make the hay needed
to handle winter time
needs, and then it goes to
raining again in September
and then can’t find the shut
off switch. Rains over the
state of Texas during
September and through the
end of the year saw record
amounts and will leave the
state in a thoroughly wet
condition almost from
south to north and east to
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2003 Austin County Commissioners Court
From left, Commissioner, Precinct 1, Harlan Schrader; Commissioner, Precinct 2, Wilbert “Bubba" Frank;
Judge Carolyn Bilski; Commissioner, Precinct 3, James “Bubba” Duke; and Commissioner, Precinct 4, David
Hubenak, review their agendas, as county officials are administered the oaths of office. Hubenak won elec-
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30 other dangerous animals many bites and stings go For instance, a lot of
in a booklet Jackman has unreported.” harmless snakes are mis-
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Terrestrial Animals of about venomous terrestrial Jackman said. He also said
Texas.” animals is important many people believe the
gist with Texas Cooperative authored called “Venomous Jackman said knowing taken for cottonmouths,
States about 25 deaths are threat to humans. It is
reported from bee and wasp always important to know
stings,” Jackman said, what you are confronted
“Only about one death from with. And, he said, it is also
bees or wasps and one from important to know most ani-
District Farm Credit
Council. In addition,
Dodson is chairman of the
Cotton Foundation and the
Environmental Task Force
of the National Cotton
Council. He also is active in
other cotton organizations
Stockholders of the Tenth at the national level and bank board.
Farm Credit District was a member of the USDA The FCBT six-member
recently elected Jimmy Advisory Committee on board also includes
Dodson, of Robstown, and Agricultural Biotechnology Chairman Ralph “Buddy”
re-elected Kenneth And- and the Texas A&M College Cortese, of Fort Sumner,
rews of Madisonville, to the of Agriculture Development N.M.; Vice Chairman Jon
Farm Credit Bank of Texas Council. “Mike” Garnett, • of
(FCBT) Board of Directors. Andrews, a rancher, has Spearman; Joe Crawford
Both men will serve three- been a member of the board Baileyton, Ala.; and Dr.
year terms, beginning Jan. of directors since January William Staats, of Baton
1. 1994 and represents the Rouge, La. The board sets
Dodson operates a farm Tenth Farm Credit District policy for the FCBT, which
and seed sales business and on the National Farm provides funding and ser-
is president of Dodson Credit Council Board of vices for the Tenth Farm
Farms, Inc. and Dodson Ag, Directors. He also is chair- Credit District. With com-
Inc., both family-owned cot- man of the Tenth District bined assets of $7.3 billion,
ton and milo operations. He Farm Credit Council board, the Tenth District consists
is a member and past chair- Andrews was manager of of 22 local lending coopera-
man of the . Texas Ag the Federal Land Bank tives that finance farmers,
Finance, FCS Board of Association (FIBA) of ranchers, agribusinesses,
Directors. He serves on the Madisonville from 1965 to and rural landowners and .
Tenth Farm Credit District 1982 and was a director of homeowners in Alabama,
Stockholders Advisory the Fl-BA of Bryan for 10 Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Committee and the Tenth years before joining the Mexico and Texas.
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