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October 6, 2000

South Texas Farm &
Ranch Show Oct. 25-26

A panel to discuss important issues facing the South Texas cattle industry and a panel to discuss the virtues of a cotton variety that is yielding well in South Texas are among the programs planned for the 2000 South Texas Farm & Ranch Show to be held Oct. 25-26 at the Victoria Community Center in Victoria.

Highlights of the two-day show include a program on tame pasture management by the Natural Resources Conservation Service at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. At noon, David Lusk, H-E-B's beef buyer, will discuss consumer demands for beef products. Afterwards, Lusk will be joined on a panel by South Texas ranchers to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of the South Texas beef industry.

Also on Oct. 25, at 6 p.m., Donnell Brown of R.A. Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, will present the program "Planned Crossbreeding Systems—Genetics 101." He will be followed by Bob Gayle, Gayle Cattle Co. in Goliad, and Robert Whitaker, Farm Vet Technologies, who will show how to use ultrasound to measure success of a breeding program.

Programs for Oct. 26 include a presentation on new ideas in conservation tillage at 8 a.m. Former Texas Farm Bureau state director Curt Mowery of Fort Bend County is one of the speakers. At 10:30 a.m. Bryce Myrick, TFB director of agricultural marketing education, will help producers build a marketing plan for 2001 crops. The keynote luncheon speaker on Oct. 26, Robstown cotton and grain sorghum farmer Jimmy Dodson, who serves on USDA's biotech committee, will speak on "Shaping the Bio-Tech Debate." At 1:30 p.m., there will be a panel discussion on Australian cotton varieties that are showing great potential. Capping off the show is the bull and female sale to begin at 4 p.m.

For exhibit booth space, luncheon tickets, or other information, call (361) 582-0024.