SEGUIN, Texas – The dearth of rainfall and dry pastures has pressured many Texas ranchers to promote their cattle months prematurely.
“I imply, we’re promoting the cattle that we needs to be promoting this fall, already,” stated Bryan Luensmann, who helps run the livestock public sale at Seguin Cattle Firm. “If you go to market your livestock, normally you get a desired weight that you simply attempt to get them to. And now, (you’re promoting) simply to avoid wasting the animals. You promote the cow and the calf as a result of there’s no hay to be made.”
The relentless warmth as soon as once more threatens the Lone Star state’s beef cattle manufacturing.
“There’s been good, been dangerous, and I’ve seen quite a lot of adjustments in my life,” stated Hilmar Cowey, a beef cattle rancher and farmer from La Vernia. Cower bought his begin within the beef cattle trade 60 years in the past.
“If you’re in agriculture, you’re at all times involved,” Cowey stated. “If you happen to’re not, there’s one thing flawed with you, since you’re going to have good and dangerous (occasions). And it’s important to have one thing to again your self up when it will get dangerous.”
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Cowey admits that this yr the state of affairs is as soon as once more dire.
“We might have grazing. Often, that’s what occurs this time of the yr,” Cowey stated. “However with the drought occurring proper now, we’re feeding vary cubes, and we’re additionally feeding hay to the cows.”
Nevertheless, hay has additionally turn out to be scarce, making it more durable and costlier for ranchers to feed their herd.
Though sellers are chasing months prematurely, the variety of cattle up for public sale has decreased through the years.
In response to the USDA’s Cattle Stock Report, the meat cow herd declined by 2% all the way down to 30.1 million cattle.
Luensmann predicts it received’t be lengthy earlier than this yr’s drought catches up on the meat counter.
“We’re taking younger cows within the prime of their life, they usually’re getting changed into hamburger meat,” Luensmann stated. “We’re promoting them simply out of desperation since you don’t wish to mistreat the animal and make it starve. So, we’re dispersing herds.”
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From private expertise, Cowey and Luensmann are conscious it might take years to recuperate their losses as a result of drought.
“We’d get cattle consumers (from Louisiana and Georgia) to purchase our younger cows and take them again over there,” Luensmann stated. “However the freight is so excessive on them now due to diesel costs. They don’t even come down right here and purchase them as a result of it price an excessive amount of to get them again (house).”
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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M baseball is set to hire Washington head coach Jason Kelly as its next pitching coach, as first reported by The Eagle.
Kelly’s hire comes hours after former pitching coach Michael Earley signed to become the Aggies’ head coach.
Other reports are out that A&M is targeting Texas pitching coach Caleb Longley to join the staff.
Kelly spent the past two years as the head coach for the Huskies after seven seasons as the Huskies’ pitching coach.
In Kelly’s first season at the helm of the UW program, Washington had a 17-12 league record was good for third in the standings. The Huskies garnered a 35-20 overall record, earning the 12th NCAA Regional bid in program-history. The 35 wins were the second most by a first-year head coach for the Huskies.
Six players from Kelly’s inaugural UW squad were selected in the 2023 MLB Draft, the second time Washington has had at least five players drafted since 2014. Kiefer Lord, taken 86th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, became the highest-drafted Husky since 2015. Case Matter (Texas Rangers), Stu Flesland III (Colorado Rockies), Johnny Tincher (Cleveland Guardians), Will Simpson (Oakland Athletics) and Coby Morales (New York Yankees) also heard their names called.
In 2024, Washington had a 19-31-1 record and missed the postseason.
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning is set to begin the 2024 college football season as the backup to Quinn Ewers. More than likely, fans will have to wait until next season to see him in action.
Despite being a backup quarterback, Manning is one of the most popular names across the nation.
A lot of his popularity comes from him being the nephew of former NFL superstars Peyton and Eli Manning. However, he has also shown massive potential for the future.
Many fans are curious about just how much the young Manning works with his uncles. Peyton Manning, especially, is viewed as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play football.
In a recent quote during the Manning Pass Academy, Peyton opened up about his relationship with Arch.
“I’m well-documented on how proud we are of Arch. I try to be a resource to him. He and I worked out several weeks ago together.”
Clearly, Peyton has been a key mentor for the young quarterback. While he has been a mentor and a resource, he doesn’t seem to be taking a very active role in Arch’s development.
At this point in time, no one knows exactly what to expect from Manning’s future. Until he’s on the field and playing, no one knows if he will live up to the hype.
Even though he hasn’t played much as a college football player, he has found plenty of success.
His success has come off-the-field, in the form of the NIL market.
Right now, Manning ranks No. 3 among all NIL athletes. The only two athletes ahead of him are Shedeur Sanders and Livvy Dunne.
Currently, the young quarterback has received an NIL valuation of $2.8 million. That is an insane number for a player who has only thrown five passes as a college quarterback.
All of that being said, Manning is staying ready for an opportunity to play. He knows it likely won’t be this season, but he’s one injury or a slow start from Quinn Ewers away from possibly seeing playing time.
Expect to see the young quarterback continue racking up impressive NIL money. He has stayed the course and has handled his situation perfectly. A bright future awaits him with the Longhorns when his number is finally called.
SCHOOL: Texas
HEAD COACH: Steve Sarkisian (25-14, 4th year)
2023 RECORD: 12-1 overall, 8-1 (1st in Big 12)
RETURNING STARTERS: Offense – 5; Defense – 7, Special Teams – 1
PLAYERS TO WATCH: QB Quinn Ewers, RB Jaydon Blue, WR Silas Bolden, WR Isaiah Bond, LT Kelvin Banks Jr., Edge Ethan Burke, LB Anthony Hill, S Andrew Mukuba
VERSUS GEORGIA: October 19 (Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium)
Last year’s Longhorn offense averaged 36 points. Can Texas keep that up in its first season in the SEC?
The fact quarterback Quinn Ewers is back after a year that saw him complete 69 percent of his passes for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns bodes well.
So does the fact Texas returns four of its starting offensive linemen.
The team has to replace Jonathan Brooks – the first running back taken in last April’s NFL Draft – but features some excellent returnees in CJ Baxter and Jaydon Blue, who combined for 1,057 yards last season.
There are some questions at wide receiver, but only because so many are new to the program.
Otherwise, Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond, Houston transfer Matthew Golden, and Oregon State transfer Silas Bolden accounted for 140 receptions for 1,818 yards and 15 touchdowns combined for their former teams.
Gone are defensive tackle Byron Murphy II and T’Vondre Sweat, selected in the first and second rounds of the NFL Draft.
As they did at wide receiver, the Longhorns dipped into the transfer portal to hopefully fill the voids, adding former Georgia player (Bill Norton via Arizona), Tia Savea (Arizona), and Louisville flip Jermayne Lole.
The Longhorns also hope fifth-year player Alfred Collins will be able to make a jump, and if he can, then the unit may be able to do the job.
Still, it might be a bit unfair to expect the same production as Sweat and Murphy provided a season ago.
A Week Two trip to defending national champion Michigan will give the Longhorns an excellent early test before hosting Mississippi State in its first game as an SEC member on Sept. 28.
The two weeks that follow, however, will tell the tale.
Texas and fellow SEC newcomer Oklahoma in Dallas on Oct. 12, followed on the 19th by the highly-anticipated game with Georgia.
If the Longhorns can survive that, the rest of the conference schedule is certainly manageable.
Home games against Florida and Kentucky highlight the remaining part of the conference schedule, before closing at arch-rival Texas A&M on Nov. 30.
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