If you haven’t heard, the dreaded cattle fever tick, carrier of a blood disease that once nearly wiped out the entire U.S. cattle herd, is approaching Central Texas. The once eradicated pest is no longer under control in Texas and this should be on the forefront of livestock producers in our area. On November 30, 2016 a bull was found on a farm in Live Oak County, Texas about 110 miles north of the Mexico border, where Texas Animal Health Inspectors thought to have had a permanent quarantine… Read More →