Cattle Gathering Beef Program
The Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Erath and Comanche County will be hosting a Beef Cattle Gathering Program, October 30th, 2026, at The Station FNB, 815 North Patrick in Dublin. The program will be from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm with lunch provided by Merck Animal Health.
Program topics will include New World Screwworm Update with Dr. Dustin Dorriss with Texas Animal Health Commission; Mealy Bug & Forage Pest, Tyler Mays Extension Entomologist, Beef Cattle Market Outlook, with Dr. Jason Johnson, Extension Economist, Virtual Fencing, with Weston Siler, Merck Animal Health 1 IPM CEU will be offered to producers with a private applicator license.
Please RSVP by October 23, 2026, at the Erath County Texas AgriLife at 254-965-1460
Lone Star Healthy Streams program set for Nov. 4 in Dublin
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, and the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District will host a free Lone Star Healthy Streams Program on Nov.. 4 in Dublin.
The program will run from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. and is for area residents interested in land and water stewardship as well as feral hog management in the Leon River watershed.
The morning program will take place at the “The Station”, 815 N Patrick St., Dublin, TX.
To attend, RSVP to the Erath County AgriLife office at 254-965-1460. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided for pre-registered attendees.
Focus on Leon River Watershed The workshop will discuss the watershed, water quality, and best management practices to reduce contamination. The area focus will be on land and water stewardship through management of land, grazing livestock and wild pigs.
“The goal of the Lone Star Healthy Streams program is to protect Texas waterways from bacterial contamination originating from livestock, wildlife and invasive species that may pose a serious health risk to Texans,” said Leanne Jackson, AgriLife Extension program specialist and Lone Star Healthy Streams coordinator, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, College Station.
Jackson said the workshop will aim to increase awareness of nonpoint source pollution, provide educational materials to Texas producers and landowners, and encourage sound resource management. Additionally, the workshop will offer two continuing education units for Pesticide Applicators Licensees per the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Topics and speakers The program will include the following topics and speakers: · Watersheds, water quality and grazing livestock best management practices — Jackson.
· Leon River watersheds update — Audrey McCrary, AgriLife Extension program specialist, TWRI, College Station.
· Wild pig management — James Long, AgriLife Extension project coordinator, Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, College Station.
In addition, free soil testing analysis will be offered for all attendees. For how to collect a sample, follow instructions from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Soil, Water and Forage Testing Lab or reach out to your County Extension Agent.
Funding for this effort is provided through a Clean Water Act Section 319(h) nonpoint source grant administered by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
For more information on the workshop, contact Jackson at 979-321-5950 or leanne.jackson@ag.tamu. edu; or Lonnie Jenschke at 254-965-1460 or lonnie. jenschke@agnet.tamu.edu