*A new vaccine for bovine respiratory disease has been developed at Louisiana State University.
*Texas ranchers who use traps may have to check them every 36 hours for mountain lions.
*USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released last week shows a big drop in possible corn acreage this year.
*The Texas Panhandle wheat crop has very good potential this year.
*A U.S. Senator says California’s proposition 12 is already taking a toll.
*Livestock in some areas of West Texas are still suffering the effects of drought.
*Genetic testing is becoming a more widely accepted tool for improving cattle herds.
*Equine piroplasmosis was recently diagnosed in a Hood County horse.