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The standard Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association identification sign; photo taken near the ranch of Gene S. Walker, Sr., in Webb County, Texas.. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Inc., is an organization established in 1877 by forty Texas cattlemen for the purpose of combating unbridled livestock theft.
Four years later, in 1877, he purchased the Long S Ranch from Plainview to Big Spring, Texas, on the Staked Plains, the largest ranch in West Texas. [2] [5] That same year, he cofounded the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. [2] In 1873, he co-founded the City Bank, later known as City National Bank. [1]
The cattle business in Texas is worth an estimated $15.5 billion, making it by far the most profitable agricultural commodity in the state, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture.
However, much of his cattle was stolen by Native Americans and cattle raiders. [1] As a result, in 1877, he became a co-founder of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, together with forty other ranchers from Palo Pinto County, Young County, Parker County, and Shackelford County, including C.C. Slaughter.
As of mid-August, more than 26% of Texas was at the highest level, characterized by widespread loss of pastures and crops as well as water shortages. Dry pastures force Texas ranchers to slaughter ...
Since last Monday, five fires have ravaged the Panhandle, scorching more than 1.1 million acres and taking the lives of thousands of head of cattle.
The Lone Star State also has the most farms and ranches and the highest value of farm real estate in the United States. A total of 127,036,184 acres (514,097.20 km 2) in Texas are occupied by the state's 248,416 farms and ranches. [2] Texas agriculture yields $24.92 billion annually in cash receipts. [3]
Bowers said the X-Cross-X ranch expects to lose at least 250 of the 1,000 cattle it had on three area ranches, either from burns or smoke inhalation. “We were right in the middle of calving ...