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Thursday, May 1,2014
Next generation agricultural
conference to be held on
May 22 in Waco
BLAIR FANNIN
SPECIAL TO THE BALLINGER LEDGER
WACO - Transitioning to the next generation of farm-
ers and ranchers will be the focus of a May 22 confer-
ence at the Extraco Events Center, 4601 Bosque Blvd. in
Waco.
As the current generation of farmers and ranchers
ages, the next generation must take over, according to
organizers.
Capital Farm Credit and the Texas A&M AgriLife Exten-
sion Service will be hosting three conferences designed
to help the next generation of producers transition into
the business or to help current farmers and ranchers
expand their operations.
The 2014 Next Generation Agricultural Conferences,
also scheduled for Lubbock July 15 and Wichita Falls
Nov. 13, are designed to provide production and finan-
cial management tools to farmers and ranchers, accord-
ing to organizers.
“The main topics that will be covered include farm
financial management, agricultural economic forecasts,
general agriculture, and farm planning and budgeting,”
said Dr. Jason Cleere, AgriLife Extension beef cattle
specialist in College Station and one of the presenters.
“Keeping up with the latest operational strategies and
available credit and risk management practices is the key
to the most successful large and small operations. These
conferences will assist with providing information that
can be incorporated into those operations, making them
more profitable.”
Cleere said the workshops will feature presentations on
agricultural financing, analyzing the performance of an
operation, managing risk, potential to expand an opera-
tion, purchasing or leasing equipment, operation diversity,
and farm and ranch success stories. There will also be
a U.S. agriculture policy update presented at the end of
the Waco workshop. The May 22 featured speakers from
AgriLife Extension include Dr. Mark Welch, grains econo-
mist; Dr. Joe Outlaw, economist; Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz,
AgriLife Leadership program director; and Wayne Hay-
enga, economist - all from College Station. Other AgriLife
Extension speakers will be Dr. Jason Banta, beef cattle spe-
cialist, Overton; and Dr. Stan Bevers, economist, Vernon.
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Runnels SWCD sponsors fish program
BALLINGER LEDGER
STAFF REPORT
BALLINGER- It’s time for
fish, fingerling size. Run-
nels Soil and Water Con-
servation District is hold-
ing its annual fish sale
this year. The program
will continue through May
19, 2014 with delivery of
the fish on May 22, 2014
at the Natural Resources
Conservation Service
office at 2000 Hutchings
Avenue in Ballinger.
Available species are
channel catfish, bass,
bluegill sunfish, red ear
perch, crappie, minnows
(fathead or shiner), and
sterile grass carp
(available with
TPWD permit)
(visit NRCS of-
fice for informa-
tion).
The vendor
will provide
bags, air and
water necessary to
transport your fish to
their destination.
The Fish Program in
addition to the Windbreak
Tree Program generates
funds used for conserva-
tion education across our
county. You may recog-
nize such things
as our frequent
fish and wildlife
seminars, conserva-
tion field days, Natural
Resource Day for county
fifth graders, poster and
essay contest, soil stew-
ardship materi-
als for area
churches
and spon-
soring
stu-
dents
and
teach-
ers to
educational
seminars.
To place your order,
stop by the NRCS office at
2000 Hutchings Avenue
in Ballinger or for more
information on this year’s
program call the office at
(325) 365 3415 ext. 3.
BISD earns platinum leadership award
BALLINGER LEDGER
STAFF REPORT
BALLINGER- On April
28, 2014, Ballinger ISD
was awarded the Texas
Comptroller Leadership
Circle Platinum Award.
This is the fifth year that
BISD has been recognized
by the Comptroller’s
Office and the first year
that the district has been
awarded the Platinum
designation.
Monday, April 28,
Ballinger ISD stated in
a press release that for
the past two years the
district was recognized
with the Silver Award,
and the two years prior to
that, BISD was recognized
with the Bronze Award.
This is the first year that
the Comptroller’s Office
has awarded the Platinum
designation.
In order to qualify for
this recognition, BISD
must post all three
major financial docu-
ments required by the
Comptroller’s Office,
eight minor criteria, all
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Cantu-Rodriguez, Ruben. The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 2014, newspaper, May 1, 2014; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth759262/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.