Texas Senator John Cornyn will soon have a voice in Texas agriculture like never before, following his appointment to the Senate Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition last week.

With all the recent talk of pork bill spending in Washington, nearly two dozen young boys and girls with their fathers enjoyed the thrill of the hunt and the taste of pork without deficit spending. The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance recently hosted its 1st Annual Pigapalooza Youth Hog Hunt at DB Hunting Ranch in Bertram, Texas, and sponsored hog hunting opportunities for 20 children, ages eight to 15.

Addressing a problem already persistent nationwide, this week’s Keith Warren’s Deer & Wildlife Stories takes a closer look at how a small community is dealing with deer overpopulation in its own backyard.

Taylor Brands LLC, the official manufacturer and wholesale distributor of Smith & Wesson and Schrade Knives, has joined the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance to help ensure the promotion and continued growth of the deer and wildlife industry nationwide.

Working to increase awareness for industry issues, the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) has unveiled a new free service for sportsmen and conservationists to receive select news from around the industry. ADWA’s new centralized service presents a numerous free online publications produced by equipment manufacturers, service providers, conservation organizations and associations, all of which provide unique insider information about what’s new in the industry.

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) marked an ominous anniversary July 3 by expanding the preventive fever tick quarantine area in south Texas by 307,000 acres, after the dangerous livestock pests were detected on cattle outside quarantine areas in Starr and Zapata counties. Fever ticks, capable of carrying and transmitting deadly “tick fever” to cattle, have been detected on livestock or wildlife on 139 Texas pastures during the past 12 months.