*The fall run of calves and yearlings is slowing down.  

*Lower crop prices have let U.S. farmers to take out loans at a rate and scale not seen in years.  

*The Senate agriculture committee will have a new chairman when the new Congress is seated in January.

*A big ranch rodeo is taking place in Amarillo.  

*The Secretary of Agriculture is urging Congress to pass a Farm Bill.  

*The U.S. Meat Export Federation is meeting in Tucson, Arizona.  

*October was a tough month for Central Texas agriculture.

*Calves born in the winter are more stressed than calves born at other times of the year.