*The Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course is here.  

*The EPA is accepting nominations for its Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee.  

*The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is attempting to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in the Texas Panhandle.

*Texas farmers are getting ready for a new winter wheat season.  

*One of the leaders of the Senate Ag Committee is headed to Texas.  

*Grain harvest continues across the state as the calendar turns to August. 

*Corn harvest is underway in the Central Texas Blacklands.  

*Livestock can develop health issues during hurricane season.