Jim Wells County

Tomasick, Julie. (2025, February 4) Cattle imports from Mexico resume under new protocol.  Texas Farm Bureau.

Trostle, Dr. Calvin. (2025, April 21) Soil Testing Pointers you Probably Haven’t Heard (Second in a five-part series). Texas A&M University Soil & Crop Sciences

Trostle, Dr. Calvin. (2025, April 28) Soil Testing Pointers you Probably Haven’t Hear (third in a five-part series). Texas A&M University Soil & Crop Sciences

Pierce, Robert A. II, Jason Sumners, Emily Flinn. (2022, March) Techniques for Aging Live Deer. Extension University of Missouri.

Dillard Jim, Gary Homerstad. Appendix M Herd Composition: An Essential Element of White-tailed Deer Population and Harvest Management in Texas. 

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has put out a New World Screwworm Fact Sheet for wild life.

The primary focus of landowners concerned about their wildlife populations should be surveillance and record-keeping.  As with livestock, reporting is CRITICAL, and any suspected NWS cases should be immediately reported to your local TPWD biologist.  TPWD has been actively training biologists, especially in South Texas, to handle NWS cases, who will then report to the TPWD health team.  (To find a Biologist visit the link below). Captive wildlife (i.e., native species) cases will flow through TPWD, while exotic hoofstock cases will flow through TAHC. 

 Unfortunately, at this time, we don’t have any approved treatments for wild animals, leaving these species extra susceptible to population declines.  On top of that, wildlife populations are much more difficult to monitor than livestock; therefore, the potential negative consequences for wild animals are likely much higher from a population standpoint.  These consequences are why surveillance and reporting will be critical to managing our wildlife populations and reducing the population-level effects.

 To review more about Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm visit the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Website Below. 

Find a Biologist

Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm

Biles, Steve, Danielle Sekula, Jose Santiago-Gonzalez, Caixing Xion, and David Kerns. (2025, October). The Pasture Mealybug: A New Invasive Pest of Pastures and Hayfields in Texas. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Bowling, Becky. Preemergence Herbicides for Warm-Season Turfgrass Lawns. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

• 4/1 Round Up Livestock Judging Closes
• 4/1 Postal League Due in Office
• 4/2 Tag Order Due in Office
• 4/6 County Off
• 4/10 Silhouette Registration Closes
• 4/12 Ben Bolt Palito Blanco 4-H Meeting
• 4/12 Premont Cactus 4-H Meeting
• 4/12 Hoppin 4-H Meeting
• 4/13 Round Up Registration Opens
• 4/16 D12 Livestock Judging
• 4/17 Ag Fair Volunteer Applications Due
• 4/17 Ag Product ID Registration Due
• 4/18 Spring Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply Begins
• 4/20 Orange Grove Country Kids 4-H Meeting
• 4/24 Officer Applications Due
• 4/25 Silhouette Match
• 4/30 Leadership Lab Registration Opens
• 4/30 Election Convention Registration Opens

• 5/1 Texas Horse Validation Closes
• 5/2 Cupcake Wars
• 5/2 Ag Product ID
• 5/3 Ben Bolt Palito Blanco 4-H Meeting
• 5/3 Clover Campaign Ends
• 5/5 JWC Ag Fair
• 5/5 Round Up Registration Closes
• 5/6 JWC Ag Fair
• 5/7 JWC Ag Fair
• 5/10 Hoppin 4-H Meeting
• 5/11 Orange Grove Country Kids 4-H Meeting
• 5/15 Broiler/Roaster Order Form Due to JWC Fair Office
• 5/16 Stewer Validation
• 5/17 Premont Cactus 4-H Meeting
• 5/18 JWC Horticulture
• 5/19 JWC Horticulture
• 5/20 JWC Horticulture
• 5/22 Leadership Lab Registration Closes
• 5/25 County Courthouse Close
• 5/27 D12 Horse Show – Edna
• 5/28 D12 Horse Show – Edna
• 5/29 Election Convention Registration Closes