Winter Storm Uri, which blasted through the entire state of Texas, caused at least $600 million in agricultural losses, according to preliminary data from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural economists.
“A large number of Texas farmers, ranchers and others involved in commercial agriculture and agricultural production were seriously affected by Winter Storm Uri,” said Jeff Hyde, AgriLife Extension director, Bryan-College Station. “Freezing temperatures and ice killed or harmed many of their crops and livestock as well as causing financial hardships and operational setbacks. And the residual costs from the disaster could plague many producers for years to come.”
AgriLife Extension estimates of some of the state’s biggest agricultural losses by commodity were:
My New Orleans
Advice and musings on spring planting and the season itself from New Orleans garden pros
03/01/2021
Spring is here and as your joyous work begins, here are a few tips and thoughts from some of the city’s top gardeners: Amy Graham, director of horticulture at Longue Vue House & Gardens; Chase Mullin of Mullin Landscape; Kurt LeBlanc, manager of Harold’s Plants; Tom Wolfe, owner of Urban Roots and Kathy McNamara, New Orleans Botanical Garden’s horticulture manager.
What do you love about Spring?
Graham: “The birds are singing, the insects are buzzing, butterflies are frolicking and people are excited to be outside. Planting is one of my favorite garden tasks. Who doesn’t like digging in the dirt?”
dimorphic continuum is mashed into a
binary categorisation. Some pretty shitty treatment of people who might not be close to one of the poles, when only transwomen are supposed to be treated shittily.
The earth has two geographic poles. But almost nobody is at the north pole or the south pole .
weka …
are you saying that you believe sex is a spectrum that sits between two poles?
By all means talk about the fairness with Semenya. I haven t looked at her situation closely so would be interested to hear ideas on how it can be resolved. But intersex and trans people aren t the same, so I m just not sure what that has to do with opening up women s sports to males. If you want to make a case for desegregating sport by sex, please do. Otherwise as far as I can see the argument is that some males should be allowed to compete against any and all females, irrespective of fairness to women. Understandably, a lot of women aren t too happy about that.
The final tally is in: The 12-hour Chief Greg Graham Legacy Walk at Zone Health & Fitness ended Thursday night with organizers announcing that the first-time event had raised $150,000.
The money will support the amnesty program at Beacon Point and the Boys & Girls Club of Marion County, two entities that were special to Graham, the late Ocala police chief.
Inside the gym, Graham s friends and families, including widow Amy and her children, hit the treadmills in memory of Graham, who was a regular at the Zone, 524 S. Pine Ave. The gym is right next door to the Ocala Police Department.
At 6:30 p.m., the group went outside and stood in the parking lot that had two fire trucks hoisting a large U.S. flag. Onstage, Ocala police Capt. Dustin Keuntjes announced the total collected and thanked donors.