CAT SPRING — The 76th annual meeting of the Austin County Livestock Association will be held on Thursday, June 4, at the Cat Spring Agricultural Hall in Cat Spring.
The association, along with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, is of -
fering a program for three hours of CEU credits: Pesti - cide Laws & Regulations by Dr. Mark Matocha, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Program Specialist-Agri-
cultural and Environmental Safety; New World Screw -
worm Update by Dr. Sonja Swiger, Texas A&M AgriL -
ife Extension Program Specialist-Livestock/Veter - inary/Medical Entomolo - gist; Methods of Herbicide Applications from IPT to Drones by Nicholas Villar - real, Owner and Operator of Trail's End Services. Three (3) TDA CEU's will be offered for this pro - gram: 1 General, 1 IPM, and 1 L&R. Registration for the CEU program will be from 1 to 1:30 p.m. with a fee of $30 per person. This fee in -
cludes membership of the Austin County Livestock
Association.
The CEU program will be from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The annual meeting will follow with registration starting at 5:30 p.m. A catered meal will be provided by Scho - vajsa Catering Inc. Fol - lowing the meal, there will be a guest speaker, a short business meeting, and door prizes. The guest speaker will be Wes Mason, sales repre - sentative with Purina, with information on the cattle market and nutrition. The association has been com - mitted to awarding scholar ships to outstanding youth in Austin County who plan to enroll in college and ma- jor in agriculture.
The association also helps support other agri- cultural-related activities throughout the year. The membership fee for 2026 is $30 per person. Included in the payment of your dues is one meal at the annual meeting and coverage of a $500 reward for recovery of livestock stolen from you. Current directors of the Austin County Livestock Association include Presi- dent Steven Jackson, Vice President Glenn Brandt, Secretary/Treasurer Ran dall Tipp, and, directors Darrell Kolwes, Ricky Huff, Lew Ellyn Gross, J.D. McKay, Louis Divin, Malcolm Dittert, Herbert Schumann, Jim Grigar and Greg Schubert.
