Well I thought this would be coming. From the looks of a letter I got after Aug. 31 Livestock Market Reporting in Texas will be no longer. Its been a great 11 years of reporting for me and have met tons of great friends over these years. The Texas Department of Agriculture has been force to cut 45% of its operation budget. Thats going to really hurt some good program that helps keep our food source clean. We have Texas Cattle Feeders, Southwest Cattle Feeders, and Livestock Marketing Ass. still fighting to try to keep some of us at least reporting some of the barns, but it maybe a losing battle. There is also some talk that the CME and USDA may join up and hire some of us back, but thats still a long shot.