*Texas cotton planting is right on schedule.   *The nation’s largest wool testing lab is located right here in Texas.  *Genetics is an important consideration if you want to produce high quality beef.  *The South Texas cotton crop has faced some challenges this year with rain and cool temperatures.  *Cotton planters are finally rolling on the Texas Southern Plains.  *Downer cows are always a serious problem, and very few of them ever get up.  *For years the Texas Dove Hunters association have banded and captured invasive Eurasian collared doves.