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This year 35 states will participate in a $2.5 billion federal nutrition program that will help low-income parents buy groceries for their children when free school meals are unavailable during the summer months. But Texas, which has 3.8 million children eligible for the program, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has opted not to […]

The largest of the wildfires, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, has now reached an area of 850,000 acres, and is only 3 percent contained by firefighters.

Looking for a way to help the Texans who are affected by the largest wildfire in state history? Here are some organizations providing relief.

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle became the largest in state history Thursday, as a dusting of snow covered scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes and gave firefighters a brief window of relief in desperate efforts to corral the blaze.

Congressional leaders have reached a deal to avoid a partial shutdown of USDA and several other departments and agencies this weekend.

Over 85% of Texas cattle population located in Panhandle.

Authorities said 1,640 square miles (4,248 square kilometers) of the fire were on the Texas side of the border. Previously, the largest fire in recorded state history was the 2006 East Amarillo Complex fire, which burned about 1,400 square miles (3,630 square kilometers) and resulted in 13 deaths.

The wildfire that is scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to become the largest in the history of the state.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures fell again on Thursday, amid ongoing profit-taking as some market participants sought cover as cash prices continue to stay firm, traders said. ... -February 29, 2024 at 03:35 pm EST - MarketScreener

A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned-out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters...