An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons and would cover a football field with one foot of water. The 77 lakes held 3.3 million more acre-feet of water this March than a year ago. So are most other lakes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Last March, Texas beef producers were getting an average price of 55 cents a pound. This March, the average price was 67 cents a pound, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Pastures are green and stock tanks are full.
Farmers and ranchers, usually taciturn and guarded, are talking positive. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Funeral Home in Marfa. Services were at 2 p.m. today in Pecos Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Mt. Evergeeen Cemetery. Tonight, becoming mostly cloudy.