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Jonathan Polasek

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Jonathan Polasek

    From the Ground Up: Diversification in family agribusiness operations (opens the original)

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    BURLESON COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Often children move away from the farm or ranch, but sometimes when the next generation wants to come back to the family business, it can be an economic challenge for the operation to support more than one family. That can require the creation of new revenue streams. “I started off the day working, you know, a day working cowboy. Then, I started working at some of these auction barns and just doing whatever it took to make a living,” Pete Scarmardo, a Burleson Cou

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Jonathan Polasek

    From the Ground Up: Estate planning for the farm and ranch (opens the original)

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    BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As we age, things like wills and estate planning become more and more important to our families, and that’s especially true for farmers and ranchers. “So many of these issues, nobody really pays attention to or thinks about until they’re a problem, and so that’s one thing we really try to encourage folks is let’s get ahead of issues that might come up. Let’s have a plan,” Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, a Texas A&M AgriLife professor and extension specialist in agricultural law, sa

  3. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Jonathan Polasek

    Brazos Valley Gives kicks off annual month-long giving campaign (opens the original)

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    BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Every year, Brazos Valley Gives, which is powered by the Community Foundation, runs a month-long giving campaign to raise money and increase awareness for local nonprofits. This year will mark the eighth-year Brazos Valley Gives has coordinated this initiative to bring people all over the Brazos Valley together. All 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the seven-county Brazos Valley region are invited to participate. This event allows everyone to invest in causes they

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Jonathan Polasek

    From the Ground Up: Cow herd expansion continues to stall (opens the original)

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    BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The size of the U.S. beef cattle herd has always been cyclical, and while low beef prices usually signal ranchers to shrink production, high prices are the signal for expansion. However, there are several things that have stalled any significant growth of the cow herd. “High prices cure high prices. That’s the market signal to produce more,” David Anderson said. “We’re producing less of it. People still want it, and that’s a recipe for higher prices,” Anderson said. “When w

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Jonathan Polasek

    From the Ground Up: Choosing Life on the Family Farm (opens the original)

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    ROBERTSON COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Less than 2% of the population in the United States is involved in production agriculture to feed and clothe the rest of us, but there are a few members of the next generation who are choosing to make a family farm their life’s work. “With my dad, he stressed that if you’re going to come out here and do this, it’s going to have to be your choice, that it’s going to be something you want to do, because there’s going to be days when you get up and it’s such a chall

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