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AG Paxton Settles Suit with App Company Collecting Children’s Information

October 3, 2016 AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with California app developer Juxta Labs, Inc. for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. Juxta Labs signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), approved by the Travis Country District Court, agreeing not to collect personal information from any child under the age of 13. The AVC prohibits the company from allowing children to use their apps if those apps are not compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Farm Service Agency Reminds Producers of Acreage Reporting Deadline

October 3, 2016 – In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit the Nacogdoches USDA Service Center to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline.  Reporting deadlines vary by crop.

The deadline to report pasture and hay acreage for 2017 is November 15, 2016. Timely reporting of your grass acreages will prevent you from incurring late file fees.

The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting date:

"The Real McCoy" by Neal Murphy

October 3, 2016 - Most of you older readers will remember an early television program starring Walter Brennan and Richard Crenna which was quite popular.  It aired from 1957 to 1963 and was about a dirt-poor family on a California farm.  They were the McCoy family, with grandpa, Walter Brennan, the leader of the family.

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