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Klondike rehires personnel
Klondike school board members this past week approved the re-hiring of all current school personnel, according to Superintendent Steve McLaren.
Multiple factors are impacting preparation of 2020 cotton crop
The past few weeks have been a rollercoaster of uncertainty and hope for Texas High Plains cotton growers, as markets continue to trade lower for a variety of reasons including the worldwide Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, but earlyseason precipitation throughout the region is setting producers up for a favorable start to the 2020 crop.
Extension hosting training sessions
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office in Lamesa will be offering Auxin and Private Applicator Training (PAT) sessions here during late March and early April.
Fed cattle prices on rollercoaster
Fed cattle prices, like most futures markets, have been on a rollercoaster due to unknowns surrounding the COVID-19, new coronavirus, outbreak. But part of the cattle price drop point to supply and demand economics rather than panic, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Peanut growers plan conference
Western Peanut Growers Association will host an Ag Issues Conference on Wednesday, March 18, at the Seminole Community Center at 801 North Main Street in Seminole.
Seed cost calculator available from PCG
The 2020 version of the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. Seed Cost Calculator is ready and available for download from the PCG website at https://plainscotton.org/seed-cost-calcula- tors/.
Sands High School’s
production of Ethan Frome is advancing to bi-district competition after at contest past at was at district for Overall Outstanding Crew, with Bryce Hamlin named to the All-Star Crew. Sands students named to the district All-Star Cast were Kaylee French, Tristan Reed and
Permits issued for five local horizontal drilling projects
Five horizontal drilling ventures are among eight permits for oil drilling operations in Dawson County which have been approved by the Texas Railroad Commission during the past six weeks.
ROCKET LAUNCH
Students in Jimmy Tercero’s engineering class at Lamesa High School went to the North Elmentary playground Wednesday morning to fi re off small rockets that they built from scratch in class.