Read at Your Own Risk: Cotton Bears in Control

By DR. O.A. CLEVELAND You really do not want to read this. I know you don’t. This bear is a bit bigger and meaner than thought just two weeks ago. There is a very bright future for cotton. Yet first, the market will suffer through an even more bearish cycle than the present one.

Eric Turpen recognized as part of RLI’s APEX Producers Club

Eric Turpen of Clift Land Brokers has been recognized as a part of the 2022 APEX Producers Club by the REALTORS Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report.

FBC of Springlake to hold Marriage Conference

First Baptist Church of Spriglake, TX is holding a Marriage Conference: A Cord of Three Strands, Ecclesiastes 4:12, on Friday, March 31st and Saturday, April 1st. The cost of the conference is $40/couple, scholarships are available. There will also be meals, door prizes and gift bags provided.

Every traffic death robs a family and a community

At just 14 years old, Alexei Bauereis was struck and killed while walking his bike across a crosswalk in Austin, cutting short his young life and promising ballet career. “He was on the verge of that stage where you find out how you stack up against professionals,” Alexei’s dad Eric Bauereis said.

KOC to host Fish Fry

The Knights of Columbus Assembly 7882 of Sacred Heart Church in Littlefield, will be bring back its Friday Night Fish Fry on the next two Fridays The Fish Fry will be held on Friday evening, March 24 and Friday evening, March 31 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Lfd.School Board to meet Thursday

The Littlefield Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet in Regular Session on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the Jerry Blakely Administration Building.

Gordon Graves to host ‘Plow Day’ Saturday, March 25

Gordon Graves of Spade, a member of the South Plains Antique Tractor Association, is hosting the Association’s Elevnth Annual Antique Equipment “Plow Day” Saturday, March 25, 2023, on his farm just off FM 168, three miles north of Spade.

National Agriculture Day: Fifty Years Later, Farmers Are Growing a Climate for Tomorrow

National Agriculture Day: Fifty Years Later, Farmers Are Growing a Climate for Tomorrow By KELLYADKINS, State Executive Director for USDA Farm Service Agency; Kristy Oates, State Conservationist for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Jim Bellmon, Regional Office Director for USDA...

USDA announces CRP signup for 2023

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup continues through April 7, 2023. CRP is a cornerstone voluntary conservation program offered by the U.S.

Farm Bill Listening Session in Texas

House Ag Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, (R-Pa.) hosted a farm bill listening session in Waco, Texas, Wednesday, March 15. He, along with bipartisan Members of the committee — Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Rep. Austin Scott, (R-Ga.), Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), Rep. Ronny Jackson (RTexas), Rep.