By Dr. Suhas Vyavhare, Extension Entomology Specialist, Lubbock As we approach the end of August, one question that has been received lately more often than any other is at what stage do I stop worrying about insects in cotton? The major insect activity that I am noticing at this stage is around lygus bug and stink bugs.

The August certified acreage report was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Aug.

The West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute will host their annual conference on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the FiberMax Center for Discovery, located at 1121 Canyon Lake Drive in Lubbock.

Cotton Insects As I refer to previous issues of this newsletter, we will see that on July 28th (Vol. 27 – No.

The 78th reunion of the former Dunbar and Littlefield alumni classes will be held on Friday Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept.

Littlefield’s City Council will conduct a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday Sept.

Come join the Dunbar Community Revival on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 at 7 p.m.

TULIA TOURNAMENT CHAMPS - The Littlefield Lady Cats went 6-0 overall on the weekend at Tulia. They won their three pool games on Thursday and went 3-0 in Bracket play on Saturday to take the tournament Championship.

At the August 23, 2022 meeting, the Littlefield City Council elected to propose a No New Revenue Tax Rate. The Proposed Plan will reduce the Tax Rate of the City of Littlefield from $0.6884 per $100 valuation to $0.6255. This is a reduction of 6.29 cents in the City of Littlefield Tax Rate.