Cotton Grower® magazine’s CROP SCAN AgReport for early May shows planters are beginning to roll in most parts of the Cotton Belt as temperatures rise, but wet weather is putting a damper on planting progress in the upper Mid-South. Cotton is up in south and central Texas, while west Texas growers still need more moisture than some recent showers have provided.

Kerry Siders is Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent-IPM for Hockley, Cochran and Lamb Counties, providing education and applied research for weeds, insects, diseases, nematodes, growth regulators and harvest aids in cotton. He is a member of the High Plains Association of

Enrollment for the 40th session of the Texas International Cotton School, scheduled for August 2- 12, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas is now open. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and the class size has been restricted to 10 students this year, first come, first serve basis of full tuition payment.

May 06, 2021 As drought conditions persist, High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) encourages area residents to incorporate water-efficient practices into their landscapes to avoid water waste. Landscape irrigation and outdoor water use may account for 50 to 80 percent of total residential use during spring and summer.

Several auxin certification trainings have already been conducted in 2021 and the final training session is set to take place next week, Friday, May 14. These satisfy the US Environmental Protection Agency mandatory dicamba training and the Texas Department of Agriculture requirement for approved dicamba and 2, 4-D formulations.

The Sudan Community will be conducting its 30th Annual Sudan Memorial Service program at 10 a.m. Monday, May 17, 2021 at the Sudan Cemetery, west of Sudan.

Christina Jones Clark, daughter of William and Faye Jones of Amherst, was recently honored as one of the 2020-2021 Duncanville High School “Teachers of the Year”. She was awarded a plaque and recognized at the Duncanville ISD 2021 Employee Appreciation Celebration.

Amherst High School is sponsoring a special “Senior Gifts” project for its seven graduates. Anyone may give a gift of money to any or all of the seven graduates.

Five Area Telephone and West Plains Telecommunications have awarded eight $2,000 scholarships to students continuing their education at an accredited vocational school, college or university. The Board of Directors of Five Area/West Plains selected the scholarship winners at the board meeting held on April 29, 2021.

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