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Current Crop and Pest Situation

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Kerry Siders is Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent-IPM for Hockley, Cochran and Lamb Counties. A Texas Tech graduate, he has been with Texas AgriLife Extension since 1990, 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 Crop Consultants.

Springlake-Earth FFA students receive Lone Star FFA Degree

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Austin, Texas – Sayler Beerwinkle, Trace Goodman, Davey Crandall, and Clayton Stevenson of the Springlake-Earth FFA Chapter, were awarded the Lone Star FFA Degree at the 92nd annual Texas FFA State Convention, that was held virtually this past summer.

Support ‘No Taxes’ on Payroll funding

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As if things weren’t hard enough for Texas’ small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds that legitimate businesses have used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.