Agriculture
Pet of the Week
Scout has been at the shelter since she was a puppy. She is just over a year old and still looking for her forever home. She is a sweet, gentle girl and gets along with other dogs. For more information about Scout or any of our other great dogs, contact us at postarc@yahoo.com,…
Read MoreArea Fishing Report
Alan Henry FAIR. Water clear 80–84 degrees; 3.59′ low. Largemouth bass are good on rigged worms, spinner baits and crank baits. Early in the morning buzzbaits have been successful. Crappie are fair on minnows, and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait and stinkbait. Hubbard Creek FAIR. Water stained; 78–84 degrees; 1.72′ low. Largemouth bass…
Read MoreGarza-Borden County FSA Updates
Eligibility for Elections for the 2019 County Committee Elections for USDA’s Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Garza-Borden County Committee are underway. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version online. ©Copyright 2019 The Post Dispatch.
Read MoreTexas Tech Ag Day September 7
Plains Cotton Growers will team up again with Capital Farm Credit on Saturday, September 7, beginning at 4 p.m. for a tailgate event at the Capital Farm Credit… For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version online. ©Copyright 2019 The Post Dispatch.
Read MoreWest Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute annual conference set for September 11
Friday, August 30, 2019 From WTACI The West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute will host their annual conference on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Bayer Museum of Agriculture, located at 1121 Canyon Lake Drive in Lubbock. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version online. ©Copyright 2019…
Read MoreReady Set Dove
It’s time to look over the dove checklist and get ready to hunt, because the dove forecast this year is even better than last year! Opening day is Sunday… For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version online. ©Copyright 2019 The Post Dispatch.
Read MoreNASS Projects TX High Plains Cotton Production in
By Mary Jane Buerkle/Plains Cotton Growers, Inc._ In their first official crop production estimates for the area this season, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service pegged the 2019 High Plains upland cotton crop at 4.93 million bales, harvested from 3.63 million acres. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe…
Read MoreRain Continues to Impact Planting Progress
Compiled by Staff Needless to say the rains have been spotty in the area. Where over 5 inches are recorded near the county line on West 380, some farms only received 2 inches to the north of 380. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version…
Read MorePlanting a seed for the love of agriculture
By Jennifer Dorsett/Texas farm bureau— I’ll never forget my first garden. I planted the seeds. Watered them. And tiny green sprouts began to emerge several days later. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf version online. ©Copyright 2019 The Post Dispatch
Read MorePCG Alerts Growers to Importance of Sourcing Seed in Pima Cotton due to FOV4 Risk
By Mary Jane Buerkle and Shawn Wade Plains Cotton Growers It’s planting time on the Texas High Plains, and growers throughout the region are sitting on “Go,” ready to plant their 2019 cotton acreage, if they haven’t already started. For more on this story, read The Post Dispatch this week, or subscribe to the pdf…
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