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Andover school administrators on Thursday are presenting the School Committee a plan to start getting students back into class more frequently.

It still is not good, but at least it didn’t get any worse for North Dakota. That’s the assessment of the U.S. Drought Monitor in its weekly issuance of soi

Article content Betting on Calgary to grow into a major transportation hub that would require large buildings for warehousing and distribution, Highfield Investment Group purchased 800 acres of raw land in Balzac in 2006-07. In 2010, president Adrian Munro added more land to increase the size of his master-planned High Plains Industrial Park to 1,100 acres. The hugely successful development recently expanded again with the acquisition of another 298 acres of land immediately to the east of the park, strategically positioning it for future growth. We apologize, but this video has failed to loa...

Dairy Demand For Wheatlage Increasing Amid Drought Conditions Compensation to farmers a growing concern An increasing demand for wheatlage contracts by dairies for ensilage is causing a dilemma for High Plains producers. Drought conditions in the southwest Panhandle are creating a potential forage deficit in the region, and this is driving up the demand and price for forage silage, said Jourdan Bell, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist, Amarillo. This could mean fewer producers will be taking their wheat crop to grain harvest, opting instead to cash in on diverse forage opt...

The spreadsheet crop and livestock budgets are intended for those agricultural producers who wish to customize these budgets for their own operations, said Justin Benavidez, AgriLife Extension economist in Amarillo. “We saw an increase in grain prices over the last year, especially with sorghum, as well as lower fuel prices,” Benavidez said. “By utilizing our decision aids, producers can make management decisions on the optimal crop mix for their land under current market conditions.” DeDe Jones, AgriLife Extension risk management specialist, Amarillo, said these tools originated in 2...