Mother Nature has not been kind to many Texas High Plains growers this year, particularly in the northern and western parts of the PCG service area, causing the loss of dryland acreage that either never came up, failed to establish a viable stand, or was damaged or destroyed by wind and storms. Irrigated acreage in some areas is suffering as well. While it still is too early to quantify how much dryland acreage is affected, it likely is safe to say that the number is above 30 percent across the region. Drs. Calvin Trostle and Murilo Maeda of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...