Getting a little stir crazy
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
It’s safe to say everyone is getting a bit tired of it.
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Giving is part of living
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
The greatest challenge in the recent history of the world is clearly unfolding before our very eyes. We are part of this historic moment in time. What role are you playing?
Austin firm to handle county grant
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
An Austin firm which handled the previous such grant project here has again been selected to provide professional services for Dawson County in connection with the 2020 Texas County Transportation Infrastructure Fund (TIF) grant program.
Expansion project begins at cemetery
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
With the Dawson County Cemetery running out of available burial plots, an expansion project is getting underway.
Growers prepare for cotton crop
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
Cotton planting time is approaching, and even though growers are looking for some kind of normalcy and the forecast over the next seven days calls for warm temperatures, a number of factors may keep planters in the barn for a little bit longer.
Farm Bureau begins Feeding Texas effort
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
Farm Bureau Feeding Texas program announced Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) is joining county Farm Bureaus across the state to assist those who are in need of food, as well as those who provide that food, in an effort to keep their businesses alive in these unprecedented times.
USDA reports record signup for programs
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
Producers signed a record 1.77 million contracts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2019 crop year, which is more than 107 percent of the total contracts signed compared with a 5-year average.
Texas A&M publication identifies COVID-19 relief for agriculture
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
The Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University in College Station has developed a briefing paper that identifies provisions most applicable to agricultural producers in the three recent Congressional interventions to stimulate the economy and provide COVID-19 relief.
O’Donnell’s Vasquez, Olivan to play college ball
Sun, 04/26/2020 - 12:00am
A couple of O’Donnell High School seniors are making plans to continue their basketball careers into the collegiate ranks.