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1. Texas peanut industry working together to help Oklahoma neighbors w/Photo

   Tuesday | Southwest Farm Press

   TPPB encourages fellow Texans to support the cause through monetary donations. "PB for OK," is working with the food banks' relief efforts in Moore, Okla., and surrounding areas to distribute peanut butter to the victims as they start to rebuild their lives and the community over the next few weeks.

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   Related Topix: Oklahoma City, OK, Moore, OK

2. Drought, early season pests concern HP cotton experts w/Photo

   Wednesday May 15 | Southwest Farm Press

   Texas High Plains cotton producers face a plethora of weather and pest problems as they finish planting the 2013 crop.

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   Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Lubbock County, TX, Crosby County, TX

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3. Texas wheat crop is iffy at best w/Photo

   Feb 20, 2013 | Southwest Farm Press

   Despite recent rains that greened up much of the wheat crop, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist is expecting a below-normal crop this year.

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   Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Texas A&M University, South-Plains, TX

4. 'Start clean, stay clean' new mantra for High Plains weed control w/Photo

   Feb 8, 2013 | Southwest Farm Press

   Glyphosate has been getting a lot of bad press, primarily due to the problems with glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth.

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5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife hearing on Lesser Prairie Chicken set for Feb. 11 in Lubbock

   Feb 7, 2013 | Southwest Farm Press

   The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will offer official comment and urge that existing voluntary conservation efforts be considered instead of more federal regulation.

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   Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

6. Weed scientists recommending more than herbicides for fighting resistance on High Plains: Part II w/Photo

   Feb 5, 2013 | Southwest Farm Press

   Cotton farmers, particularly those accustomed to spaying a single herbicide on their crops, may need to dust off some of the old equipment and herbicides they or their fathers used in the 1980s and 90s.

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   Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

7. Emerged, non-irrigated wheat 'going backwards' w/Photo

   Nov 28, 2012 | Southwest Farm Press

   As drought conditions plateaued for most of the state, Texas producers were wrapping up cotton and grain sorghum harvests and hoping for rain to help moisture-stressed wheat and winter small grains, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service weekly reports.

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   Related Topix: Texas, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Hansford County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX