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There’s a lot of good news to report after the Brownfield ISD Board of Trustees met on Thursday, July 28. Brownfield ISD’s Superintendent Chris Smith, led the way in terms of presenting all the good news of the past school year and the year to come. The 22-23 school year is upon us and Superintendent Smith couldn’t be more pleased with how everything is looking following the 21-22 school year at Brownfield ISD.
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It’s no secret Brownfield has a stray dog problem. Strays have been a big problem here in town for a long time. The Brownfield News had a conversation with the local dog shelter here in Brownfield about the issue. Julie Funtenatto with the local dog shelter tells The News, “ The dog problem here in Brownfield is really bad. It is getting a whole lot better but the biggest problem right now is the owner ‘s surrender (relinquishing ownership of the pet to a shelter or rescue) . The reason why it’s such a big problem is not getting your dogs neutered and even with just that we can cut the stray problem almost by half but this is the time of the year where people are getting rid of their grown up dog because they want a younger dog”.
Read more(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5-7.
Read moreWhenever I’m at a business event, somebody brings up lousy jobs he had as a kid. I can relate. Personally, I’ve been canned more times than green beans.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As hot and dry conditions persist, extremely dry vegetation will continue to support wildfire activity across much of the state, even as surface moisture increases in some areas.
Read moreThe term “sodbusting” is used to identify the conversion of land from native vegetation to commodity crop production after December 23, 1985. As part of the conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, if you’re proposing to produce agricultural commodities (crops that require annual tillage including one pass planting operations and sugar cane) on land that has been determined highly erodible and that has no crop history prior to December 23, 1985, that land must be farmed in accordance with a conservation plan or system that ensures no substantial increase in soil erosion.
Read moreUSDA has updated three key crop insurance options for livestock producers: the Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP), Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), and Livestock Risk Protection (LRP). USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) revised the insurance options to reach more producers, offer greater flexibility for protecting their operations, and ultimately, better meet the needs of the country’s swine, dairy, and cattle producers. The updates were published last week for the 2023 crop year, which begins July 1, 2022.
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