The hardest-hit counties list shows how badly small, rural counties have been hurt recently by COVID-19. It also shows how concentrated they are in and around West Texas.
The pace at which COVID-19 has spread across America has slowed. Daily confirmed case and fatal case increases are less than half what they were two months ago when there were 225,000 additional cases a day and as many as 4,000 deaths. Nevertheless, the toll has been brutal. According to the Bing COVID-19 Tracker, 527,917 […]
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 options for livestock producers, including wheatlage.
Dalhart vaccine clinic to provide 975 vaccines to Dallam, Hartley and Sherman residents
VIDEO: Dalhart vaccine clinic to provide 975 vaccines to Dallam, Hartley and Sherman residents By Vania Patino | January 18, 2021 at 9:34 PM CST - Updated January 23 at 8:51 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Some Dallam, Hartley and Sherman residents will be able to get vaccinated at the Rita Blanca Coliseum this Saturday.
Coon Memorial Hospital in Dalhart has been allocated a little over 900 Pfizer vaccines.
This is about three times more than their first shipment, which is why local leaders decided to open the clinic and vaccinate as many people as possible.