Timmons keeps farming tradition alive in West Texas
Terry County farmer Andy Timmons, farming since 1987 on 1500 acres, blends family heritage dating to Civil War era Alexander Ambrose Timmons with tech advances. He uses weekly plant tissue tests, worries about weather and rising costs, and eyeing West Texas peanuts as a future rotation crop for higher per acre returns. He cites biotechnology as the next shift, while noting regulations and family life with wife Lauren and three children.