Farm Bill details loom for Texas producers and lenders
The farm bill outlines payment schedules including up to 35 percent in October and 35 percent in February, with the remainder after the 12 month marketing year. It corrects undelivered payments for 1998 through 2001 and adds peanut quota buyouts, loan rates, and a target price. It tightens payment limits and caps adjusted gross income, aims to stabilize farming risk, and praises Rep Combest and Sen Duncan for shepherding the bill.
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USDA
Robert Duncan
Gary Walker
Congressman Combest
Combest
Sen
Duncan
Walker
West
Texas
House
Meadow and Wellman-Union TAAS scores rise for 10th graders
Meadow High and Wellman-Union High reported strong exit level TAAS results with MISD andWUHS sophomores scoring in the 90s across reading writing and math. Meadow principal Ed Sharp praised near perfect reading and writing and 95 percent math. Wellman-Union’s reading and math hit 95 percent with writing at 90 percent.
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John Trischitti III
Meadow High School
Wellman-Union High School
WUHS
Meadow
Ed Sharp
Cornyn
Brownfield
Sharp
Wellman-Union
TAAS
Bruce Yeager
Yeager
Vietnam War Reflections On Service And Memorials
A veteran recounts near death in combat, recovery, and later life reflections sparked by We Were Soldiers and UP COUNTRY. He honors comrades and recalls visiting The Wall in Washington DC, thanking those who served despite public dissent and personal regret.
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Nam
Chuck
Vietnam
States
Jungles
D.C
Farmers optimistic on new bill boosting subsidies
Keeton notes the bill may raise government subsidies for farmers and suggests a $360,000 payment limit could help larger producers in their area, while still aiding smaller farms. He expects a House and Senate approval path before a presidential signature. Sundown State Bank’s Shane Faught says benefits depend on yields and peanut growers may gain, with weeks needed for concrete details and limited impact on current year lending.
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Keeton
House
Senate
Sundown State Bank
Shane Faught
Farm Service
Faught
Revision cites 28 cent aluminum can recycling at two sites
In a revision of its answer to the e-mail in Sunday's News the city states aluminum cans may be recycled for 28 cents a pound at DePoyster Iron Metal on the Seagraves Highway and at Rautbert Irrigation and Supplies on the Lubbock Highway. Both businesses will also take old lawn mowers.
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DePoyster
Seagraves Highway
Rautbert
Lubbock Highway
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Lizz Martinez
Sammy
Sylvia Martinez
Jimmy
Erma Martinez
Humberto
Juanita Gonzales
Jesse
Maria Martinez
Socorro Serbantez
Lucia Martinez
Mystic Club
D.J
Grupo Atrevido
Broadway
Citizens For Brownfield Schools
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