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Body A mini-ag conference, How to Enhance Profit from Ranch to Rail, will be conducted on Tuesday, Sept. 14 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Hemphill County on the West Texas A&M University campus in Canyon.

Body Agricultural land values in the U.S. are increasing at a rate not seen in nearly a decade.

Body “Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation’s farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem,” Gant Schulte and David Pitt report for...

Body PAMPA—Zachary Mayer, P.E., has been named as the new area engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Pampa area office, effective Aug. 9.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.39 billion in July, 13.5 percent more than in July 2020. The majority of July sales tax revenue is based on sales made in June and remitted to the agency in July.

Body The Panhandle District QuickBooks Pro Desktop Short Courses by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be on Aug. 25 in Amarillo and Sept. 8 in Lubbock. The one-day trainings will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Body ALBUQUERQUE—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending the deadline for public comment on the proposal to list two distinct population segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Body AUSTIN—Data from the Texas Workforce Commission suggests that Texas upstream oil and natural gas employment expanded by 3,100 jobs in June—the fifth best single-month performance in over five years.

Body AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 779 original drilling permits in July 2021 compared to 351 in July 2020.

Body CANYON—Companies looking for West Texas A&M University student employees can recruit them on campus at an upcoming event. WT’s Back-to-School Job Fair will run from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Aug. 26 at the Charles K.