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People were wearing their masks as the Brownfield City Council met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, July 16. City Manager Jeff Davis asked council members and guests to wear their mask due to the governor’s order given two weeks ago. The council was to have had a full agenda, however the quarterly reports were knocked off the agenda again due to COVID-19 issues. After the invocation, pledges, public comments, and approving the minutes from the previous meeting the council went to work.
Read moreThe Texas Plains cotton-growing region is not known for raising Pima varieties of cotton, but an increasing interest in the crop has Texas A&M AgriLife officials concerned the newcomer will bring with it a yield-limiting fungus that could be introduced to the larger Upland cotton growing area.
Read moreI spent some time in my youth working in the oil fields of west Texas primarily on ‘pulling units’, also known as well servicing rigs. They are so called because they function to repair problems that impair the production of that black gold we value so much. Too much down time on an existing well is a major pain in an oil company’s pocketbook.
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