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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Agriculture Researcher Shuyu Liu has an ambitious goal. He’s trying to create the perfect wheat. He looks at various varieties of wheat with various genetic protections against problems.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Texas A&M Agrilife researchers predict how the hard freeze could affect Panhandle winter wheat crops.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Drought continues to worry farmers and causing price increases in foods.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  A 35-year-old Clovis man was killed after being shot in the head Wednesday evening, police said.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Farmers, ranchers, and producers have all seen their struggles this past year, and could potentially see those same struggles this year and for years to come.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  Drought conditions have decimated the Panhandle over the last year, but in recent days, we have received a little rain and good amount of snow.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Last summer's drought had a damaging effect on most of the Panhandle, and many farmers saw little to nothing from their harvests.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  A government report shows the nation's growers planted more of their land into winter wheat for harvest this year amid high prices and easing drought conditions in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  More than 100 farmers and ranchers met at the Kuhlman Extension Center Tuesday for the 35th Annual Randall County Ag Show and Crops Tour.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Heat. Wind. Drought. These are three words the farmers of the Texas Panhandle know all too well.

Saturday, July 02, 2011  Officials with the Texas Wheat Producer Board and Association tell us Texas is about 97 percent, and that's a little ahead of where farmers usually are this time of year.

Thursday, June 02, 2011  The Big Texan is set to start brewing its own beer!

Thursday, May 26, 2011  The drought continues to cause problems across the panhandle, not only is the fire danger high but it's also effecting how our crops are doing.

Monday, May 23, 2011  Market Talk with Donna Hughes

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  One crop a lot of people have their eyes on is our area's winter wheat...