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Time to plant fall crops

Time to plant fall crops

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Time to plant fall crops

Ellen Peffley
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Body From the gardenFall is often an under-used gardening season, because this is a busy time in summer gardens.The fall crops planted now are cool season crops since plants mature in the autumn as temperatures moderate and cool.

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FLOYDADA SCHOOL MENU AUGUST 13 – AUGUST 15

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Body MONDAY Breakfast –Cocoa Puffs cereal w/graham crackers, Honey Cheerios cereal w/graham crackers, Lucky Charms cereal w/graham crackers, banana, fruit juice, milk Lunch –Grilled cheeseburger, chicken nuggets w/roll, turkey ham & cheese sub, peppered broccoli florets, baby...
Meet Coach Sanders: New Lady

Meet Coach Sanders: New Lady

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Meet Coach Sanders: New Lady Winds head basketball coach

Russ Morris |
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Body Last week, the Floydada CISD board of trustees approved Abby Sanders as the new head girls basketball coach of the Lady Winds. This came after Adam Zepeda, the previous head coach of the Lady Winds, left to become the head girls' basketball coach at Abernathy ISD.

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LOCKNEY SCHOOL MENU AUGUST 12 – AUGUST 15

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Body TUESDAY Breakfast –French toast, sausage, applesauce, fruit juice, milk Lunch – Pizza, baby carrots, apple slice, cereal treat, milk WEDNESDAY Breakfast – Scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuit/gravy, apple, fruit juice, milk Lunch – Nachos Grande, pinto beans, salsa, cucumbers,...
COTTON SEED The value of cottonseed could be improved with the partnership between The Texas A&M University System and Uzbekistan’s Center of Genetics and Bioinformatics at the Academy of Sciences, which is the next step toward commercial adoption of food-ingredient cottonseed. | BETH MCCLOSKY/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

COTTON SEED The value of cottonseed could be improved with the partnership between The Texas A&M University System and Uzbekistan’s Center of Genetics and Bioinformatics at the Academy of Sciences, which is the next step toward commercial adoption of food-ingredient cottonseed. | BETH MCCLOSKY/TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

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Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed takes next step toward humanitarian use

Kay Ledbetter |
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Body Texas A&M AgriLife Research has reached a major milestone in increasing the value of cotton, marking the initial step toward commercial adoption of food-ingredient cottonseed. This innovative development was led by Keerti Rathore, Ph.D.

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UPCOMING

News Staff
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Body FLOYD COUNTY BURN BURN IN EFFECT It has been extended effective Thursday, April 17 by the Floyd County commissioners court.SUMMER FUN IN THE SUN The Floydada Swimming Pool’s last day to be open this summer is Sunday, Aug 3. Regular days are Tuesday–Sunday, 12 noon–5 p.m.
Floydada Lions wind down after nearly a century

Floydada Lions wind down after nearly a century

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Floydada Lions wind down after nearly a century

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Body With a touch of sadness, according to club president Tommy Ogden, the Floydada Lions Club has voted to disband, The Floydada Lions Club has been serving the Floydada community continuously since June 1946.
Fitness on the Square invites women to join new month of bootcamp Aug. 1

Fitness on the Square invites women to join new month of bootcamp Aug. 1

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Fitness on the Square invites women to join new month of bootcamp Aug. 1

Liz Adams |
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Body Amanda Peralez is the owner of the womenonly studio Fitness on the Square, and she is getting ready to kick off a new month of bootcamp at 100 E California Street in Floydada.Each month, this group meets four days per week, starting at 5 a.m. each Monday.
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