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No Dryland Crop to Harvest: West Texas Cotton Farmers Open Up About the Harsh Realities of 2023
No Dryland Crop to Harvest: West Texas Cotton Farmers Open Up About the Harsh Realities of 2023

West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.

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One Year Later: New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Rebuilds After Being Leveled by Hurricane Ida
One Year Later: New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Rebuilds After Being Leveled by Hurricane Ida

One year ago, a tornado completely devasted Wellacrest Farms, New Jersey's largest dairy farm. Community support outpoured from a group of Amish to a GoFundMe account that helped with the rebuild.

Karen Bohnert
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These Farm Kids Had the Best School Absent Note Excuse
These Farm Kids Had the Best School Absent Note Excuse

When Julie ten Hoeve called her son’s high school to report Ian being absent to help chop corn on the family's 650-cow dairy farm, she worried about what the school would say. The school’s response eased her mind.

Karen Bohnert