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Texas rice farmers hope for increased trade opportunities
RAYWOOD, Texas (AP) — Ray Stoesser rumbled around his quiet green fields in a mud-caked SUV, noting the minute gradations of the land, which is subtly terraced to allow water to flow downhill, irrigating the fields in slow succession. "We're going u...
Houston business owners upbeat about oil economy outlook
HOUSTON (AP) — It was still before 11:30, but a steady stream of office workers in starched shirts lined up at Peli Peli Kitchen, a fast-casual South African restaurant in the heart of the Energy Corridor. The Houston Chronicle reports the heavy l...
Texas candy maker adapts to market as sugar wars rage on
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — On a busy highway heading into this industrial East Texas town, a candy factory stands next to a chicken processing plant that sometimes wafts the smell of bird guts across the parking lot that divides them, mixing with the delic...
Work progresses on seismic study in Texas amid earthquakes
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The state of Texas wants to stick a seismometer on Terry Hill's ranch, right next to his deer blind. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2lqvkf3 ) reports Hill, a fourth generation Texan born and raised in this Rio Grande outpo...