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November 27, 2024 – Baca County – Based on responses to our recent survey, notes, and letters to us about the newspaper’s future and concerns over maintaining local news, it’s clear there is a strong willingness to support the Plainsman Herald. While Kent readily admits to Hunter and Lexi that he’s not sure continuing is…
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NOTE: As many have asked about our survey. Here is the survey and the introductory text. We pushed this to our Facebook page and published it in our Oct 9 & 16, 2024 issues. Our return rate was approximately 15% of our pre-notice of closing subscriber numbers. More than 2,600 U.S. newspapers have disappeared since…
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In the talks I have given about broomcorn I have always mentioned that Benjamin Franklin is often credited with bringing broomcorn to America in the 1700s. This concept is usually presented as fact, but it turns out that whether this is true or not is actually up for debate. I introduced you to some of…
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Reposted with Permission by Dr. Sam Moyer. Although there hasn’t been broomcorn production in Baca County for many years, there actually has been quite a bit of research done in the not so recent past. My newest broomcorn acquaintance is Dr. Sam Moyer, a geneticist and a broom maker from New Jersey. Dr. Moyer has…