The start of the region’s heaviest farming season triggered another drop in Lubbock’s already low unemployment rate.
From February to March, the city gained about 200 farming jobs, dropping the city’s jobless numbers by .4 percent, according to information provided by Workforce Solutions.
Still behind Amarillo and Midland in terms of unemployment numbers, the Hub City took the lead on Abilene which is sitting at 4.2 percent for March, the information showed.