New DES laws impose stricter livestock controls nationwide
Oklahoma announces a new certification program enforcing federal DES rules. Meat inspectors will hold cattle and sheep seven days before slaughter unless certified free of DES or withdrawn seven days prior. Alternatives include slaughter after compliance, seven days of live holding, or testing samples at an approved lab. Certification forms distributed to markets statewide.
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Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture
State Department Iulture
Oklahoma farm site applications reach five thousand
State official Rex Sparger reports about 5000 applications for free farm sites at Fugates Mill and Okita. Priority goes to Oklahoma welfare recipients and Vietnam veterans with later arrivals for other poor Oklahomans. Three year work requirement and future cash crops noted as program aims. Preparations begin in Atoka County as families are expected later this month.
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Fugates Mill
Okita
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Rex Sparger
Sparger
QEO
Oklaho
Oklahoma Ffa
Iit
Stringtown
Atoka County
County Conservation District Directors Meet At Oil Conservation Office
Pontotoc County Conservation District Directors held their regular monthly meeting at the Oil Conservation Office with members including B. M. Stephens and C. Buxton. They approved plans for lands owned by Murray Elliott and Charles Marsh, with terracing and gulley work underway. Technicians from the Soil Conservation Service provided engineering surveys and the Assistance Program office offered financial aid. local landowners were urged to contact the district for soil and water conservation planning and farm improvements.
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Pontotee
Ryation Dilstric
Dan
B. M. Stephens
C. Buxton
Uel
T. K Kirk
Kirkhall
Carlton Gray
J. J. Lewis
Don LaSalle
Webb Dixon
L. FP. Stonecipher
Leon Hulderfield
Tenry Little
Marion Borders
Richard Palmer
Jez Elliot
Mike Tiffin
H. P. Gallup
Soil Conservation Service
Conservation District
Ponotoc County
County Election Board Closes Books Friday
Pontatec County election officials announce books close Friday with no reopen until Feb 2 after two elections. Regular board elections for Pontatec County schools and a vocational technical school board election are set for Jan 25. City council elections occur Friday. final filing and registration day ends.
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Pontatec
Wheat industry to receive USDA support program in Oklahoma
Oklahoma wheat growers hail a new USDA diverted acres program. Abernathy of the Wheat Growers Association says the plan follows their guidelines and will raise wheat pasture values while stabilizing prices. Officials estimate up to ten million dollars for Oklahoma this year with future benefits possible.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Waterop
Earl Meesinathy
Altus
Okio
Wheat Growers Association
USDA
U.S
Abernathy
U. S
Growers Organization
Roy McGuire Local Death Caused by Carbon Monoxide
Roy Dewayne McGuire died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Ada in January. He and his parents were found unconscious in their home at 307 North Stockton by his brother Mike McGuire. Roy died on arrival at Valley View Hospital. his parents were hospitalized and recovered. An autopsy was conducted to confirm the cause.
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Roy Dewayne McGuire
Ada
McGuire
Stockton
Mike Mer Guire
N. Cherry
Valley View Hospital
Roy
Robert Vernon McGuire
Delores Jean McGuire
Survival loom for Iowa farmer driven by efficiency
CORRECTIONVILLE Iowa AP report on Dave Holcomb a family farmer in western Iowa balancing cost pressures and volatile markets. He urges efficiency and growth to survive as consolidation threatens smaller farms while many peers face closure amid low prices and drought hurt crops.
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Correctionville
Lows
Dave Holcomb
Iowa
Holcomb
Associated Press
Helcomb
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John Netherton
Oklahoma State University Extension Center
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