Grasshoppers Top State Pest List Warn Farmers and Homeowners
Oklahoma State University entomologists warn grasshoppers threaten rangeland cropland and urban areas. Early, targeted control reduces spread. chemicals like Sevin Malathion Diazinon and toxaphene help, with caution near grazing lands. Feeding tests in Beltsville show dehydrated poultry excreta as cattle feed poses no heavy metal risk.
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Oklahoma State University
Stan Coppock
Coppock
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Corlette C. Calvert
Cotton prices rise as demand tightens supplies
The Agriculture Department reports higher cotton prices driven by brisk textile demand and export sales. Spot prices have jumped about 20 cents per pound since late March, with 1976 crop projections rising but overall use for 1976-77 seen at 10 to 12 million bales. Wind erosion in the Great Plains neared 6.17 million acres damaged by May 31 across 10 states, with Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas affected.
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Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Great Plains States
Department’s Soil Conservation Service
Plains
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Peach harvest to be abundant through July says USDA
The Agriculture Department reports a bumper peach crop with abundant supply through July. Georgia South Carolina and California lead production with nine southern states up 41 percent from last year and California freestone harvest up 21 percent. Beef remains plentiful in July while pork is expected to be light. other goods remain in adequate supply.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Georgia
South Carolina
California
Soviet grain outlook for 1976 and US stock reports
A USDA task force expects Soviet grain output around 190 million metric tons in 1976 despite a weak winter crop with 44 million tons from winter grain and strong spring barley prospects. Russia faces substantial foreign purchases but may cut imports next year. Separately, Akron area reports show URW strikes expanding with 61 days of picketing and layoffs at Goodyear and other firms, plus a Mansfield plant return-to-work vote amid negotiations.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Department
Moscow
Russia
U.S
USDA
Akron, Ohio
United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B.F. Goodrich
Uniroyal
URW
Goodyear
Cartersville
Cedartown
Scottsboro
Decatur
Ala
Rockmore
Goodrich and
Firestone
Akron
Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co
U.S. Broiler and Egg Output Set for Higher 1976
USDA Crop Reporting Board forecasts 1976 broiler production to rise about 10 percent from 1975 reaching roughly 3.2 billion birds as hatcheries report a May record 319.5 million chicks. Egg output may climb 1 to 2 percent after a 1975 low, with laying hens around 269.6 million as of June 1 and record daily lay rates.
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Department
Greenbugs Threaten Sorghum Across Oklahoma Early This Year
OSU Extension entomologist Stan Coppock reports an unprecedented early outbreak of sorghum greenbugs across eastern and north central Oklahoma with damage in Major County. He warns that fields may later see increases as sorghum emerges and advises monitoring and selective insecticide use to prevent economic losses. New lamb processing methods using nonprimal cuts show promise to reverse declining lamb consumption, with fabricated steaks from briskets and trimmings already accepted for future U.S. military purchases.
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Stan Coppock
OSU
Panhandle
Coppock
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Research Service
U.S
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Calvert
Lewis W. Smith
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville, Md
Gove
Soviets
Ussr
Greenbugs
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