Oklahoma Peanut Champion Lasley yields record crop of 865 881 pounds
Hydro Estel Lasley produced 865 881 pounds of peanuts on 207 acres in 1972 sufficient for about 100 000 people at eight pounds per capita. He won first in the irrigated division of the Oklahoma quality Peanut Production Contest and earned a trip to the National Peanut Awards Seminar in Marco Island Florida.
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Estel Lasley
Lawton
Muskogee
Lasley
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Peanut Commission
Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association
Zelma
Marco Island
Fla
Bianco Products Company
Oklahoma State University
Balan
Pardon and Parole Board debate full time versus part time
The Oklahoma legislature weighs replacing the 1944 built part time Pardon and Parole Board with a full time body. Proponents cite professionalism and in depth screening. opponents warn of new bureaucracy and focus on rehabilitation versus punishment. The Senate narrowly approved but prevented a vote. House defeated initial measure. The reform debate continues through the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon C. Phillips
Robert S. Kerr
Phillips
Pardon and Parole Board
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Oklahoma House Moves Bills on Parks Hunting and Fees
Oklahoma House Wildlife Committee advances bills authorizing state park hunting and permanent hunting and fishing license fees. HB 1322 and HB 1357 pave way for park lands to open to hunting with a $3.25 hunting license and $6 combined license, while other bills set quail seasons and apprentice licensing.
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Oklahoma City
House Wildlife Committee
Oklahoma
David Stratton
Clinton
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission
Tourism and Recreation
Stratton
Jim Townesend
Dshawnee
Recreation and Tourism Committee
Townsend
Roy Boatner
D-Durant
I. H
Matt) Standefer
House
Wildlife Committee
Don Davis
Lee Cate
D-Norman
The
Wildlife Commission
Boatner
Senate
Game Division
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Farm sign up deadline near for 1973 programs
Local farmers are urged to act before the signup deadline Friday March 16 to choose farm program options. ASC leaders say wheat and feed grain plans allow set aside or non set aside participation and advise producers to consult their county ASC office to determine the best return on land labor and management. The cotton program also has zero set aside in 1973 enabling soybeans or other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett L. Sherrer
Herbert Cooper
Pontotoc County
ASCS
ASC
Fertilizer crunch warned amid gas supply limits and policy call
Edwin M. Wheeler president of the Fertilizer Institute urged the Federal Power Commission to grant unconditional priority for natural gas to fertilizer plants. He warned that nitrogen fertilizer production could be restricted due to dwindling gas supplies, noting a 7 percent January rise in fertilizer use despite rail shortages and bad weather.
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Washington
Edwin M. Wheeler
The
Fertilizer Institute
Wheeler
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Nixon
State consolidates animal health sections in Oklahoma
The meat inspection and veterinary divisions merge into the Division of Animal Industry effective March 1. Billy Ray Gowdy, president of the State Board of Agriculture, announces Dr. John W. Holcombe as director to oversee policy, staffing, and administration. The move aims to better coordinate programs while preserving meat safety responsibilities.
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Meat Inspection
Animal Industry
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Board of Agriculture
John W. Holcombe
Gowdy
Holcombe
Farm debt could quadruple by 1985 says USDA outlook
USDA economists project farm debts may reach nearly four times today’s levels by 1985 if farmers remain in business until their children reach college. Net worth could double, with the average farmer able to sell out pay debts and leave about 175400. The projections rely on assumptions and guesswork but raise questions about farm credit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Agriculture plans oats field survey on cereal leaf beetles
The Agriculture Department will inspect 1,350 oat fields this spring to gauge the spread of cereal leaf beetles. The project covers 450 Iowa fields and 300 each in Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin, conducted by the APHIS with state agriculture departments. The beetles, European in origin, were first detected in 1962 and have since appeared in multiple states, now threatening Midwest small grain areas with quarantines in place.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA
State Departments of Agriculture
United States
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Midwest
Oklahoma Farm Mech Show Sets April Run in Oklahoma City
Nearly 300 exhibit spaces have been reserved for the Oklahoma Farm Mech Show in Oklahoma City on April 6 7 and 8. The event in its ninth year will feature hundreds of farm equipment displays from manufacturers distributors and retailers at the NW 10th and Portland showgrounds with live demonstrations and free admission. The OSU Extension Center expanded its exhibit area to host numerous new exhibitors and irrigation hay handling cattle equipment tractors and pumps will be on view. The Oklahoma Hardware and Implement Association will hold its 70th annual convention in conjunction with the show.
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Oklahoma City
NW 10Th
Portland
OSU Extension Center
Oklahoma Hardware and Implement Association
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Caddo County
Pardon and F Parole Board
First National Bank
Tom Boatwright
Riley Soung
Extension Center
Wayne Sutton
Pickett Center
William Griffiths
Vaness Ffa
Wayne
Butch Sutton
William
H. B. Griffiths
Betty Barrett
Don Cook
Foreign Agricultural Service
Canada
Australia
Argentina
U.S
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