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Texas Crop and Livestock Report Sees Big Increases in 1972
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes the 1972 cotton crop at 3.6 million bales, up 1.021 million from 1971, with 5.125 million harvested acres and 325,000 abandoned. Nationwide cotton to 13.343 million bales. Texas leads cattle feeding with 2.12 million head on feed as of Aug 1. July placements 370,000 head, marketings 369,000. Other crops rise with sorghum 336 million bushels, wheat 44 million, corn 35 million, soybeans 5.67 million and rice 22.464 million hundredweight. Pasture at 76 percent of normal.
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