Texas Buys New Export Livestock Facilities For Border Trade
Construction of three new live stock export facilities in Houston Del Rio and Eagle Pass progresses with possible two more in El Paso and Brownsville funded by a 450000 appropriation. USDA inspection required and facilities will exceed standards with concrete floors covered pens and new roading and dipping systems. Texas vegetables abundant with 105 counties growing 214140 acres and the state ranking third in fresh market vegetables led by watermelons spinach cabbage. Crop prospects across Texas are strong with grain sorghum and wheat up and rice harvest underway amid variable rains and winds Bucks.
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Houston
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Texas
el Paso
Brownsville
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Miami
Fla
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
USDA
Texas Department of Agriculture
California
Florida
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Stock Ponds Provide Valuable Livestock Water in Coke County
Coke County farmers rely on earthen stock ponds for reliable water, with 52 ponds built in 1971 72 under REAP and Great Plains Conservation programs. Ponds aid recreation wildlife and fishing, critical for livestock health, with recommended depths of 15 feet or more to reduce evaporation.
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Coke County
Rural Environmental Assistance Program
REAP
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