Bugs and aphids plague sorghum amid cold spell and weeds
The grain sorghum crop suffers from winter cold, yellow sugarcane aphids, and green bugs reducing stands. Aphids threaten young sorghum, with control options limited as Parthoion and Systex unavailable. A hard rain could ease the problem, while herbicide use requires permits and careful spraying to avoid crop damage and neighbor disputes. The note closes with a folk tale about Huron Indians guiding fish.
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Bill McCutchen
Milam County 4-H Announces Results at Area Junior Livestock Show
Milam County 4-H members earned numerous placings at the Area Junior Livestock Show in Austin. Wynona Scroggins Thorndale 4-H captured Grand Champion in Brangus Heifers with multiple top finishes. Rhonda Scroggins, John Caffey, Teresa Beasley, Stephen Beasley, Gery Hollas, Peter Riola, Shari Spence, and Rex Hirt earned several high placements across Hereford, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, and dairy showmanship events.
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Milam County
Austin
Milam County Extension
Wynona Scroggins
Thorndale
Rhonda Scroggins
John Caffey
Hereford Heifers
Teresa Beasley
Stephen Beasley
Gery Hollas
Cameron
Peter Riola
Guernsey
Shari Spence
Rockdale
Shari
Hampshire
Ewe Lambs
Rex Hirt
Milam County Farmers to Access 1975 Conservation Funds
ASCS News announces available funds for eligible farmers and ranchers in Milam County to implement soil and water conservation practices. The ASC County Committee will accept applications for two practices from April 9 to April 15, including permanent vegetative cover and shaping and planting grass on gullies and waterways. Details on the ASC office.
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Milam County
ASC
State Milk Marketing Discussed in Texas
Dr Randall Stelly of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service says the state milk marketing order deserves study by producers and consumers. He notes that neither federal nor state orders can alter long run supply and demand, but individual handler pools align supply with demand better than marketwide pools. He adds orders aim for orderly marketing and success depends on sound judgment from all parties during hearings. Economic regulation began in the mid-1930s.
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Texas
Randall Stelly
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Stelly
Special Texas program spurs growth in small rural towns
The Texas Community Improvement Program run by the Extension Service and investor owned utilities has aided 600 plus rural communities of 1000 people or less. It funds town organization, leadership training, and community projects with cash awards totaling 7375 dollars this year.
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Texas
TCIP
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Garland Marshall
Extension Service
Marshall
Brucellosis proposals eyed by cattlemen spokesman
Charles W. Ellison of Milam County presented a set of brucellosis program recommendations to the Texas Animal Health Commission. The plan calls for testing all eligible cattle at initial concentration points, 120 day quarantines, quarantines extending to entire herds and adjacent pastures, and branding exposed cattle with an S. Ellison said the ideas will be reviewed at the next commission meeting and urged public feedback via the 1020 Sam Houston Building address in Austin.
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Charles W. Ellison
Independent Cattlemen’s Association
Milam County
Texas Animal Health Commission
Ellison
Commission
Sam Houston Building
Austin
How High The Hog and Beef Grading Shifts Edge Poultry News
Hog production in Texas and the nation declines while price outlook rises with forecasts of 42 to 50 dollars. Texas hog inventory on March 1 at 800000, 18 percent below last year, with farrow intentions down 20 percent through May. Beef grading changes take effect April 14 after public comments. beef leaner, producer costs lower. Poultry shows egg-type chick hatch up 19 percent, broiler hatch down 11 percent, turkey poults down four percent. egg production down five percent from last year. Cattle and hog sales in February fall across Texas with 335000 cattle and calves auctioned, 21 percent below last year and 31 percent below last month. Sheep, lambs, and goats also decline.
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Texas
National Park Congress
Midwest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Turkey
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