New Cotton Technology Frees Marginal Land
Dr. John E. Hutchison of Texas A and M explains that modern cotton tech has boosted yields from 0.5 bale to about 0.96 bale per acre since 1940, freeing nearly 9.9 million acres for pastures forests or recreation. He cites five yield drivers and notes broad gains across crops.
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John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
Texas Cotton Task Force
U.S
United States
Texas Farmers Union petitions seek REAP and loan restores
Jay Naman of Waco announces thousands of Texas farmers and rural leaders mail petitions to the White House and Congress urging reinstatement of REAP two percent REA loan funds and the Farmers Home Administration emergency loan program. Signers target Senators Bentson Tower Talmadge and Congressman Poage with other key lawmakers.
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Texas Farmers Union
Jay Naman
Waco
Texas
White House
Congress
Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Lloyd Bentson
John Tower
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Senate Agriculture Committee
W. R
Bob’’ Poage
House Agriculture Committee
Winter Forage Needs Nitrogen Special Assistant Named
Reagan Brown, long time Texas A&M Extension sociologist and Texas Community Improvement Program coordinator, named special assistant to Gov Dolph Briscoe. Forage lessons stress nitrogen topdressing for winter pastures, tests, and timing to maintain quality. guidance on sampling and lab testing outlines steps for producers.
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Reagan Brown
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Dolph Briscoe
Brown
Texas
Forage Meeting At Gause
A pasture and forage meeting is set for Wednesday February 28 at 7 p.m. at Gause Elementary School. Dr. John Chapin and Dr. Rupert Palmer will lead discussions on nutrient needs fertilizer rates application methods weed control and herbicide laws. Beef cattle producers are encouraged to attend.
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Gause
John Chapin
Stephenville
Rupert Palmer
Chapin
Palmer
Milam 4-Hers Enter Houston Livestock Show
Milam County 4 H members will attend the Houston Livestock Show. Blane Laywell shows a steer, David Ehler a Brown Swiss heifer, Gery Hollas a Brown Swiss cow, Daniel Richardson a Guernsey heifer, Brian Cobb Holstein and Brown Swiss heifers, Linda Lemon a Guernsey heifer, Gary Gadison a Guernsey heifer from Davilla. Wynona Scroggins and John Caffey from Thorndale show Brangus stock. Darlene Hengst also shows Brangus. Richardson won Junior Champion Guernsey Female at San Antonio last week. Hollas was third with Brown Swiss cow, Cobb sixth with Brown Swiss heifer.
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Milam County
Houston
Darlene Hengst
San Antonio
Daniel Richardson
Guernsey
Gery Hollas
Brian Cobb
Texas cattle lead in nation as population shifts
Texas reports 15 350 000 cattle and calves at year start up 14 percent from last year while human population sits around 12 million. Inventory value on farms and ranches reaches 3 5 billion dollars, up 42 percent. beef cows up 16 percent and calf crop up 3 percent. Auction receipts decline across cattle calves hogs sheep goats with drops from 11 to 26 percent year over year.
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Texas
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Animal Health Commission
Texas Farm Debts Rise Despite Larger Farms and Stable Per Acre Returns
Three Texas A&M economists report growing farm debts in Texas with seven of eleven yearly debt repayments beating cash income from 1962 to 1972 and projections through 1980 suggesting more debt strain. They note larger farms and fewer in number lift cash receipts per farm while receipts per acre stay nearly constant.
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Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lindon J. Robinson
Peter J. Barry
John A. Hopkin
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Texas A&M _ University
Robinson
Barry
Hopkin
Stiles
Veterans Benefits Exempt From Tax
The Veterans Administration notes that most veterans benefits are tax exempt and need not be reported as income. An exception is interest on government life insurance dividends kept with VA, which is taxable as income though proceeds are not subject to federal income tax. Proceeds must be counted for federal estate tax. Other major tax exempt benefits include compensation, pension, GI bill educational aid, rehab subsidies, and grants for severely disabled veterans for homes and cars.
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Veterans Administration
Jack Coker
Waco VA
Coker
G. I
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