Texas Crop and Livestock Reports Highlight July 4 Prospects
More than 30 000 Texas producers cooperate with the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service to estimate state livestock populations and crop totals. Questionnaires have been sent to about 3 500 livestock producers and 27 000 crop producers with confidential results used only for county and state totals. Wheat and oat harvests progress. sorghum, cotton, tomato, cucumber, okra, and corn supplies steady. watermelon and peach harvests active. range and livestock conditions good with some moisture needs.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rio Grande Valley
New Fescue Highlighted At Texas A&M Summer Meeting
The Blackland Income Growth Program hosts a July 8 meeting at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center to showcase a new fescue grass, Grandview grain sorghum yields, and cotton production. Speakers include Dr. Pfannstiel, Dr. Miller, and Dr. Mattis.
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Texas A&m University Research and Extension Center
Blackland
J. G. Dobbs
Grandview
Dobbs
Dan Pfannstiel
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Jarvis E. Miller
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Karl Mattis
Food Protein Research and Development Center
Texas A&m University
Texas
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Annual IFPP Farm Tour Set At Gause
The annual IFPP Farm Tour will begin Friday July 2 at 9 a.m. starting at Coats Grocery and Market in Gause. It includes a corn variety demonstration at Brown Ely Farm and ends with a watermelon cut at L R Simmons farm. Cooperators enrolled in Intensified Farm Planning Program participate alongside others.
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IFPP
Coats
Gause
Brown Ely
L. R. Simmons
Ag Credit Remains Good As Lenders Seek Loans
Agricultural lenders report ample money for farm finance with down interest rates and strong repayment records. Texas survey finds 60 percent keeping same customers and applicants as last year, 23 percent higher repayment, 40 percent expect more short term demand, 27 percent long term, and collateral standards unchanged.
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Wayne Hayenga
Texas
Hayenga
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Ing Ranch
Farmers Embrace Twin Row and Narrow Planting Trends
County Agent notes farmers eager for new ideas as twin row grain sorghum gains traction on Sneed and Slavik farms. Narrow rows—12 inch spacing in 38 to 40 inch beds—may boost yields but complicate weed control and require new equipment.
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Skip Hobbs
Slavik Brothers
John Slavik
Nty
Oscar Theis
Thorndale
Frank Kratochvil
Kenneth Hollas
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