Dairy Month Highlights Texas Farm Prosperity and Crops
The weekly Farm-facts surveys Texas dairies led by Hopkins County with top milk production and cow numbers. It notes a 40 percent larger peach harvest statewide, ongoing tomato and melon harvests, and diverse crops from the Rio Grande Valley to Central Texas. Screwworm issues prompt livestock producers to monitor wounds and submit samples to Mission lab.
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Texas
East Texas
Hopkins County
Erath
Wise
Johnson
Grimes
Comanche
Cooke
Archer
el Paso
Wood
Hopkins
Franklin
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
Coastal
Bend
Mission
Ag Exports Continue To Increase in 1976 Outlook
Texas leads farm export sales with major roles in cotton, tallow, hides, and rice. U S agricultural exports are projected to exceed 100 million metric tons in 1976, with grain and soybeans driving about 90 percent of that volume, while imports rise modestly to around 10 billion dollars. The overall trade balance is seen near 12 billion dollars, slightly below 1975.
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Texas
Charles Baker
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U. S
Baker
Soviet Union
Texas A&m University System
U.S
Cen Tex Farmers Invited On Tour In North Texas
Blackland farm operators in North Central Texas are invited to a July 8 review of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station research at the Texas A&M University Research Extension Center. The event, organized by BIG, will showcase cotton and sorghum studies, twin seeded sorghum seed stock, row and plant spacing, fertility, and forage work including Callie Bermudagrass. A barbecue lunch follows a 9:30 a.m. program with tours beginning at 9:50 a.m. and a noon talk by Dr. Jarvis Miller.
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Renner Blackland
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas A&m University Research & Extension Center
J. G. Dobbs
Grandview
Blackland
Blacklands
Central Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Dobbs
Huey Whitehurst
Dallas Center
Uel R. Stockard
Whitehurst
Stockard
Jarvis Miller
Briscoe Praises Texan Agriculture At Stiles Field Day
Governor Dolph Briscoe praised Texas agriculture at the Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day near Thrall attracting about 2 000 people. He urged more agricultural research, sound finances, and a tax‑free horizon for two years while highlighting 10 local graduates receiving $500 Stiles Farm Scholarships.
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Thrall
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Stiles Farm Foundation
Briscoe
Stiles Farm
United States
Clyde H. Wells
Granbury
Texas A&m University System Board of Regents
A&M Field Day Showcases Texas Agricultural Research
Texas A&M University hosts the fourth annual Plantation Field Day on July 1 at the agricultural research complex north of the veterinary center on Farm Road 60. Registration begins at 3 p.m. with tours starting 3:30 p.m. and a catfish dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The program covers dairy cattle, sorghum utilization, cotton evaluation, nematode studies, turfgrass, and aquaculture research among other projects with educational booths at the final aquaculture site.
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Wells
H. C. Bell Jr
Austin
Richard A. Goodson
Alfred J. Daves
Dallas
Bill Patman
Canado
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Texas
Texas A&m University
Texas A&m College of Veterinary Medicine
College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture Toxicology Lab
Veterinary College
Fred Miller
Sorg
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Miller
A. A.melton
TAMU
Agribusinesses
Brazos Valley
Usda Toxicology Lab
Institute of Tropical Veterinary Medicine
Fiela
Foundation Seed Service
Feed and Fertilizer Control Service
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Stiles
Frances B. Button
Rabbi Daves
Thomas D. Faught
Blum
Louis E. Harding
Manor
Jeffery W. Hinesly
Leander
Peggy L. Huckabee
Rosse
Edward L. Schneider
Marlin
Anthony A Sigle
Taylor
Charles A. Bordovsky
Jay A. Whitaker
Axtell
H. C. Kunkel
Tamu Board of Re
A&m
W. Batte
Stor-N-Ory Systems
Cameron
North & Farm TO Market
E. A. Russell
R. C. Wiley
Lcense
TXGC
State
Netenal Auciencers
San Francisco
Sphere Magazine
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