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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1976
Page
9
Texas red meat output jumped 27 percent to 308.7 million pounds year over year. Nationally production fell 1 percent, with pork down 14 percent. Farm labor on Texas farms remains near last year’s level, with 225,000 workers on farms and ranches, 159,000 operators and unpaid family workers, and 66,000 hired workers, down from a year ago.
Texas A&M economist Dr. W E Black says the United States may reach a 13 billion dollar agricultural trade surplus in 1976 with exports near 23 billion and imports around 10 billion. He notes exports have doubled in five years and highlights Japan as the largest market while USSR and Eastern Europe rise.
Texas farmers cut back on sunflowers for 1976 after a 1975 surge that saw acreage rise to 375,000 and prices peak at 15 cents a pound. Experts cite oversupply, market prices around 8 cents, and remaining pest and harvesting challenges as reasons for the expected drop to about 100,000 acres with High Plains irrigation remaining key.
County leads report rainfall ranging from 1.5 to over 4 inches boosting sorghum planting in Buckholts and Thorndale. Wheat looks mixed but promising, cotton planting to start in April, and cattle conditions slowly improve after dry winter. Calf scours remains a major issue, with guidance on symptoms, vaccination, sanitation, and veterinary care. The L. J. Massey family wins the 1975 Farm Family of the Year Award from Farmers Home Administration.
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