County Agents Notes on Preventing Insect Damage to Plum and Apple Crops
Bill McCutchen outlines timing for dormant oil, pink bud, petal fall, and cover spray applications using Malathion Cap tan sulfur or Benlate to control plum curculio and brown rot. Cold temps reached 27 28 degrees in Cameron with frost, risking fruit damage. The note also discusses winter cattle losses, high feed costs, and the dilemma livestock producers face between feeding and selling.
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Bill McCutchen
E.C
W.P
Cameron
Seed Treatment Boosts Cotton Seedling Survival
USDA and Texas A&M researchers report that treating cottonseed with a seed protectant and a systemic fungicide lowers seedling diseases and raises survival by about 1 percent. While small, this gain could cut replanting, reduce disease, and improve yield and quality. Mercury fungicides were used until 1971, with non-mercurial options available by then.
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Lubbock
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Soybean Prices Seen Lower in 1975 Planting Rise
Texas Ag Experiment Service economist Dr Art Gerlow says 1975 soybean prices may average around six dollars per bushel, down from recent highs but solid for farmers. He also forecasts U S soybean acres to exceed 57.1 million, with Delta States contributing about 47 percent of the national increase as cotton land shifts to beans.
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Art Gerlow
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Gerlow
Texas A&m University System
United States
Delta States
Texas Ag Loans Grow Yet Credit Quality Weakens
A survey of 100 Texas agricultural lenders by Dr Wayne Hayenga finds average loan size rose last year while loan repayment fell to 49 percent and 36 percent report more unserved applicants. Interest rates vary by loan type and collateral standards tightened, with forward contracts rising for low equity borrowers.
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Texas
Wayne Hayenga
Texas Agricultural Extension Servie
Tencers
Hayenga
Texas A&m University System
Marek Wins Third in 7000 Southwest Modified
Kenneth Marek of Burlington earned third place in the 7000 Southwest Modified class at the Southwest Championship Tractor Pull in Fort Worth last week. He farms and pulled a W9 International. The Championship Tractor Pull is held with the Southwest Farm Show each March.
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Kenneth Marek
Burlington
Fort Worth
Kenneth
Agriculture Day activities highlight farm economy awareness
National Agriculture Day is March 24 with plans to educate urbanites about farm finances and the farm economy. Texas reports an 11 percent rise in the farm labor force to 230,000, while red meat production in January rose 21 percent year over year to 243.8 million pounds. Onion crops fall 12 percent from last year with varied regional harvest timing. Sheep and lambs on feed drop sharply, turkey hatchings decline seven percent nationwide, and broiler eggs set are down about eight to twelve percent in various measures.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Laredo
San Antonio-Winter Garden
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