Texas cotton prices seen rising on favorable outlook
Favorable weather suggests a record high cotton price for Texas farmers in 1973 74 with potential gains over 1951 levels. Texas A&M economists cite tight supplies strong domestic and export demand and rising uncommitted stocks to support higher prices despite weak mid season demand. Domestic mills export demand, and a larger 1973 crop could push value beyond 700 million dollars, though use is slipping amid synthetic fabrics.
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College Station
Texas
Charles Baker
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&M _ University System
King
Baker
SWAHRF Leaders Meet in Austin on Screwworm Outlook
Trustees and industry leaders from Texas New Mexico Arizona California Oklahoma Louisiana and Mexico gather in Austin August 22 to review screwworm outlook in the Southwest and honor animal health pioneers. Gov Dolph Briscoe will receive special recognition at a noon luncheon followed by a business session in the Sheraton Crist Hotel. The meeting marks SWAHRF's 12th anniversary.
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Austin
Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation
Texas
Barcelona
Sheraton-Crist
Swahrf
Dolph Briscoe
C. G. Scruggs
Dallas
Birmingham
John Hays
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mexico
M. E. Meadows, Jr
U.S. Department of Agriculture At
Mission
Scruggs
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Tehuantepec
Texas harvests advance as grain sorghum nears finish
Statewide reports show grain sorghum nearly wrapped in Southwest Texas and about 15 percent remaining in the Southwest. Cotton and other crops progress, with good prices and yields noted. baling wire shortages slow haying, and rains affect some fields across districts.
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College Station
Tex
South Texas
Southwest
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultureal Extension Service
Central
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Hutchison
Blacklands
High Plains
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Pecos
West Central
Sterling County
Ealing
Gulf Coast
South Central
Edwards Plateau
Trans-Pecos
College Scholarships Aid 4-Hers Majoring in Home Economics
Four scholarships totaling 3200 dollars are offered by the National 4-H Service Committee with two 800 dollar awards funded by S H Foundation and West Bend Company. Eligible are present or former 4 H members entering junior year in fall 1973 planning to major in home economics. Winners announced at the 1973 National 4 H Congress in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
S&h Foundation, Inc
West Bend Company
Cooperative Extension Service
Nancy Richmond
Claremont
N.H
Marcia Winnies
Texas Credit Union Reform Tightens Controls and Oversight
The Texas Credit Union reform act HB 1673 strengthens chartering rules, raises capital and membership thresholds, and broadens the Commissioner's powers to investigate, issue cease orders, and remove officials. It mandates deposit insurance by 1975 and increases penalties for nonmembers loans, fraud, or kickbacks.
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Austin
Texas
C.u.’S
State Banking Department
Credit Union Commission of Texas
Amarillo Air Force Base
Dolph Briscoe
Amarillo
Tom Curtis
Credit Union Commission
Max Sherman
Bryan Poff, Jr
Ben Bynum
C.U
Commissioner
Banking
C.U. Commissioner
C.U. Commission
Texas Credit Union Commission
People of Texas
Attorney General’s Office
Unbelievable Texas Farmcast Highlights Record Yields
Texas crops show excellent prospects with record wheat and high per acre yields. Soybeans acreage doubles from last year at 450000 total acres while stocker cattle rise to 5495000 head. Screwworm control urged as fall approaches with samples sent to Mission fly lab for verification.
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Texas
High Plains
East
Upper
Gulf Coast
Mission
Mission Say
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Mark Kurtz
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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