Texas Agribusiness Export Seminar Set In Austin
The first annual Texas Agribusiness Export Seminar will be held Wednesday at the Villa Capri Motor Hotel in Austin. Officials including Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White will lead sessions with a lineup of dignitaries from public and private sectors to discuss exporting, financing, and expanding international markets for Texas agricultural products.
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American Airlines
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Phil Eckert
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Merle Crockard
Bank of the Southwest
Houston
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Carl Cox
Cotton Research Committee of Texas
Opportunity Loans For Rural Families Under FHA Act
Loans up to 3500 are available to low income rural families through the Farmers Home Administration. Funds may be used for farming and non agricultural income projects with up to 15 years to repay. Applications filed at the Childress FHA office. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES A Texas A&M survey cites need for 2000 to 7000 farm machinery mechanics in five years with priority on training.
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Small Grains Demonstration On Paducah Farm
Farmers in Cattle and King counties observe a small grains demonstration on the George H. Moore farm five and one half miles south of Paducah near Highway 83. Moore sees Eva Will and Rogers barley as promising. Barley varieties Zoro and Cordova are planted along with Elbow rye and oats Bronco Norwin Dubois New Norex Ora Alamo Corando Sel 8360 Cimarron. Wheat varieties include Improved Triumph Triumph 64 Tassao Crockett Parker Study Guide Caddo Scott 66 and Raw. Cooperation comes from Texas Agricultural Extension Service Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Paducah Future Farmers chapter H H Fish Grain and Jeter Farm Store. County Agent L M McCarroll notes harvest yields will be published.
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Barbs by Phil Pastoret Coffee Break Wit
A humorous column by Phil Pastoret comments on office life and boss antics. It jokes that real coffee breaks come from secretaries and mocks bragging about achievements. It notes the boss asking his "flower children" to join a future project and makes light about fish and sun burn in a boat.
Hi Plains Adopts Seven Point Cotton Plan
Hi Plains adopts a seven point 1969 cotton research program at the High Plains Research Foundation. Dr Tom Longnecker cites rising labor and machinery costs, reduced exports, synthetic competition, and possible subsidy cuts as reasons to cut production costs. He notes lint costs of 28 to 30 cents per pound erode profits and urges cost reductions.
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County Agents Advise on Hay Quality and Pesticide Safety
County agriculture notes prioritize soil testing and fertilizer calibration to boost hay quality amid ample rainfall. Guidance covers safe pesticide use, youth labor rules, and a seven point cotton program including planting timing, weed control, wind protection, and irrigation management with recent findings on plant hormones to boost yields.
Urgent Call for Farm Machinery Mechanics in Texas
Dr Earl S Webb of Texas A M University warns of a growing shortage of farm machinery mechanics in Texas with 2000 needed now and 7000 more in five years to service increasingly complex equipment. Training programs in high schools and cooperative work placements aim to fill the gap amid competition from auto mechanics. Various notes on crop disease and dairy plant topics follow.
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