Moisture shifts sweep Texas farms as rains needed statewide
Texas farmers report moisture shortfalls in many counties after a period of surplus. Dr. John Hutchison says planting moisture is scarce in western and South Plains areas while rains are needed across South and Southwest Texas to boost crops and pastures. Hay making remains active, oats plentiful, sheep shearing ongoing, and some croplands suffer from hail and soil crusting.
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South Plains
Texas
Hutchison
Panhandle
North Central
West Central
Mason
Liano
Bell County
Coryell
Comanche
Eastland
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Medina County
Era Community Tops Rural Texas Honors
Era Community in Cooke County was named the top rural community in Texas with Sagerton in Haskell County as runner-up, Dike in Hopkins County third, and Zephyr in Brown County fourth after a state judging committee announced the Texas Program winners.
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Garland Marshall
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
Texas
Era
Lagerton
Dike
Zephyr
Charles Lawrence
Lillian Cochran
David Ruesink
Marshall
College Station
Cooke County
Sagerton
Haskell County
Hopkins County
Brown County
Disease resistance in hybrid sorghum faces new threats
In College Station J Roy Quinby of Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed describes how genetic resistance in hybrid grain sorghum can be bypassed by new diseases. He notes hybrids have become a major U S crop in under two decades and warned that evolving pathogens threaten durability of resistance.
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College Station
J. Roy Quinby
Plainview
Quinby
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
Early and medium cotton varieties listed for replanting decisions
The piece outlines early and medium maturing cotton varieties with Paymaster and Tamcot lines among the early list and Lankart and Tamcot variants in the medium group. It notes replanting likely due to rains and advises options depending on planting delays into June. It also reports pest sightings and notes high feed and soybean prices affecting farm operations and livestock cost concerns.
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Paymaster
Gregg
Pilcot
Lockett
Tamcot
Blanco
Dann
Lankart
Lackett
Northern Star
June Dairy Month Highlighted By Texas Agriculture
Texas dairymen face rising costs with milk demand holding, as reports show a near two percent output drop in early 1970s. Hay baling speeds up across the state while herbicide drift warnings urge careful use. Screwworm samples rise at Mission lab amid success of cross border eradication efforts with Mexico.
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Texas
Dairy Association
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Hopkins Brath
Wise
Grimes
Johnson
Tarrant
el Paso
Parker
Bexar
McLennan
Mission
Sorghum breeders eye tropical types for disease resistance
Quinby notes tropical sorghums show disease resistance and drought tolerance. Plant geneticists work with Experiment Station and Pioneer Hi-Bred to transfer hardiness to temperate sorghums in Texas. With 12,000 varieties worldwide, about 75 percent are tropical and resistant, though new pathogen races worry breeders.
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Quinby
Texas
Farm prices and costs challenge farmers this year
Soaring soybeans and corn prices seem good to many, yet rising production costs and a slow grain harvest temper optimism. Except for an early southern plains wheat crop, farmers have not produced substantial grain since last season.
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Jon Kendall
Washington (Ap
Butz To Help Farm Bureau Celebrate Waco Building Opening
Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz will speak at a June 13 barbecue dinner in Waco to celebrate the Texas Farm Bureau’s new 2.7 million building. Governor Dolph Briscoe, Rep. W. R. Poage, and Commissioner John White will participate in a 1:30 p.m. dedication ceremony at 7420 Fish Pond Road, with open house from 2:15 to 6 p.m. and a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the convention center.
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Farm Bureau
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
TFB
J. T
Red) Woodson
Fannin County
Waco
Briscoe
W. R
Bob) Poage
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
U.S
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Waco Convention Center
Texas Farm Bureau
Butz
House Agriculture Committee
Fish Pond Road
Commissioner White
Poage
General Farm Organization
Safemark
Area Students To Participate In Workshop
Four Childress area vocational agriculture students and two instructors will attend the 11th annual farm electrification workshop sponsored by Southwestern Public Service Company. The event runs June 11 to 13 at the Episcopal Church Conference Center north of Amarillo.
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Childress Area
Southwestern Public Service Company
Episcopal Church Conference Center
Amarillo
Randy Butler
Bobby Felton
Childress
Vernon Abraham
Estelline
Jeff Morris
Truman Kidwell
Future Farmers of America
Perot to address 4-H at Texas A&M Roundup
Ross Perot will speak at the 1973 State 4-H Roundup in College Station drawing about 1800 4-H members and 600 adults. The 8 p.m. program in G Rollie White Coliseum honors Roundup donors and contest winners, with sponsorship by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
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College Station
H Ross Perot
Dallas
Texas A&m University
Perot
G. Rollie White
A&m
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texarkana
United States Naval Academy
Board of Visitors
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Gregory Blvd
Kansas City
Armecast
Texas Department of Agriculture
By Ronny F. McNutt
George Foard
Community Center
Hardeman
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Mexico
Round Up
USDA
Washington
Herb Plambeck
Plambeck
USA
Roy Wygal
Childress County
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