Price shifts in food spark consumer concerns in College Station
Dr. Carl E. Shafer of Texas A&M explains that food prices reflect consumer demand and supply. Beef demand remains high while pork and eggs dip, and rising beef output may ease prices. He notes budget constraints and that farmers respond to market signals, with inflation shadowing price changes.
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College Station
Carl E. Shafer
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Shafer
Texas A&m University
Texas farm report shows widespread planting and mixed moisture
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service notes good weather boosted planting on the High and Rolling plains and across West Central Texas, with cotton nearing completion on the South Plains. Rain shortages affect East Texas while Far West and South Texas show adequate moisture. Watermelon and corn harvests grow, grain sorghum begins, and screwworm cases persist in livestock amidst variable soil moisture and regional highlights.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
J. John E. Hutchinson
South Plains
Hutchinson
South
Rio Grande Valley
Hutchison
Panhandle
W.w.grisham, Jr
Amarillo
Bailey
Hockley
Lamb
James
North Central
R.s.loftis
Overton
West Central
Allen Turner
San Angelo
Gillespie
Schleicher
Coleman County
Coke County
Hill and Falls
Bill Lehmberg
South East
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Bryan Swain
College Station
Gonzales
Guadalupe
James Selman
Welsace
Nueces
San Patricio
Annual State 4 H Food Show Set For June 6
College Station Texas A M University hosts the annual state 4 H food show on June 6 1972 with 52 participants from across the state. The Memorial Student Center ballroom opens for public viewing at 2 15 p m and the awards program begins at 3 p m. Sally Springer notes contestants must prepare a recipe representing one of four food groups for a special occasion and will be judged on nutrition knowledge food quality and 4 H project work. Top winner in each food group earns a 500 scholarship and the public is invited.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Memorial Student Center
Sally Springer
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Tower proposes cotton crop loss protection legislation
Senator John Tower introduces a bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to base cotton program payments on countywide three year averages when losses are caused by factors beyond the producer’s control. The measure aims to protect yields and stabilize price supports for cotton farmers in Texas and nationwide.
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Washington
John Tower
Texas
USDA
Tower
United States
Farm exports under Food for Peace fall to 13 percent
Washington AP reports the dollar share of farm exports under Food for Peace dropped to 13 percent last year, the lowest since 1954. Commodities sold under the program totaled about $1 billion of a record $7.7 billion in U S farm exports, with 1964 peak at $1.62 billion noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Fortegn Agricultural Service
India
Pakistan
Screwworm Cases Take Big Jump in Texas Week
Mission Screwworm Eradication Program officials report 1 563 confirmed cases in Texas for the week ending May 27, up from 780 the prior week and 600 two weeks earlier. The outbreak spread to 16 new counties, expanding infestations to 109 Texas counties with Concho Lampasas Nolan Stonewall Howard Jack Knox Comanche Brown Coke Grimes San Saba Wilbarger among the newly affected areas.
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California
Oklahoma
Meadows
Screwworm Laboratory
Mission
Texas
Concho
Lampasas
Nolan
Stonewall
Howard
Jack
Knox
Comanche
Brown
Coke
Grimes
San Saba
Wilbarger
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Childress County
Ronda Cameron
Melinda Weatherbee
Bryan Crook
Cross Plains
Waco
Ramona Skinner
Ramona
Montie Cameron
Kirkland
Barbara Holeman
Ronny McNutt
Texas Farm Report
Hartman
Beef
Bach
Thurs
Fed
Ames
Wellington, Texas
Mr. Grocer
Mrs Baird
Hamburger Sun
Childress Index
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