Price Charges Ag Bill Being Held Up In House
Congressman Bob Price accuses his opponent and the House Agriculture subcommittee of blocking S 1316 which would raise federal funding for cooperative state meat inspection. He blames the meat cutters union for stalling progress and warns of federal control harming Texas cattlemen and small plants.
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Bob Price
House Agriculture
Texas
Meatcutters’ Union
Price
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
United States Senate
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Texas farm report details crop progress across Texas
Light to heavy rains boosted crops in western and southern Texas while eastern and northern areas stayed dry. Cotton and grain sorghum suffered in South Texas. peanuts and soybeans delayed by moisture shortages in East Texas. Peaches and small grains showed variable yields amid ongoing screwworm and pest concerns.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
South
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
East Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
West Central
Hutchison
Bill Grisham
Amarillo
James Simmons
Vernon
North Central
R. S. Loftis
Overton
Presidio
van Horn
Allen Turner
San Angelo
Gillespie
Taylor
Bill Lehmberg
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Bryan Swaim
Rio Grande Valley
Nueces
James Selman
Weslaco
4-H Show Highlights from Cottle County Event
Ten Childress County 4-H Horse Club members competed at the Cottle County 4-H Horse Show in Paducah on June 17. Nancy Forbis earned third in showmanship, Melinda Weatherbee and Husky were second in senior Western Pleasure, with Billy Williams and Davy Moyers placing in junior Western Pleasure. Brenda Blackwell and Nancy Forbis placed in reining, Mary Lou Bradley won junior pole bending, with others in pole bending, barrel racing, and halter events. A separate note mentions an acreage and production questionnaire to Texas farmers and a June 22 Money In Vegetables conference in Munday with details on program speakers and sessions.
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Ronny F. McCnutt
Western Pleasure
Billy Williams
Davy Moyers
Brenda Blackwell
Nancy Forbis
Mary Lou Bradley
Melinda Weatherbee
Kim Dorsett
Monte Bradley
Stacy Smith
Farmers Union Members Drive to Austin To Meet Lawmakers
Texas Farmers Union conducted a Drive-In to Austin during the special session. Members from across Texas spent a full day meeting House and Senate members on trailer-safety law reform, screwworm eradication funding, and ad valorem tax relief. The effort, led by Jay Naman of Waco, aims to press for corporate profits tax and broader state government responsiveness.
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Texas Farmers Union
Austin
Downtower
Capitol
Farmers Union
House
Senate
Smith
Texas Farmers’ Union
Jay Naman
Waco
Naman
Texas
Farm Bureau to Screen Road to Delano on Local TV
Bill Robertson of the Childress County Farm Bureau announces a special airing of Road to Delano on Amarillo stations KFDA KGNC and KVII. The program highlights grape workers in Delano facing forced unionization and secondary boycotts while Farm Bureau backs secret ballot elections and an Agriculture Labor Relations Board.
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Road To Delano
Bill Robertson
Childress County Farm Bureau
Amarillo
KFDA
KGNC
KVII
Chavez
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Labor Relations Board
World Almanac on Raisins History and Production
Raisins are sun dried grapes noted for sugar iron and vitamin content. The World Almanac recalls raisins were introduced in California by Spanish missionaries in the late 1700s and that the United States is the world's leading raisin producer.
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World Almanac
California
United States
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Texas Department of Agriculture
Giddings
Bill Staffel
Bert H. Johnson
Don Ator
Texas Farm
Tony Dechant
The
National Farmers Unions
Ronny F. McNutt
Charles E. Caudill
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
Munday High School
Ronny McNutt
Childress County
J. W. Worthington
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Stephenville
Roland Roberts
Lubbock
Herb Partridge
Rolling Plains Economic Program
Mack Fuqua
Norman Brints
Harvey Kitchens
Kimbell, Inc
Fort Worth
Williams E. Black
F.H.A
H. J. Leslie
P.C.A
J. R. Gleaton
Rolling Plains
Stamford
M. L. Wiggins
First National Bank
Br Company
Daltes
Tewas
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