Grants fund three cotton research projects at Texas A&M
The Texas A&M agricultural station received 320000 in USDA grants for three cotton studies. Drs. Niles Walker Bird Billingsley Lacewell Bottrell Curry De Michele Sharp lead work on insect and disease resistance, high density culture, and pest management modeling.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas A&m University
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State Research Service
Jarvis E. Miller
Texas
G.A. Niles
J.K. Walker
Luther S. Bird
Ray Billingsley
Ronald Lacewell
Dale Bottrell
Guy Curry
Don de Michele
Peter Sharp
Brush Shredding Studied for Texas Grassland Control
Texas Tech University researchers in the College of Agricultural Sciences study brush control methods, including shredding, to reduce brush coverage on over 82 percent of Texas grasslands. They explore shredders designed for brush, optimum blade speeds, and integration with other controls to protect native grasses and aid range management.
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Lubbock
Texas
College of Agricultural Sciences
Texas’ Tech University
Thomas G. Carpenter
Department of Agricula Engineering
Carpenter
Texas Tech
Petunias and Fish Studying Pollution Clues
Petunias are tested in Beltsville laboratories for air impurity detection while fish responses in labs may offer instant gauges of water pollutants. The article notes canaries as traditional mine warnings and adds that the banana is a long berry.
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Petunias
New York
Canaries
Beltsville
Science News
Farm meetings and Texas 1973 crop outlook for farmers
Ronny F McNutt lists upcoming area meetings for Childress County producers. Soybean Production Meeting March 22 at 1 30 p m at the Texas Agricultural Research Station Monday Swine Production Short course March 28 at the Vernon Research and Extension Center starting 9 30 a m Cow Symposium April 3 at the Wichita Falls 4 H Center 1618 Midwestern Parkway The Texas Acreage Intentions as of March 1 1973 show planted acres for most major Texas crops to rise from 1972 with increases in corn wheat rice flaxseed sorghum soybeans peanuts and American Pima cotton while upland cotton and sugarbeets and oats may fall Wheat progress is strong across the High and Low Plains Edwards Plateau East Texas and the Blacklands Grazing is generally good except where fields are too wet and on the High and Low Plains livestock have begun moving off wheat fields where a grain crop is expected.
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Childress County
Texas Agricultural Research Station
Research and Extension Center
Vernon
Midwestern Parkway
Wichita Falls
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Edwards Plateau
East Texas
Blacklands
Rio Grande Valley
Usda Statistical Reporting Service
United States
College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
West Central
Bell
Falls
Hill
McLennan
Navarro
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Futures Market Not Always Good Forecasters
Texas researchers warn cattle futures do not reliably predict prices in coming months. A wide February 1973 live beef range highlights futures limits while noting gains in market analysis and livestock statistics. Planting intentions across 16 crops show increases in soybeans, corn, and sorghum with cotton and dry beans declining.
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College Station
Ed Uracek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Uvacek
Avacek
Growth in World Almanac Facts and Quebec Chicken Count
World Almanac notes the Four H Clubs grew nationwide since 1914 aided by extension agents and colleges. The Quebec Statistics Bureau reports 23.6 million chickens and hens in Quebec as of June 1 1972, up 2.8 percent from last year.
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Department of Agriculture
World Almanac
Newspaper Enterprise ‘Assn
Quebec
Statistics Bureau
Texas farm report paths steady with favorable grazing and planting
Texas agricultural extension officials report rains delayed field work but soil moisture and warmer weather boosted small grains and range grasses. Highland districts show cotton corn and grain sorghum planting underway with wheat growth strong and pastures improving though hay remains short.
Disperser of Cotton Modules Is Developed in Texas
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station engineer develops a cotton module disperser to feed modules into gins at up to 35,000 pounds per hour. Lambert Wilkes of Texas A&M led the project funded by Cotton Inc. Roy Childers tested the unit in Lubbock areas, predicting major reductions in labor and idle time. The system, begun in May 1972, uses four main components to break up modules and feed seed cotton into the gin, enabling continuous operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lambert Wilkes
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&m University
Cotton, Inc
Raleigh
North Carolina
Roy Childers
Wilkes
Childers
Delta
May Seek New Markets For Cottonseed
Dr. H L Lewis of Cotton Incorporated urged Mississippi Valley oilseed processors to create new profitable markets for cottonseed as producer prices stagnate at 42 to 50 per ton while meal and hull prices rise sharply. He cited a vast untapped market for cottonseed food products and noted 3.1 billion pounds potential from a Cornell study. He stressed shared profits and a stronger producer-buyer relationship.
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New Orleans
H.L
Hal) Lewis
Raleigh
N.C
Mississippi Valley
Lewis
Cotton Incorporated
America
Cornell University
United States
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