Brush control research highlights at Texas Tech reported
The report summarizes 55 brush control projects at Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Abilene Christian College, detailing biological and chemical methods, fire management, wildlife habitats, and inter disciplinary staff. It notes economic factors for ranchers, with profits rising when cattle prices are high and low-cost methods favored on productive land.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech
Texas A&m University
Abilene Christian College
Rex P. Kennedy
Texas Tech Associated
Kennedy
D.B. Ueckert
Ray Burrus
J.D. Rogers
Henry A. Wright
Stephen C. Bunting
D. Windham
F.M. Churchill
J.M. Phillips
W.C. Stevens
Texas
Donald F. Burzlaff
Department of Range and Wildlife Management
Burzlaff
Texas wheat crop expands as acreage climbs to 4.4 million
Texas agriculture officials say wheat plantings will reach 4.4 million acres this season, up 350000 acres from last year. The shift comes amid ongoing lawsuits over last year’s U S wheat sales to Russia. Other crops such as corn rice soybeans sorghum peanuts and flaxseed also rise while cotton acreage drops about 500000 acres.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Russia
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture
John White
U.S
Southwest
West Texas
Texas Agriculture Department
White
Early year screwworm warning and sample protocol
County Agricultural Agent Ronny F McNutt urges cattle producers to watch for screwworm cases and collect samples for identification. Dr. M E Meadows notes good movement in the Mexico overwintering area and credits cold winter for low cases, while Hampico fly drops aid control. Report any suspected samples to the Mission Lab, Box 969, Mission Texas 78578 within 30 days.
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M.E. Meadows
Mexico
Meadows
Tampico
United States
Hampico
Mission Lab
Mission
Texas
Texas crop planting activity rises in southern and central counties
Texas agricultural reports show corn, cotton and grain sorghum planting increasing in southern and central counties while land preparation remains active across regions. Some fields stay wet. wind and sand hindered work in others as alfalfa and vegetables advance and livestock conditions improve.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
High Plains
Hutchison
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Pecos
West Central
Blacklands
Bell
Navarro
Bermuda
Southeast
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Central
IRS Urges Keeping Tax Returns and Records for Audit Proof
College Station report quotes Lynn Bourland Texas A&M University urging taxpayers to keep copies of tax returns and supporting records. She notes proof is required if IRS investigates and outlines time limits for assessments, plus nonreplaceable records for deductions and depreciation.
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College Station
Lynn Bourland
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m Univeristy
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Miss Bourland
Feedlots Said Not Major Pollution Source in Great Plains
Oklahoma State University specialist Dr. Myron Paine and agricultural engineer Dr. John Sweeten argue feedlots are not a major pollution contributor. They note manure is largely used as fertilizer, runoff is limited, and most operators follow runoff-retention laws with EPA guidelines shaping future protections.
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College Station
America
Myron Paine
John Sweeten
Paine
Oklahoma State University
Great Plains
Sweeten
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Oklahoma
Texas
Environmental Protection Agency
Paine and
Set Aside Acreage Cut in Feed Grain Program
The Agriculture Department cut the required set aside to 10 percent for farmers in the 1973 feed grain program to boost spring planting. The change targets increasing land brought into production and could add 13.5 million acres for feed grain and other crops, with additional corn and soybean acres expected.
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Washington
Earl L. Buzz Monday
Cotton Diseases Can Be Controlled in Texas Cotton
Texas Agricultural Extension Service plant pathologist Dr. Walter J. Walla says purchasing high quality acid delinted seed with fungicide reduces five major Texas cotton diseases including anthracnose and bacterial blight. Early planting before March 1 in South Texas and March 20 in the Blacklands minimizes root rot. TAMCOT SP-21, SP-23, SP-37 varieties offer early maturity, storm resistance, and disease resistance, to plant seven to ten days earlier for maximum yield. local Extension agents provide details.
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College Station
Walter J. Walla
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Walla
South
Blacklands
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Ed Coltharp Joins WICC as Development Director
J Fike Godfrey of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce announced Ed Coltharp has joined WTCC in Abilene as Development Director overseeing Tourist and Travel Development Cultural Affairs and Mineral Resources. Coltharp, a Sweetwater native and 1957 Newman High School graduate, previously led Vernon Chamber of Commerce and Castro County Chamber of Commerce in Dimmitt.
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J. Fike Godfrey
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Ed Coltharp
Vernon Chamber of Commerce
WTCC
Abilene
Coltharp
Sweetwater
Newman High School
Hardin- Simmons University
Castro County
Texas
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Hammurabi
Daniel F. Bakeman
Canada
Gordon Tidmore Chevrolet CO
Highway 287
Vernon, Tex
Ronny F. McNutt
Dolph Briscoe
Mark Roberts
Big Spring
Roger Staubach
Easter Seal Society For
Cripple Children
Mark
Roger
Briscoe
Rome
WICC
Glynn
Coltharps
The
Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Jaycees
Venus
State Farm
Earl Harwell
Dial
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Malcolm Hinkle, Inc
Pampa
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