Economists Honored as Authors of Agricultural Finance Book
Three agricultural economists Dr John Hopkin Dr Peter Barry and Dr C B Baker are authors of Financial Management in Agriculture a 437 page text published by Interstate Printers and Publishers Danville Illinois The book aims to provide an analytical approach to cash flow leverage liquidity and financial control in farming outlining sections on institutional settings tools decision making and resource acquisition plans For Hopkin Barry and Baker the work positions as a standard text for undergraduates and as a starting point for financial management study
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College Station
Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc
Danville, Il
John A. Hopkin
Stiles
A&m
Peter J. Barry
C. B. Baker
University of Illinois
Hopkin
Barry
Bank of America
San Francisco
University of Iinois
Texas A&m
Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
Baker
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
Russia
the Economist
Texas grain stocks fall as sorghum leads downturn
A weekly agri business report notes declines in four Texas feed grains corn oats barley and grain sorghum with wheat at a multi decade low. Texas grain sorghum stocks drop 25 percent from a year ago while corn and soybean stocks also fall oats remain above last year. San Saba and Gillespie lead Texas fruit and nut production with San Saba highest in pecans and Gillespie top peach producer for 1972.
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San Saba
Gillespie
Texas
Dean Decker Renamed To PCA Board At 39th Meeting
The Rolling Plains Production Credit Association held its 39th annual stockholders meeting in Stamford. J. R. Gleaton reported nearly $5 million in capital and over $25 million in loans, with 40 year loan volume approaching $500 million. Lasater Hensley was re elected to the board and Dean Decker named vice chairman. A 504 attendee barbecue followed.
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Rolling Plains Production Credit Association
Stamford
J. R. Gleaton
Rolling Plains Pca
Gleaton
Mack Claburn
Anson
Jack H. Barton
FICE
Houston
PCA
Barton
Lasater Hensley
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
Texas
Dean Decker
Childress
Frank Campbell
Wellington
T. Frazier Watson
Roaring Springs
Clifford H. Cornett
Munday
Willard H. Williams
Spur
Floyd McComas
Albany
Jimmie Kerr
Texas dairy and egg production trends in 1972 and 1973 notes
Pecan trees bloom across the state with expected damage from a late freeze reducing northern crops. Egg production in March fell 11 percent from a year earlier but rose 20 percent from February. Nationwide eggs were down six percent year to year. Texas dairying gross income rose eight percent in 1972 to 243 million dollars with 3.3 billion pounds of milk, up four percent from 1971. Continue submitting screwworm samples to Mission fly laboratory. 1973 shows good control progress.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Mission
Butz grain report prompts scrutiny of Soviet sales
An Agriculture Secretary Butz annual report to the White House traces U.S. grain exports to a July 8 three year credit pact with the Soviet Union and private traders. It notes Moscow talks in April May and June and cites Palmby and Continental Grain Co. as key players amid debate over pricing and subsidies.
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Don Kendall
Washington
White House
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Moscow
Nixon
U.S
Butz
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Soviets
USDA
Asst
Clarence D. Palmby
Continental Grain Co
New York
Palmby
House
Justice Department
FBI
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Government Accounting Office
Gray K. Madson
Edward R. Madigan
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Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Highlights Consumer Needs
Dr. Dudley T. Smith outlines TAES as the state and federal designated agency for agricultural research. From its College Station main station, TAES serves all Texans by developing crops with higher yields and better quality including the TAMU Saladette tomato by Horticulturist Paul Leeper and improving livestock for faster gains and tastier meat.
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College Station
Texans
Dudley T. Smith
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Smith
Texas
TAES
Paul Leeper
Weslaco
Leeper
TAES researchers pursue safer, cheaper food through market tests
Benefits remain in work by Experiment Station scientists to improve market practices and release new varieties like TAMU Saladette. Research covers meat and seafood safety, plant and animal disease control, crop and livestock insect management, and efficient, higher yielding practices to lower consumer prices.
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Texas
Smith
TAES
Texas farmers await warm weather to finish spring planting
Texas Agricultural Extension Service director Dr. John Hutchison says several weeks of sun are needed to complete spring planting and to boost growth for crops already in the ground. He notes cool wet soils slow progress and reports on-field conditions across Panhandle, South Plains, Rolling Plains, Pecans, and North Central districts, including grazing, alfalfa cuts, and ongoing problems from drought, hail, and pests.
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Llano
San Saba
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South Central
Williamson County
Atascosa County
College Station
Tex
Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South Plains
Hutchison
Panhandle
North Central
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