Finalists Named In Texas Improvement Program
The top four communities Dike Era Lagerton Zephyr will be toured May 22 25 by state judges to determine Texas rural community of the year. The top prize is 450 dollars with others earning 350 250 and 150 in cash awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas Community Improvement Program
TCIP
Dike
Hopkins County
Era
Cooke County
Lagerton
Haskell County
Zephyr
Brown County
Garland Marshall
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Charles Lawrence
Lillian Cochran
David Ruesink
Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
Marshall
Booker
Lipscomb
Close City
Garza
Pyote
Ward
Lawake
Concho
Latexa
Houston
New Berlin
Guadalupe
Kendleton
Fort Bend
North Alamo
Hidalgo
Fashing-Peggy
Atascosa
Texas
County farmers to hear Crop Insurance meeting May 22
Ronny F McNutt reports a Farm Extension note details an 8 p.m. May 22 meeting at the County Courthouse with Ben Jordan of College Station explaining the Federal Crop Insurance program. Also covered are boll weevil findings near Community Center and Foard’s farm, grass plots planted in 1972 and fertilizer trials, plus Mississippi River Festival plans at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with acts from Jefferson Airplane to Ella Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Ben Jordan
College Station
George Foard
Community Center
Vernon
Foard
Bill Ross
ST. Louis
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Ill
St. Louis Symphony
Jefferson Airplane
Ella Fitzgerald
Ride Em Cowboy at American Junior Rodeo Championships
More than 200 youths aged 7 to 19 compete in Pueblo Colorado for 30000 dollars in prizes and scholarships at the American Junior Rodeo championships. Girls participate alongside boys in rough and ready events including goat-tying demonstration reflects the western rangelands culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Fate of Herbicides and the Environment
College Station experts explain how herbicides behave after application. Adsorption to soil particles, influenced by soil type and organic matter, largely determines fate while decomposition proceeds via organisms, chemicals, air and light. Proper labeling and moderate use prevent environmental contamination.
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College Station
Garlyn Hoffman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hoffman
Open weather eases Texas farming amid active plantings
In Texas the open weather last week eased cool wet conditions. Dr. Hutchison reports planting advancing in Central counties with grain sorghum active in the South and Rolling Plains. Cotton corn and grain sorghum planting active in East Texas. Rice nearly fully planted in Coastal Plains with 20 percent left. Peanut planting active in South Central Texas and starting in north central counties. Wheat oats harvests rising with good yields. winter wheat maturing in the northern plains and irrigated in the High Plains. Early peaches reported in Gillespie County. Haymaking begins in multiple counties and livestock stay in good to excellent condition. Ranges show good grazing though Far West West Central and South Texas need rain. Panhandle wheat heading and irrigated. some wheat streak mosaic and leaf rust observed. About 85 percent of corn planted. 10 percent of grain sorghum planted. soybean planting starting in southern counties.
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South Plains
North Central
el Paso
West Central
Hill County
Comanche
Eastland
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Central
Caldwell County
Lavaca
College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Texas
Hutchison
High Plains
Gillespie County
South Texas
Panhandle
Coyotes Thrive Despite Habitat Loss Across Americas
The coyote or prairie wolf is native to North and Central America and adapts rapidly to changing conditions. Though they occasionally kill livestock, coyotes help control rodent populations, according to The World Almanac. In 1897 the San Jose scale wiped out about two million fruit trees in the Niagara Peninsula.
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North
Central America
World Almanac
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
San Jose
Niagara Peninsula
Economists in an Urban Age highlighted by Brewster
AP reports David E. Brewster of the Agriculture Department argues urban and rural sectors are closely linked. The Farm Index piece says cities face shared crises, from waste disposal to housing, education, and transit, with rural areas also suffering from lack of opportunity driving rural decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
David E. Brewster
Economic and
The
Economic Research Service
Brewster
Farm Index
Department
U.S
Texas Crop and Livestock Reports Across Onions Hogs and Sheep
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes 24 000 crop questionnaires mailed to farmers to build county and state crop totals. Onions harvest peaks in Lower Rio Grande Valley while San Antonio area reports strong yields. May 1 sheep and lamb on feed total 87 000 with 40 000 to market in May and 29 000 in June. Hog cholera quarantines enacted in Hidalgo and Cameron counties amid nationwide eradication efforts.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Coastal Bend
Hidalgo
Cameron
Mexico
National
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By Ronny F. McNutt
Ride ‘Em Cowboy
PNY
UU A
Tco
Edwin M. Wheeler
Fertilizer Institute
Penn Central
Wheeler
House
Department of A Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
United States
Armecast
California
China
Europe
Persia
Florida
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
Farm Bureau
Roy Wygal
Childress County Farm Bureau
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