Sugar crops may fuel vehicles in Texas study
TAES researchers with Louisiana, Florida and USDA explore using sweet sorghum and sugar cane to produce alcohol for gasoline. Brazil already uses alcohol blends and plans to raise output to 3,000 million liters by 1980. Rio and Roma sorghums promise 135 day harvests and potential two-crop Texas yields.
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Fire ants threaten Gregg County crops and homes
Gregg County faces a growing fire ant problem impacting homeowners farmers and recreation areas. The Commissioners Court requests Mirex bait from the Texas Department of Agriculture to control mounds while noting home use of heptachlor and chlordane for non crop areas.
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