Management and Net Profit On Livestock Production
Texas Tech University summarizes a Journal of Animal Science study on how management changes affect net profit in a farrow finish swine operation. Key drivers include litter size feed efficiency conception farrowing rates and market hog prices with interest rate changes. The piece urges prioritizing reproductive performance and feed efficiency and notes a Sheep Shearing School on October 2–3 with limited enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Pork Producers Association
A. Max Lennon
Animal Science Department
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Texas
The
Journal of Animal Science
Screwworms Spread Across Texas in August 1975
Texas reports 5 676 screwworm cases by August end with heavy August counts in southern counties due to wet conditions. Ear infections in cattle accounted for up to 60 percent of cases, with counties listed including Bandera Blanco Gillespie Kerr Mason Menard San Saba. APHIS uses sterile fly release near Mission to eradicate the pest and offers sample kits through county agents and laboratories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cameron County
Wichita
Hudspeth
Brazoria
Walker
Houston
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Mission
Bandera
Blanco
Gillespie
Kerr
Mason
Menard
San Saba
Fall Tour and Election Planned for Gillespie Area
The Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Upper Llano SWCD host a joint fall conservation tour on October 2 starting at 1 p.m. at Doss School House visiting Otto Spaeth ranch James Baethge ranch and Harp er for Zone 2 SWCD director election at Harper Fire Station. Plans include demonstrations of conservation practices on several ranches and note the 1976 wheat allotment guidance issued by ASCS with changes aimed at efficiency and cost saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation District
Upper
Llano
SWCD
Doss School House
Otto Spaeth
James Baethge
Texas Persimmon
Texas Extension Service
Harper
Zone 2Swcd
Gillespie County
Milton J. Wendel
Curtis Cameron
Felix Klown
K. R. Bluestern
Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
Harold Schimdt
Schmidt
Gillesme
Kimble
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Joe Loomis
Loomis
Lovumis
Field Day Showcases Whitebrush Control near Pearsall
The South Texas Brush Control and Range Improvement Field Day at Halff Brothers Ranch near Pearsall will highlight two promising methods for whitebrush control on rangeland. Experts from Texas A&M, Texas A&M Extension, and other agencies discuss dry herbicide prospects, granular herbicides, and the low-energy grubber as practical options and note current trials and regulatory steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearsall
Texas
South Texas
Halff Brothers Ranch
Halff Ranch
Highway 140
Charles Fisher
Lubbock
Texas Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
Kerrville Man Charged With Murder In Local Stabbing
Ruben Anthony Fierro 28 of Ingram faced murder charges in the death of Kerrville resident Donald Tracy Morgan 19. Bond set at $20 000 by Kerrville Justice James Vogel after Rev Bruce Allen led police to the scene at 1513 E Jefferson St where Morgan was found with his throat cut. Autopsy to follow. funeral held Tuesday at Plummer Funeral Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Tracy Morgan
Kerrville
James Vogel
Bruce Allen
Fierro
E. Jefferson St
Morgan
Vogel
San Antonio
Plummer Funeral Chapel
Texas Constitution Amendment Plan Aims Split of Powers
Voters would revise the Texas Constitution to separate powers among legislative executive and judicial branches. It covers legislature structure sessions districting compensation limits terms and veto rules and shifts to a unified judiciary and expanded education and voting provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State of
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals
University of Texas
Texas A&m Systems
Texas A&m
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Lennon
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University Range Science Department
Harold Wiedemann
Wiedemann
Ruben Anthony Fierro
Ingram
Dist
Joe Grady Tuck
Con
Commissioner of Agriculture
Overnor
United States
Pune
Gulf of Mexico
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