Tobacco strains shown to barley growers at field day
Greeneville Tobacco Experiment Station displayed disease resistant tobacco lines for about 3 barley growers from three states during the 24th annual summer field day. UT experts explained that only five of thousands of varieties have been released for general growth since 1931 while noting the need for high yield and disease free crops to reduce production costs per acre. A barbecue lunch followed tours and a pasture grazing project reported two pounds daily gain in 112 days.
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Greeneville
Greenevile Tobacco Experiment Station
John Eving
Universlty of
Tennessee Experiment Stations
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Ewing
J. Hugh Felts
Cat Ye
UT Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Department
Tennessee rancher profits from pasture fed cattle in Tennessee area
In a Tennessee and nearby counties scheme, Sam Mayberry reports net profits from fattened beef cattle raised on pasture with limited grain. He keeps costs low by grazing oats and rye, then feeding only minimal corn, and sells cattle after July with a large spring pasture revival.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Lang
Sam Mayberry
Memphis
Maybetty
Middle South
Dry Weather Ravages Crops Across Fast and Mid-State
A weekly weather and crop report shows August rain limited to the northeast while five weeks yield only 1.51 inches in the Tri-City area. East and Middle Tennessee report widespread moisture shortages harming crops and pastures, with county notes detailing drought effects in Grainger Greene Hamblen Hancock Hawkins and Washington counties and farmers taking action to spray and harvest conditions deteriorate.
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East
Middle Tennessee
Tri-City
West Tennessee
Middle
East Tennessee
Hamblen
Hancock
Hart Herd Leads July DHIA in Sullivan County
Hart’s herd of 13 cows led the Sullivan County Dairy DHIA in July with 1,098 pounds per cow on average and 44 pounds butterfat per cow. Jones herd of 17 cows averaged 1,088 pounds milk, 44.8 pounds butterfat, topping Hart for high individual records. The Thomas herd averaged 1118 pounds milk with 37.4 butterfat, while Rutherford’s 34 cows logged 39.6 butterfat. The association of 138 cows averaged about 2,936 pounds for top cow, Massengill cows produced 2,461 and 2,206 pounds. Joneses owned the leading butterfat producer at 83.9.
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R. Hart
Sullivan County Dairy ‘Herd Improvement Association
Hart
Smilih
R. W
Allen Jones
Jones
C. D
J. C. Thomas
Rutherford
J. W. Massengill
Joneses
Seagill
4-H Round-Up Opens Six Day Session At UT Knoxville
Knoxville UT hosts Tennessee 4-H Roundup opening Monday with about 2000 members expected. Vernon Carter will open the action packed six day program as Sullivan County 4-H members compete in district V winners in poultry home improvement forestry and gardening. Ten trips to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago are at stake along with scholarships and other awards.
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Vernon W. Carter
Sullivan County
Jimmy Hite
Sullivan High School
Poultry
Nancy Warren
Bluff City
Home Improvement
Crlyn Collins
Chicago
Hog and grain markets shift as crop movement eases prices
Agricultural Marketing Service reports a dip in southern and midwestern hog prices after a recent peak, with declines from 25 to 38 cents per hundred pounds across regions. Slaughter steers and heifers rose in Louisville Memphis and Montgomery, while broiler markets held steady in Georgia and nearby states.
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Atlanta
Agricultural Marketing Service
Chicago
Louteville
Memphis
Leorisville
Montgomery
Georgia
Florida
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Del-Mar-Va
Auanta
Toursville
Nashville
Alabama
Rog
Carolinas
Louis
Yville
Imost
Nash
Ville
Ouisville
Farm News All Star 4-H'er Takes
A Tennessee 4-H All Star conference session in Knoxville features Chakia youth David Davis challenging the claim that half of the state's farm youths must move to the city for adequate living. Davis argues for staying on the farm, noting profit can be eroded by middlemen. Discussion leaders E B Jenkins and others note that farming costs have risen and that moving isn’t the only solution. Davis grows up on a 180 acre farm near Chattanooga with his brother and father, a TVA worker, as the meeting names 1958 officers Frank Brocks, Larry Garber, and Martha Ellen Parks.
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Knoxville
Chakia
David Davis
Davis
E. B. Jensking
Jenkins
Bolt
Jimmy
Worka An
Lmits
Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Aetority
All Stars
Frank Brocks
Claiborne County
Larry Garber
Weakley County
Marth Ellen Parks
Lincoln County
Secretay
New Milk Delivery Means Big Changes
Lincoln bulletin notes a shift in milk distribution toward home delivery and more store purchases. The USDA highlights carton packaging as a key factor, replacing the old heavy quart bottle and altering how families buy dairy.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ins
United States Department of Agriculture
Jess Home Delivery
Amore
Spark Jn
USDA
Hog Market Inquiry Over 40 Month Marketing Question
A reader asks whether hog marketing targets extend to a 40 month period. The item notes inquiry focus, seeking guidance on pricing or policy implications for longer production cycles.
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Tennessee Farmers Corner
Mayberry
Hawkins
Washington
B.r.hart
Dhia
Tere Company
John Donaldson
New London
Ohio
Donaldson
NEA Teleptoro
U. S. Supreme Court
Jerry Hite
Sullivan
County Farm Bureau
Mary Jane Rutherford
Devanna Strong
Patricia Harv
Blountville
Chares Weaver
Bobby Miller
Andrew Holt
Seve
Webster Pendergrass
UE Idean of Agriculture
Duesday
Lonnie Sesley
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
McReynolds
UT Agricultural Extension Seyydee
George Foster
W. M. Landers
Tennessee Valley Authority
Smoky Mountain National Park
Chucky Jack
State Council
C. B E. Brehm
4-H
Scottish Rite Temple
Fred McPeake
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Fred W. Colby
Asso
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Ail Star
Georgia Water
South Carolina
Georgia-Florida
Farm News
Kingsport
Fedecat Deport Leserenre T
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Carnifall
Purina
Jour Vilern
John Cornwall
D&f
Ford
Holston Feed Store
Kingsport, Tennessee
West Revere
Roddy Kilowatt
Reddy
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