Plains Cotton Council opposes wage hour plan
The Plains Farming Council and National Cotton Council warn that expanding minimum wage and overtime coverage to farm labor and processing workers would raise costs, worsen cotton’s economy, and trigger hardship for farmers and displaced workers. They urge defeat of the bills, arguing agriculture remains exempt. The piece also notes a potential shift to an international grain agreement that could threaten sorghum exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton Council
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
Cotton Council
NCC
U.S
Furthrmore
Congress
Milo
Elbert Harp
Abernathy
Grain Sorghum Producers Assn
Harp
U.S. Feed Grains Council
Magazine Group In Tour Of Area Cotton Farms
Eleven agricultural magazine editors visited the South Plains area to study liquid fertilizers during a Texas tour sponsored by Allied Chemical Corp. The group viewed sorghum plots irrigation fertilizer trials beef cattle on grass sprinker fertilized pastures and cotton plots at Lindsey Research Central and Anton Fertilizer and Chemical Co. Dallas and Chicago based officials joined local participants including Lind sey Seed Co. and Southwestern Crop and Stock experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Magazine
South Plains
Texas
Blacklands
Dallas
Allied Chemical Corp
Lindsey Research Central
Lindsey Seed Co
Anton Fertilizer and Chemical Co
Clyde Borger
Wolfforth
Ralph Weinblom
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
Norman Cavender
Farm Quarterly
Cincinnati
Charlotte Line
Farm Chemicals
Willoughby
Ohio
Larry Long
Croplife
Jack Kiesner
Farm Store Merchandising
Minneapolis
Trailer Group Rendezvous At Mackenzie State Park
About 350 people in 175 to 200 travel trailers gather at Mackenzie State Park for a week rendezvous starting today. Sponsored by Roadrunner Travel Trailer Club, activities include contests hikes campfire programs and group singing. The group plans a caravan to Las Vegas New Mexico for the Aug 5 8 rally and a final prize potluck Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackenzie State Park
Roadrunner Travel Trailer Club
Green Ash Grove
Las Vegas
N.M
Italian Car Makers See Output Rise in First Half 1965
Italian auto makers produced 634,106 vehicles in January to June 1965, up 4.65 percent from the same period in 1964, but exports declined from 182,111 units to 177,188. The stronger domestic production contrasts with lower overseas shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Italy
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Kate Osana
Firebird
Tan
Thundercord
University
Carol Brent Orton
Orson
Wool
Arnel
Dacron
Cotton
Plains Farming Council
Duane Howeil
Avalanche-Journal
GSPA
Feed Grains Council
Allied Chemical
Chicago
New York
Lubbock
Mackenzie
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