New Pest Management Approach Gains Ground in Kern County Cotton
Kern County cotton growers test a goal oriented pest and crop management program. Field monitoring across 6,000 acres in 110 fields over 25 growers builds plant growth roadmaps guiding actions by needs rather than calendars.
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California
Kern County
Hal R. Smalstig
Western Cotton Production Conference
Smalstig
Kern Delta
Bakersfield
Bakerfield Gin
Smalsti
Arizona
Silverton Peanut Champ Tiffin Nets Top Honor
Silverton farmer Tiffin won first place in the Texas Peanut Quality Contest and earned a trip to the National Peanut Awards in Marco Island Florida. His 1972 peanut yield, 10 700 pounds, would feed about 14 000 people for a year. He cites fertilization irrigation and rotation as keys, noting leafspot control and careful seed selection. He farms 500 acres plus cattle and other crops.
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Herzer
Silverton
Cleen
Plainview
Marco Island
Fla
Tiffin
Tiffins
L Alsa
Glenn Tiffen
Texas
Lance Products Cy
Field Day and Ball Sale Set at Amarillo Center
The Field Day and Performance Proven Ball Sale at the Texas Tech University Center Amarillo opens at 8 a.m. Thursday with about 40 bulls from Hereford Angus Charolais Santa Gertrudis Simmental and Red Poll. Bulls inspected with coffee and talks precede a 1:20 p.m. sale led by Harold ONeal. Charolais tops daily gain at 4.26 pounds, other gains listed.
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Amarillo
Texas Tech University Center
Aurhon
R. Hollis Kleet
Animal Reience Department of Texas
Tork Villagwom
Darral Schroder
Campa, Colo
Schroder
Simmental
Robert QO. Andrews
Olney
Texas Tech
Glenn J. Barnett
Texas Tech Agricultural Sciences
Anson R. Bertrand
Leif Thompson
Department of Animal Science
Neil Boreham
New, Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Harold O'Neal
Panhandle
Jumes
Bert Reyes
Southwest Junior Livestock Show Opens in Panhandle Arena
About 1 500 prize animals from a 29 county area arrive for the 40th Southwest Junior Livestock Show at Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock. Judging starts Monday with lambs and steers, barrow events Tuesday, and sale Wednesday. entries reach 1 433 with 643 barrows 630 lambs and 160 steers.
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Farmers of America
Panhandle
South Plains Fairgrounds
Fair Park Coliseum
Barrow
Lubbock
Kenneth McEachern
General Stock Show
FFA
Robert W. Morford
Abilene
Leland F. Tribble
Texas Tech University
Barrows
Allen E. Turner
San Angelo
Lambs
Texas Tech stock show expands with computer record system
A graduate team from Texas Tech College of Business Administration unveiled a computerized program to handle most show records, payments and paperwork for this year’s stock show. If adopted, other major stock shows may implement the system, speeding exhibitor payments to about two days after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Holloway
Lubbock Christian College
Rodney Blackwood
LCC
4-Hi
Dawson County 4-H Club
College of Business Administration
Texas Tech
Debate Over Farm Prices Widens Across Congress
Agriculture issues and beef costs ignite a split in Congress as McGovern and Butz argue food prices should be weighed against wages and living costs. Looming consumer protests and proposals from urban lawmakers spark a broader clash with farmbelt interests over pricing and policy.
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Don Kendall Washington
Earl L. Butz
Buly
Congress
McGovern
Omaha jNeb
Na Jinn
George McGovern
D.S
Butz
Adj
Nixon
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
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Carl E. Teeter
Western Cotton Products Co
Phoenix
Teeter
Gilbert
Ariz
John Herzer
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
PCOM
Herner
Silverton Farmer
Prague
Kleet
W. B. Griffin
Donalford
Thomas Neely
Lee Roy Colgan
Farm News
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Agricultural Club
Lubbock Kiwanis Club
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Curry Roosevelt
Lea
N. M
Bailey
Borden Briscoe
Castro
Cochran
Cottle
Crosby
Dawson
Dickens Floyd
Gaines
Garza
Hale Hockley
Kent
King
Lamb Lubbock
Lynn
Motley
Palmer
Paul Gross
Lubbock Area
W.B
Bill'' Griffin
Tahoka
F.J. McCauley
Welch
J Lee Roy Colgan
Lamesa
Bill Gregory
Spur
Roy McClung
Morton
Jerry Stockton
Wolf‘forth
Thomas
Cotton
Neely
Lamb
Duane Knott
Bill E. Roach
Snyder
Branco
William Scherle
Riowa
United States
Scherle
Holland
Italy
Belgium
U.S
Chicago
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
J. Phil Campbell
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Rosenthal
William R. Colter
D.conn
White House
Red Barn Chemical Dealer
Slaton
Gillard-Hill
Gifford-Hill
Vanguard
Gifford Hill Inc
P.O. Typx
Gifford Hill & Company, Inc
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