Beef Breeds Study Underway At Louisiana Station
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station at St Gabriel launches a 10 year project evaluating Chianina Maine Anjou Simmental and Brahman beef cattle for southern productivity. A 320 cow Angus Hereford foundation herd will provide calves for two phase study comparing crossbred fertility growth and calving traits with results shared with Nebraska project.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
St. Gabriel Research Farm
Doyle Chambers
U.S. Meat Animal Research
Paul E. Humes
Humes
Chianina
Maine - Anjou
South
Meat Animal Research Center
Nebraska
Fall garden helps extend crops after summer harvest
LSU horticulturist Joseph Montelaro explains planning a fall garden by counting days to maturity from seed catalogs or Extension Publication 1185. Plant before the average first frost, with crops like snap beans, cucumbers, beets, broccoli, cabbage, and lettuce maturing before freezing weather. Keep soil moist for a week to ensure germination.
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Joseph Montelaro
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Publication
Extension Service
Montelaro
Red Cedars Face Fungus Threat and Dry Rot Facts
A forestry Q and A explains that red cedars junipers and arbor vitae suffer root or crown rot from Clitocybe and that removing soil and old roots or treating soil with fumigants is advised before replanting. It also covers dry rot and explains that dry wood with low moisture won t decay, and discusses blue stain in southern pine lumber caused by Ceratocystis and its effect on appearance and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States
Another 4-H Club Year Opens in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish LSU Extension agents announce a new 4-H year with 27 clubs and many activities. Senior members earned trips to Chicago and Baton Rouge, juniors attended Camp Grant Walker and Forestry Camp, a leadership trip ran through Arkansas and Missouri, and a National Citizenship Short Course was attended in Washington, D. C. Enrollment details, project offerings including Veterinary Science, and September organizational meetings are outlined with contact information for Howard Gryder and Ellen Murphy at the Ouachita Parish office.
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Chicago
Baton Rouge
L.S.U. Baton Rouge
Grant Walker
Arkansas
Missouri
Ouachita
Washington
D. C
Howard Gryder
Ellen Murphy
Ouachita Parish
LSU
Cypress
West Monroe
Cotton acreage in northeast Louisiana falls 22 percent
Latest ASCS figures show a 22 percent drop in cotton acreage from last year in northeast Louisiana with most land shifted to soybeans. The parish breakdown details 1972 soybean acreage and estimates for 1973 crop, noting figures are estimates and not absolute.
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ASCS
Louisiana
Caldwell
Carroll
Franklin
Madison
East Carroll
Morehouse
Franklin Ouachita
Richland
Yell
Tensas
Ouachita
West Carroll
What is Quality Hay Seminar Reveals Agronomist Tips
Dr. John Baylor, Penn State agronomist, led a New Holland Lancaster County seminar on recognizing hay quality. He urged forage testing, cited indicators like leafiness, color, maturity, and seed heads, and explained how to judge protein and fiber to match animals’ rations.
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John Baylor
Pennsylvania State University Agronomist
New Holland
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania State University
Dr.Baylor
Dr. Baylor
Baylor
Weekly Farm Column Grain Exchanges Attract Attention
Washington report notes increased public and official scrutiny of twelve commodity exchanges this spring and summer. It links exchange activity to volatile futures for soybeans and wheat and to record-high retail food prices. Allegations of price manipulation and inaccurate reporting by merchants and traders have prompted hearings.
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Washington
Hear
Alert on Anaplasmosis Risk to Cattle As Mosquitoes Soar
USDA warns cattle owners that anaplasmosis could rise through September as insects remain plentiful. Dr. Steven Nichol notes the disease, spread mainly by ticks and insects, attacks red blood cells and can cause severe anemia or death. Early signs include poor appetite weight loss and reduced milk. Testing by veterinarians is advised and vaccines or antibiotics may help prevent outbreaks.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Steven Nicholblood
Steven Nicholson
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Big Changes In Land Bank Operations
Fred Huenefeld Jr of the Federal Land Bank Association of Monroe attended the Federal Land Bank annual meeting in Biloxi Mississippi. Olin B Quinn reported that fiscal year 1973 saw record changes from the Farm Credit Act of 1971 with loans outstanding rising from 525 million to over 688 million and new lending more than doubling to 194 million.
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Fred Huenefeld, Jr
Federal Land Bank Association of
Monroe
Federal Land Bank
Biloxi
Miss
Olin B Quinn
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Quinn
Land Bank
America
Thenvesting
Federal
Banks
New York City
Plan to Promote Cotton Yields Amid Shortage Challenges
Secretary Earl L. Butz and Mike Maros announce a joint campaign to boost cotton yields for 1973. They cite flood damage reducing acreage, tight inventories, rising prices, and potential shortages of fuel chemicals and transport as driving factors.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Mike Maros
National Cotton Council
Bulz
Maros
Fabens
Tex
Industry urged joint action to curb 1973 petrochemical shortages
Maros notes past USDA and Council programs helped the industry meet challenges in recent years. He says coordinated action between industry and government can reduce adverse effects of obstacles in 1973.
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Maros
USDA
Council
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Clay Center
U. S
Gulf Coast
LSU Department of Animal Science
Idus Whitman
Choudrant
W.G. Kelly
LSU Extension Service
F.O. LeVasseur
Whitman
Kent Ouachita Parish
Red
Daniel Cassens
Randall Carver
The
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Monroe News-Star
Variey Agricultur
By C. Major Winters
Capitol Hill
Justice Department
Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
Congressme
Charles Hogan
Southwestern Life
LaFrance Drugs
la France Drugs
Southgate
Southside
Jonesboro Road
West
Ray Wright Agricultural Flying Service
Mosquito Control
Panes Ory
Terminix
Bastrop
Ruston
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