LSU Hopes Strawberries Find Revival With Harvester
Louisiana State University engineers unveil a 13 foot self propelled strawberry harvester. The device uses a front end vacuum and rake fingers to lift berries into a hopper while leaves are discarded. Poole foresees mechanization reversing an 80 percent industry decline driven by labor shortages and Mexican competition.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Wiley D. Poole
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Poole
LSU
Tangipahoa
Livingston
St. Tammany Parishes
Percy L. Hawthorne
Hawthorne
LSU Agricultural Engineers
Hunger in America under fire for factual distortions
House subcommittee probes reveal that the national network documentary Hunger in America staged incidents and used misleading footage. FBI data show a San Antonio hospital baby death was due to premature birth and complications, not starvation. Critics call it yellow journalism and note credibility gaps with viewers.
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House Subcommittee
America
FBI
San Antonio
Associated Press
Mississippi
House
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Chicago
Weekly Markets Update Shows Mixed Cattle and Hog Prices
Cattle receipts totaled 5 635 head across nine sales, down from last week and up from last year. Slaughter prices mostly rose with calves steady to 50 cents higher and cows up to 50 cents. Hog prices closed higher with barrows and gilts up, feeder pigs and sows up, while tomato markets in Oak Grove Louisiana remained steady with good demand. Cotton notes include loan activity and prices around 26.25 cents middling.
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Stoneville
Focal Compress
Greenwood
Louisiana Vegetables In Fair Condition As Harvest Begins
Vegetables statewide were generally in fair to good condition on June 1 with two week lag in maturity. Snap beans in Louisiana forecast at 52 000 hundredweight down 21 percent from last year and 31 percent from 1967 with estimated yield 25 hundredweight per acre.
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Louisiana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Alexandria
Louisiana
Greensburg-Amite
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Ponchatoula
St. James Parish
Florida
Ft. Myers- Immokalee
West Central
North Central
Sanford-Samsula-Webster
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Winter Garden
San Antonio
North Carolina
Belle Chasse
Oak Grove
Monroe Pecan Convention Focuses On Harvesting And Tricks
Agriculture officials announce the Louisiana Pecan Growers Association annual meeting in Monroe at the Ramada Inn. The program includes directors’ meetings, demonstrations of mechanical harvesters, orchard tours with fungicide tests, and talks by LSU and extension staff on pests, fungicides, coatings, harvesting, and marketing pecans.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Pecan Growers Association
Monroe
Ramada Inn
Highway 165
Inter - State 20
Federated Pecan Growers Association
Ouachita River
John A. Cox
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Warren A. Meadows
Cooperative Extension Service
B. W. Wascom
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Jack Bagent
LSU
Glenn Kenk Knight
C. C. Schaller
USDA
William A. Young
John
Love
Roy Constantin
Malcolm Braddy
Atlanta
Henry Goodyear
Export of U S Beef Hits New High in 1968
U S beef cattle exports rose to a record 20 265 head in 1968 up 17 percent from 1967. Hereford breeding cattle climbed 44 percent to 7 339 head marking the third straight year Herefords led beef breeding exports. Mexico led imports with 6 463 head followed by Venezuela and Canada with 3 748 and 3 694 respectively.
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Kansas
Cify. Mo
United States
U. S
Mexico
Venezuela
Canada
Denture Aid FASTEETH Promises Better Comfort
Clinical tests show FASTEETH improves denture performance by up to 35 percent. It holds uppers and lowers more firmly for comfort and has no sour taste. It claims to help reduce denture odor and encourages regular dental visits. Available at drug counters.
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