Screwworm Infestations Hit Nine Texas Counties
Nine Texas counties have confirmed screwworm infestations in calves sheep and horses with samples from Willacy Val Verde Brooks Jim Wells Zapata Webb Live Oak Refugio counties. Veterinary officials urge prompt reporting of wounds and immediate insecticide treatment after procedures while continuing ground and aerial sterile fly releases to curb the spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Val Verde
Willacy, Brooks, Jim Wells
Zapata, Webb, Live Oak
Refugio Counties
Willacy County
Refugio County
Live Oak County
Jim Wells
Jim Hogg County
Navy
Mission
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Texas Animal Health Commission
TAHC
Texas A & M University
Agricultural Extension Servic
New USDA beef grade standards debut after April 14
Texas A&M and Texas A extension service meat specialists say the USDA will implement new beef grade standards that assign both quality and yield. Conformation will not determine quality, and younger cattle may show more marbling. The change aims to keep high quality, increase lean meat, and reduce consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Woodrow Bailey
Frank Orts
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Bailey
Texas A&m University System
Bentsen backs Farm Bill despite flaws in Senate
Senator Lloyd Bentsen praised the new Farm Bill as providing higher price supports and restoring farmer confidence for higher production. He noted Administration opposition and said the measure should pass to conference with the House. He cited widespread farmer uncertainty and a push from the National Grain Sorghum Producers Association toward voluntary production limits as evidence the current program fails to stabilize markets or fund costs. A separate note reports a South Dakota experiment station develops a cherry-type tomato for apartment living, suitable for pot growth with a shallow root system and no need for vibration pollination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentsen
House
Senate
National Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Texas
Mid-West
America
South Dakota
Agricultural Experiment Station
Farm disaster loans rise in the Tyler area
The Associated Press reports farm disaster loan demand climbs in Tyler as crop losses and sagging cattle prices pressure farmers. Bankers note refinancing surges, tighter collateral demands, and tighter lending for tenant farmers while some banks cut overall farm lending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Dream Farm
Texas
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Lubbock
Tyler
Darrell Tate
Federal Land Bank Association
McKinney
Texas Crop Trends Signal Shifts in Acreage and Wheat Forecast
Texas planting progress shows cotton down by a million acres from last year with sorghum up by a similar margin. Wheat acres total 6.5 million, soy none, while rice remains behind schedule. Sheep and lamb feeding hits a 1966 low, with 170000 head on feed as of March 1 and early lamb crop up five percent to 770000 head statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio-Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
California
Kansas
Pima cotton samples rise in 1974 season
During the 1974 season the El Paso Classing office of the USDA classed 50 900 American Pima cotton samples for growers, a rise of 17 400 samples from the previous year, according to J A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
USDA
J.A
McAfee
Texas
Arizona
Far West
Wheat grower headlines talks at beef confab
Amarillo officials announce the Texas Beef Conference third annual meeting at the Hilton Inn on April 17. Gene Moos leads the speaker lineup as former National Association of Wheat Growers president and World Food Conference delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Baker
Oklahoma State University School of Agriculture
A&m
Texas Tech
West Texas State Schools of Agriculture
Bill Helming
Livestock Advisory Service
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James E. Navy
Verde County
Trans-Pecos
Hill Country
Federal
William Brown
Rmoween
Agri
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Washington, D.C
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtex
Tate
First National Bank
Amarillo
Don Beasley
George Sell
Sell
Sell’s Bank
Duane Selliff
Equitable Life Assurance
Dallas
China
U.S
American Philosophical Society
Baker Pump Corp
Pecos
Baker & Pecos
Complete General Machine Shop
Pecos Enterprise Agricultural
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Manuel Arvizu, Jr
Sarvizu Pipe CO
Balmorhea Hwy
Pecos, Tex
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