Texas agriculture faces its greatest challenge ahead
Texas experts warn food prices and reduced farm support threaten agriculture. Dr John Hopkin, new head of Texas A&M Agricultural Economics, outlines rising farm debt and short term financing as key issues while urging shifts away from low yielding investments to sustain producer credit and growth.
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College Station
Texas Agriculture
John Hopkin
Hopkin
Texas A&m University Department of Agricultural Economics
Hired farm labor shows big drop in Texas
Texas figures show hired farm labor fell 53 percent from 423000 in 1960 to 275000 in 1972 as mechanization and efficiency rise. Family labor declined 35 percent. farmers face higher costs and urban migration. Hopkin discusses loan maturity and financing issues while taking over as department head of agricultural finance at A&M, joining Texas A&M University system.
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H.O. Kunkel
College of Agriculture
Hopkin
Kunkel
Austin
Texas
John C. White
Commissioner White
White
Farmers face severe weather tests nationwide
Weather across the South, Corn Belt, Great Plains and other regions is delaying plantings and field work. The Agriculture Department reports very little land preparation by April 1 with flooding, snow and excessive moisture halting planting of cotton, corn, sorghum and tobacco in several states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ing
South Texas
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Law Would Define Weeding Thinning
Phoenix Arizona AP report on agricultural policy proposes a law to define weeding and thinning practices for farm labor, outlining regulatory scope and potential impacts on farmers and workers. The article notes political debate and potential adoption timeline.
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Lations Board
Arizona
Jack Williams
United Farm Workers
Moon soil boosts plant growth cites Glenn at Jefferson
Former astronaut John Glenn told 500 medical professionals at Thomas Jefferson University that lunar soil greatly increases crop growth, four to ten times faster, suggesting a path to feeding humanity. He linked space program advances to disease research, pacemaker design, and remote patient monitoring.
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Philadelphia
John Glenn
America
Glenn
Thomas Jefferson University
Russia
NASA
Soil survey shown as first step in planning land use
Soil scientists with the Soil Conservation Service describe a soil survey as the initial step in land use planning. The Reeves County field work is about seventy percent complete, with soil maps and reports detailing properties like shallowness to rock and flooding risk. Contact Pecos Soil Conservation Service for more information.
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Wesley
Miller
Co-operative Soil Survey
Reeves County
Soil Conservation Service
Pecos
The
Shade trees add value and function in West Texas
Shade trees provide shade and noise reduction, improve air, and offer economic gains through fruit trees such as pecan. A 15 year old pecan yields about 100 pounds of nuts worth $60 today. tree value depends on species size and condition with pecan holly Spanish oak and live oak rated highest.
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Joyce Kilmer
West Texas
Texas
Open market peanut program aims to lift 1973 sales
Washington AP Under secretary Phil Campbell announced a 1973 program to move more peanuts to the open market and reduce government storage. The plan sets price support at 319.50 per ton equal to 75 percent of parity, higher than last year, with adjustments possible if supply changes. It ends shelter purchases and adds a $50 per ton discount for peanuts with visible mold linked to aflatoxin.
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Washington
Phil Campbell
Campbell
Commodity Credit Corp
Fight fire ants now with Mirex statewide distribution
Texas officials urge wartime style action against imported fire ants. Mirex pesticide is distributed free through county offices, with about three quarters of a million pounds provided last year. Treatment should occur before queen breeding, between now and mid May, as colonies expand in May to July. Ant mounds range six inches to three feet tall and up to two feet wide, infesting 55 counties from Denton to Nueces. Mirex bait travels into mounds within one to two hours. effects appear after 10 to 14 days or more. The ants sting venomously, harming people and livestock and causing millions in losses. Quarantine rules limit movement of infested materials to curb spread, and urban areas face similar threats.
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John C. White
White
Texas
Denton
Nueces
U S urges vaccinating horses against VEE before mosquito season
The U S Department of Agriculture and Texas officials urge horse owners to vaccinate horses mules and other equines against Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis before mosquitoes emerge in spring and summer. They note low vaccination rates since 1971 and advise vaccinating annually at least six weeks before mosquito season.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas
Texas Animal Health Commission
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Calf ropers meet for charity match at West Texas Boys Ranch
Former world champions Jim Bob Altizer and Olin Young will rope six calves each in a special match at the West Texas Boys Ranch arena on Saturday April 21 at 2 pm. The event supports the Ranch Annual Roundup with a 30 dollar two calf pot and 11 dollar two barrel race, barbecue 50 cents a plate, and a one dollar donation to attend. Proceeds fund ranch operations and the arena is 17 miles west of San Angelo on US 67.
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Jim Bob Altizer
del Rio
Olin Young
Peralta
N. M
West Texas Boys Ranch
Boys Ranch
Ranch
Buck Owens
Barnhart
Altizer
Young
San Angelo
US 67
Crusade Month Drives Funds for Cancer Fight
The American Cancer Society launches Crusade Month urging donations to support cancer research and new drug development. The appeal invites widespread support to advance methods of fighting cancer.
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American Cancer Society
Cattle Rustling Up 75 Percent Around Houston Area
Walter Wetzell of Dickinson tracks thefts for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association says higher meat prices drive rustling. In a five county area around Houston he logged 15 cattle thefts in Harris County this year, with calves often unbranded and many stolen for fattening and resale. Fort Bend County Sheriff R. L. Gaston links the rise to prices, noting some stolen cattle appear at barbeque stands and in groceries.
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Houston
Walter Wetzell
Dickinson
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Wetzell
Harris
Galvestion
Montgomery
Waller
Austin
Harris County
R. L. Gaston
Fort Bend County
Cattle quarantined in Roswell area over scabies outbreak
The USDA quarantines all cattle in Chaves County New Mexico after 63 Roswell area cattle tested positive for scabies before sale in Clovis. Chaves is the ninth NM county under quarantine amid regional totals of 26 Texas and 3 Oklahoma counties affected. Scabies does not affect meat quality but reduces yield.
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Roswell, N.M
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chaves County
Roswell
Clovis
Chaves
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Curry
de Baca
Guadalupe
Harding
Lincoln
Quay
Roosevelt
Torrance
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Bill Dogget
Ronnie Dogget
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Will and A Way
International Rice Research Institute
Philippines
Treanor
Baker Pump Corp
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