Cattle Feeders Grant Research On Respiratory Disease
The Texas Cattle Feeders Association approved a $3,000 grant to Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Stillwater to study respiratory diseases in feedlot cattle. The five year project, begun in 1969 with veterinarians and Texas and Oklahoma operators, aims to identify microorganisms, evaluate drugs, and develop preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cattle Feeders Association
College of Veterinary Medicine
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Texas
Oklahoma High Plains
OSU
Richard Corstret
Roger Pandera
H. B. Rinker
Texas Panhandle
Q&a
Ned
Corstret
Bud Patterson
Vaccination Against VEE Encouraged for Equines
Dr James Armstrong of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service urges revaccination of horses mules and donkeys against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis to maintain immunity beyond a year. He notes high risk in Texas and spread towards Mexico, recommends vaccinating foals and pregnant mares in high risk areas, and insists only veterinarians administer vaccines while minimizing animal movement to curb spread.
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Texas
James Armstrong
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Armstrong
Texas Veterinary Medical Associa
Tion
Texas Animal Health Commission
Mexico
Kansas City
Missouri
Officials warn owners keep horses off sudan pastures
Dr James Armstrong of Texas A and M says sorghum sudan pastures and freshly cut hay can trigger sorghum cystitis in horses, especially younger ones. Cases rise with rainfall from June to November. signs include rear leg coordination loss and urine scalding in mares. No cure exists. removing horses to balanced feed aids recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Armstrong
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Sudan
Armstrong
William Romane
Texas A&m University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Computer simulates cotton growth in a minute at Texas A&M
In a Texas A&M University led program with Mississippi State and others, researchers simulate cotton growth using SIMCOT II and BUG to model weather, pests, and cultivation. Economists like Ra Billingsley study cost returns of production and insect control, highlighting data-driven methods post DDT ban and exploring biological pest control in future farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Baker
State College
Mississippi
Texas A&m
Baker
V. Billingsley
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Billingsley
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Bulinesses
Trans-Pecos gains new cotton agent Roy E Childers Jr
Texas A M University Extension Service named agr icultural engineer Roy E Childers Jr as cotton mechanization specialist for the South Plains Rolling Plains and Trans Pecos regions. He began July 16 at the Lubbock Research and Extension Center and will work with county agents to cut cotton costs while boosting quality. Childers grew up near Iowa Park Texas and earned BS MS degrees from Texas A M He has prior experience as a research assistant engineer trainee and Army Engineer Corps officer with a wife Cynthia and one child.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
South Plains
Rolling Plains
Trans-Pecos
Roy E. Childers, Jr
Texas A&m Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Lubbock
Childers
Extension Service
John E. Hutchison
Iowa Park
Wichita County
FFA Electric
Alpha Zeta
National Defense Education Act
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Reserve Officers Association
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&m
Halliburton Services
Snyder
Army Engineer Corps
Cynthia
Fertilization urged to boost fall forage production
Dr. Neal Pratt of Texas A&M Extension urges timely pasture fertilization to sharpen fall grazing. He says 80-100 pounds of nitrogen per acre suit central to Gulf Coast regions, at least 60 pounds in other areas, with spring applications optimized by targeting smaller acreages at higher rates. County agents provide area specifics.
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College Station
Neal Pratt
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Pratt
Gulf Coast
Agronomist
Far Western cotton market shows slow activity this week
Activity in Far Western cotton markets was seasonally slow with limited old crop sales to domestic mills and small purchases by foreign spinners for August delivery. Demand for Acala 1517 was good but supplies were tight as traders debated prices and new crop contracting lagged. Spot prices declined modestly across Fresno Phoenix and El Paso markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Phoenix
el Paso
Consumerism debated as gift or business threat
College Station reports on consumerism as educational opportunity and potential threat. Dr. William Vastine of Texas Agricultural Extension and Texas A&M specialists argue both sides, urging constructive cooperation between business and consumer groups to improve trust, regulation, and mutual profits.
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College Station
William Vastine
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Vastine
Food and Drug Administration
Plains
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Wisconsin
Robert Hemauer
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Elkhart Lake
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
A&m University
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Turbine
Baker Pump
Oregon
Pete Maldonado
Goodyear
PECOS
Cummins Gas Engines Sales
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Engine Service
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