Texas farmers project higher yields across major crops
A weekly agri business report notes Cotton up 26 percent with 3,100,000 bales forecast for 1975 and acreage at 4,000,000. Sorghum production up 26 percent to 394,400,000 bushels. Corn up 57 percent to 115,500,000 bushels. Winter wheat at 131,100,000 bushels, oats 17,500,000. Rice slightly down at 24,885,000 hundredweights. Harvest progress varies by region with insect issues on the Plains and cotton root rot in Central Texas.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Blackland
High Plains
Gulf Coast
Brazos
Feedlots population rising in Texas cattle on feed
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White reports 1,264,000 cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in Texas on July 1, a 12 percent above June but 29 percent below the prior year. Steers are 60 percent, heifers 40 percent, others under 1. Marketings April 1 to June 30 total 689,000, down 38 percent from 1974.
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Texas
Agriculture
John C. White
Texas cotton progress amid rains slow yields in parts
Texas agricultural weather report notes open weather sped sorghum harvest in several regions while cotton yields may decline in the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend. Bollworms damaged cotton in the South Plains and Rolling Plains. Panhandle fields fruiting with some reports of green bugs and midge on sorghum.
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College Station
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Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Rio Grande Valley
Coastal Bend
Hutchison
South Plains
Rolling Plains
Panhandle
North Central
East Texas
Upper Gulf Coastal
Gulf Coast
Far West
Emergency Livestock Credit Changes Told
Changes in the Livestock Emergency Credit Program are now in effect in Texas as announced by J Lynn Futch state director of the Farmers Home Administration The act extends through Dec 31 1976 and raises loan limits to 350000 with 90 percent guarantee and seven year terms Affected farmers must be primarily engaged in agricultural production with substantial livestock involvement and may apply through banks for guaranteed loans through FmHA guidance
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Texas
J. Lynn Futch
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Credit Agency
Ford
Global Food Prices See Wide Shifts in 15 Capitals
A Foreign Agricultural Service survey shows 18 food items rose 7.6 percent in the United States but much more in some capitals. Sugar prices remained steady only in Brussels, Copenhagen and Mexico City. Boneless sirloin steak varied from $15 a pound in Tokyo to $2.12 in Washington, with eggs and oranges showing wide gaps across cities.
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United States
United Kingdom
Argentina
West Germany
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agriculture Department
FAS
U.S
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Brussels
Copenhagen
Mexico City
Ottawa
Tokyo
Buenos Aires
Stockholm
Bonn
Japan
Give Till It Helps A Red Cross Call To Help Now
There are many ways to assist beyond money including rescuing the lonely and aiding families after disasters. Last year 3,114,743 people donated blood and many others contributed time and effort. Call your local American Red Cross chapter to learn how you can lend a hand today.
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