Retirement planning for farmers eyed by Texas A&M economists
Texas A&M agricultural economists Dr. Peter J. Barry and Tom E. Prater warn that 10 to 15 years ahead will bring retirement estate transfers and disinvestment decisions for many farmers. Rising land values and farm wealth may trigger large estate taxes. options include leasing, partnerships, or off farm investments while managing costs, wills, and taxes.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Peter J. Barry
The
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Barry and Prater
Michigan
Texas A&M launches on-job training for agribusiness grads
Texas A&M University partners its Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology with the Livestock Merchandising Institute to place Master of Agriculture students in three to four month internships. The program emphasizes industry oriented curricula and practical experience, with no thesis required. Institute members, including 250 trustees, support expanding job training in agribusiness to improve livestock marketing economics.
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Texas A&m University
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Livestock Merchandising Institute
College of Agriculture
Ed Uvacek
Addi
Avacek
Department of Agricultural Economics
Rain slows Texas harvests across regions
Rain from two weather fronts slowed harvest in Texas last week. Cotton fields show white bolls while harvest moves northward to Asa in McLennan County. Over 200000 bales picked in the Rio Grande Valley. rain delays in coastal counties. Grain sorghum and soybeans progress with generally good yields. rice and vegetables show activity with pockets of replanting. Range conditions improve in some areas but North Central and Northeast counties face poor grazing and water shortages amid ongoing screwworm cases.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Asa
McLennan County
Rio Grande Valley
Plains
Hutchinson
High Plains
San Antonio Winter Garden
Poultry Science Degrees in Demand in Texas Firms
A Texas A&M University survey shows poultry firms prefer graduates with a bachelor of science in poultry science. Firms could use 22 graduates now, with 34 more needed next year and 76 for 1974-76. About 43 percent expect salaries from 7000 to 39000, while 45 percent expect 19000 to 12000. Final cash receipts figure not provided.
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College Station
Texas Poultry Industry
Whch
Texas A&m University
W. B. Krueger
A&m Poultry Science Department
Kraueser
Moths found in Kern County raise pest alert and Arkansas crop notes
Four additional nonsterile pink bollworm moths were found in Kern County within three weeks totaling six in the area, with sterile moth releases stepped up to curb infestation risk. Separately, the University of Arkansas reports 1971 soybean production ranking fifth in the nation with 92 million bushels, while rice yields hit a record 4 950 pounds per acre and broiler production led the nation in 1971. Demand impacts include Texas poultry and eggs contributing about 1.2 billion dollars to the economy in 1970 through processing industry expansion.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Kern County
Fayetteville, Ark
University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Here
Arkansas
Oildale
Dave Keim
U.S. Agriculture Department
Keim
Bennett
Keva
Tulare County
Texas
Krueger
Wheat export limits eyed as price rise threatens markets
The Agriculture Department aims to curb rising domestic wheat prices tied to selling about a quarter of the U.S. crop to the Soviet Union. Subsidy increases will be halted next week, potentially lifting bread costs and triggering curbs on flour prices. Soviet purchases of roughly 460 million bushels have tightened supply, sending futures beyond $2 a bushel for the first time in six years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Department
Price Board
U.S
Chicago
Deadlines Near for Fair Entries at Pan-American Expo
Last day for beef and dairy cattle sheep swine entries in the Pan-American Livestock Ex position and for horses in the State Fair of Texas Horse Show is September 5. The 20th Pan-American promises its largest domestic and international audience yet. Reserve stall or pen space now and obtain premium lists and entry cards by writing Livestock or Horse Department Box 26010 Dallas Texas 75226.
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Dallas
Texas
Massive insect control research program launches at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M University president announces a large scale integrated pest management program by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The five year national effort combines chemical biological and cultural methods to cut pest damage and raise profits. Texas A&M leads three first year research projects in cotton citrus and pine bark beetles with about 233000 in grants.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Jack K. Williams
Texas A&m University
Texas A&m
Williams
Winter crops boosts proposed in acreage guide
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a 4 percent rise in winter vegetable production next season with favorable market prospects. The 1973 acreage marketing guide suggests 5 percent increases for select crops in some areas and a 16 percent rise for Texas carrots, while reductions target escarole production and certain crops see no change.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Texas
Ban on live bird imports to curb exotic Newcastle disease
Agriculture Department bans all commercial imports of live pet and exotic birds including finches canaries parakeets parrots and mynahs effective Thursday to prevent another outbreak of exotic Newcastle disease in US poultry flocks. The effort links the International Biological Program National Science Foundation EPA USDA universities and others with a five year 1.5 million grant to improve pest management and citrus and cotton pest control research led by Texas A&M and other institutions with new appointments and ongoing TAES funded projects.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
International Biological Program
National Science Foundation
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Universities and Experiment Stations
H. O. Kunkel
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
California
P. L. Adkisson
Tamu Entomology Department
Texas A&m
Cotton, Inc
Herbert
Cornhusking Then And Now A Slower Festive Time
A nostalgic look at cornhusking as a communal, informal harvest event. It contrasts today’s machine driven efficiency with 50 to 60 years ago when families gathered, husked by hand, held contests for most bushels, and danced after supper to fiddle tunes. The piece celebrates simple shared fun embedded in work.
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Robert N. Coulson
Thomas L. Payne
Cora
Cottingham
Williams Tools
Pecos
Ronnie Doggett
Johnny Mauldin
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