Plains cotton crop mostly in fields despite slow harvest
Across the plains region farmers push harvests as extended cold and wet weather slows progress. Dr. John Hutchison notes more than half of cotton remains unharvested in the plains with grain sorghum and peanuts also lagging in several counties. Livestock feeding rises with winter conditions.
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College Station
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Panhandle
Texas
Hutchison
South
South Plains
North Central
Parker
Palo Pinto
Parker County
West Central
Sutton County
Limestone County
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Winter effort aims to eradicate screwworms along US Mexico border
USDA reports full winter reporting of suspected screwworms is vital to erase the livestock pest from overwintering areas. Dr. M E Meadows notes limited sterile flies earlier, now urging ranchers in southern Texas, Arizona and California to submit larvae samples. Authorities expand the barrier zone to 67 southern Texas counties to ensure rapid releases where needed.
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U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Mexico
M.E
Meadows
Animal and Plant Inspection Service
Mission
Tex
Texas
Arizona
California
United States
APHIS
Loving County
Brown County
Brazoria County
Gulf of Mexico
A&M Hosts 21st Farm and Ranch Credit School for Bankers
The 21st annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers runs February 12 to 14 at Texas A&M University with the theme New Dimensions in Agricultural Finance. Leon Thompson of Citizens National Bank Waco chairs the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Section of the Texas Bankers Association and Tom Prater, program chairman and extension service economist, say more than 200 bankers are expected.
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College Station
Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School
A&m University
Leon Thompson
Waco
Citizen’s National Bank
Texas Bankers Association Agricultural and Rural Affairs
Tom ‘Prater
Man and Xtension Service
Estimated fish species count reaches twenty five thousand
Biologists estimate there are about 25 000 fish species worldwide. The figure reflects diversity across oceans seas and rivers and highlights ongoing cataloging by researchers.
New York firm to take over Houston's elevator
Port of Houston selects Dreyfus Corp. to operate the public grain elevator under a 10 year lease worth 1 million dollars annually starting January 1. The decision follows a competitive bidding process that replaced a privatized plan with Cook Industries after a public protest over lack of open bids.
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New York
Houston
Dreyfus Corp
Cook Industries, Inc
Memphis
Ers
Cook
Dreyfus
Port Commissioners
Grady Fullerton
Cotton growers resist market price decreases
Farmers delayed harvest in Far Western markets as price declines persisted. Demand narrowed to select qualities while supplies of higher grades remained limited. Harvest near peak but weather allowed final stages. regional quotes show slight declines from prior week across Fresno Phoenix and El Paso middling staples.
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USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Fresno
Phoenix
el Paso
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Plains
Texas A&m Experiment Station
A&m
Bankers
Cleara
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Stocks Taylor
West 3Rd Street
Pecos
Ronnie Doggett
Mer
John Griffis
Doyle Eager
John Or
Doyle
Treanor Equipment CO
Pecos, Texas
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