Weather less harsh to state's farmers and ranchers
The weather eased hardship for Texas farmers with showers delaying field work in the south and east, snow hampering plains cotton harvest, and warmer spells aiding small grain growth. Livestock face stress from recent cold wet weather while hay and protein supplies remain short statewide. Fields drying in panhandle and west areas allow resumed harvesting and land prep for spring crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Tex
Texas
Plains
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
Midland-Stanton
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Jack
Parker
Far West
Midland- Stanton
West Central
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Central
Relocation program helps migrant workers gain non farm jobs
A Texas A&M study of 660 Rio Grande Valley workers trained by Ling-Tecmo-Vought shows 55 percent remained with LTV after three years. Factors included social support, kin in new area, moving allowances, prior education and income, and realistic community expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Rio Grande Valley
Ling- Tecmo-Vought
Dallas-Fort Worth
LTV
David C. Ruesink
Michael C. Kleibrink
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Employment Commission
Houtchens Named Supervisor for Texas High Plains
Raymond Houtchens of Lubbock has been named by Commissioner John C. White as supervisor of Texas Department of Agriculture activities in 80 counties of the High Plains and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Houtchens
Lubbock
John C. White
Pervisor
Texas Department of Agriculture
High Plains
West Texas
Doland Olson
Stephenville
H.A. Weatherby
White
Tyler
Houston
Brenham
San Antonio
Pharr
Houtchens
34Th Street
Panhandle
el Paso
Abilene
San Angelo
Brown
Bill Shaw Named West Texas Boys Ranch Drive Chairman
Bill Shaw a San Angelo livestock operator was named general Roundup chairman for West Texas Boys Ranch. He has long ties to cattle groups and local rodeo history including organizing the first Ranch Ball in 1971. Shaw invites livestock producers to contribute animals to the Ranch with charitable, tax deductible donations. He and district updates note new supervisors for Texas agriculture in Lubbock and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shaw
San Angelo
West Texas Boys Ranch
Ken Spencer
Shaw
Tom Green County
Buck Owens
Barnhart
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Association
Texas Cattle Feeders Association
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Mertzon Lions Club and Country Cotillion
Irion County
Boys Ranch
Ranch Arena
San Angelo Coliseum
US Ranch Steel
Ceeds
E. E. Young
Future Farmers of America
United States
Tom Green
Irion
Glascock
McCulloch
Clayton
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Agricultural Conference Set for Pecos Feb 16
Kenneth E Lindsey will lead the morning session of the Annual Trans Pecos Agricultural Conference in Pecos on Friday February 16 at the Reddy Room Community Public Service Company. The topic area covers Forages Small Grains and Grain Sorghums. Lindsey, a Texas Tech agronomy graduate, holds a UC Berkeley masters and is pursuing a PhD at Texas A&M. He served as a Marine radar technician during the Korean War. Lindsey and his family reside in Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Lindsey
Trans-Pecos Ag
Pecos
Reddy Room of
Community Public Service Company
Lindsey
Texas Tech
University of California
Texas A&m University
U.S. Marine Corps
Fort Stockton
Far West cotton activity slows as harvest nears end
Agricultural Marketing Service reports slower Far West cotton activity last week due to late harvest and bulk sales. Buyers and mills showed varied demand with steady to higher prices for current ginnings, while contracting rose in the San Joaquin Valley and in Far Eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
San Joaquin Valley
California
China buys 400000 cotton bales from U.S. producers
Washington AP confirms Mainland China placed a large order with Plains Cotton Cooperative Association in Texas, valued around 78 million dollars. The sale could push 1973 U.S. exports to China to 300 to 400 million, with imports from China rising but the U.S. still enjoying a favorable balance of trade. China also expected to buy 80 to 90 million in grain and 8 million in electronic equipment, while half of a 150 million Boeing 707 order may be fulfilled in 1973.
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Washington
China
United States
U.S
Agriculture Department
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
Texas
U. S
Aggie Meats Team Wins Southwestern Contest Again
Texas A M Junior Meats Team wins first place for the third year in a row at the Southwestern Intercollegiate Meats Judging Contest held with Fort Worth Fat Stock Show announced Jan 28. Joe Daryl Tatum of Fredericksburg tops individual honors with wins in lamb and beef judging and high overall points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A&m University
Fort Worth
New Mexico State University
Kansas State University
Oklahoma State University
A&m
Joe Daryl Tatum
Fredericksburg
Screwworm cases in 1972 exceed prior decade in US and Mexico
Mexico City AP reports 1972 saw about 33,000 cases in Mexico and 95,600 in the United States, the highest in ten years. Dr. Marco Villasenor cites mild winter and lax rancher care as factors, with a joint sterilized-fly program continuing from a Tampico station capable of 40 million weekly releases through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Marco Villasenor
U.S
Villasenor
U.s.-Mexico
Tampico
Nation’s sheep flock declines five percent in 1965
The Agriculture Department reports the United States sheep and lamb population fell five percent last year, totaling 17.726 million as of January 1. About 2.8 million are fed for slaughter, roughly the same as a year earlier, a drop from over 32 million in 1961 due to shifts to other livestock, price issues, predators, and imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Texas livestock health chief seeks 9 million budget amid crises
Dr. H Q Sibley of the Texas Animal Health Commission told the House Appropriations Committee that Texas faced hog cholera scabies cattle fever and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis and Newcastle disease in the Rio Grande Valley. He urged 1974-75 funding of 9 million for vaccines brucellosis control and disease eradication efforts including cooperation with Mexico to eradicate screwworms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Neil Caldwell
Alvin
H.Q. Sibley
Texas Animal Health Commission
Rio Grande Val
Ley
Sibley
House Appropriations Committee
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Losis
Matt Garcia
D-San Antonio
Mexico
Animal health conference set in Texas
The 5th annual Southwestern Animal Health Conference for Livestockmen runs March 17-18 in Waco. By the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, it features leading educators and vets with seminars on equine bovine swine feedlot and dairy health. preregistration is $15, $20 at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Southwestern Animal Health Conference
Waco
Texas Veterinary Medical Association
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&m University
Scarbrough Building
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E. B. Tudor
James Alderson
Sudan
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Ruesink
Kleibrink
Fresno
Phoenix
Red China
Aggie Meats
Joe Behrens
Brownwood
Steve Jackson
Gainesville
Fla
Charles Schroeder
Taylor
Aggie
Gordon Davis
Merritt Pike
Gary Smith
A&m Animal Science
Texas Federation of Cooperatives
Texas Cooperative Ginners Association
Houston Bank For Cooperatives
Astroworld Hotel
State of
Pecos Enterprise
South
Central America
Southwest
Commission
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
Treanor
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