Narrow row planting could cut cotton costs in Pecos
Dr. Jim Hefner of Texas A&M asserts that increasing plant density and a shorter growing season can slash irrigation needs from 48 to 24 inches per acre, saving about $48 per acre. He notes potential 10-15 percent yield drop but argues higher density can offset via earlier maturity and similar total yield, with additional fertilizer and interest savings.
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Trans-Pecos
Jim Hefner
Agricultural Experiment Station
Pecos
Hefner
West Texas
Texas A&m Agriculture Experiment Station
Simmental Association to learn testing values
Bozeman Montana based story notes American Simmental Association convention in Houston on Feb 22 with three speakers addressing performance testing. Don Vaniman ASA executive secretary outlines topics by Dr. R W Touchberry Dr. Frank H Baker and J David Nichols. The Texas Simmental Association hosts seventh annual national convention and fifth annual national sale in the Astrodomain Complex Astrohall with over one hundred Simmentals sold at 3 p.m. Feb 23.
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Bozeman
American Simmental Association
Houston
Don Vaniman
ASA
Association
R.W. Touchberry
Department of Animal Science
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
J. David Nichols
Anita
Iowa
BIF
Texas Simmental Association
American Simmental
Astrodomain
Astrohall
Beef and cattle rise amid hopeful Texas meat figures
December meat production in Texas up 38 percent from a year ago and 13 percent above 1973, with nationwide red meat up seven percent and beef up eight percent. Cattle kill up 13 percent, cow slaughter rising. per capita beef consumption exceeds production, but beef remains a bargain as prices ease for consumers. Sheep and lambs fall to the lowest Texas level since 1919, goats down, while off farm grain storage drops 33 million bushels. Nationwide grain stocks mostly below year-ago levels with corn and oats down and wheat up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Beef Industry
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
West Texas
North Texas
South Texas
Milestones in American Agriculture From Past To Present
A concise survey tracks farming advances from colonial crops to modern efficiency. It notes Henry Clay introducing Hereford cattle in 1817, shifts in farm labor, the reaper’s impact in the 1800s, and farms using hydroponic methods. It highlights meat safety, solar heated barns, and rising beef availability while citing workforce and production trends.
Cotton knits boost natural blend fabric line
New York based Caro-Knit, Inc. adopts Cotton Incorporated developed Natural Blend double knits for women's wear alongside 100 percent cotton single knits. The 60 percent cotton minimum blend uses 70/30 cotton polyester yarns with textured filament polyester. Hahn credits Cotton Incorporated departments for the program’s success. products arrive in fall 1975 through Caro-Knit’s New York Dallas and Los Angeles offices.
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New York
Caro-Knit, Inc
Cotton Incorporated
U.S
J. Nicholas Hahn
Department of Cotton Incorporated
Hahn
Raleigh
Caro-Knit
Textiles, Inc
Jefferson, S.C
Dallas
Los Angeles
El Paso Market Provides Daily State Quotation Service
Gabriel Juarez of the Texas Department of Agriculture marketing division announced a new daily quotation service for El Paso area producers. The service will update every morning with state wide market data and by afternoon cover live stock, small grain and local vegetables with 2 pm quotation updates. Weekly New Mexico livestock and pork market data will be included, aiding crop planning and pricing decisions.
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el Paso
Gabriel Juarez
Texas Department of Agriculture
Juarez
New Mexico
Madera Valley Water Group Seeks Members at Tonight Meeting
Reeves County nonprofit Madera Valley Water Supply Corporation invites all members to its sixth annual meeting at the Verhalen Community Center. Refreshments will be served and door prizes totaling 100 dollars offered. Attendance encouraged for rural service group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera Valley Water Suply Corporation
Reeves County
Verhalen
Virus preys on bollworms
San Antonio researchers at the Southwest Research Institute will use a $25,000 federal grant to stabilize a nuclear polyhedrosis virus that preys on cotton bollworms and tobacco budworms. The project seeks encapsulation to help the virus survive in sunlit cotton and tobacco fields, promoting natural pest control over synthetic insecticides.
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San Antonio, Tex
Southwest Research Institute
Agriculture Department
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Ivan Schmedemann
Texas A&m University
County Judges and Commissioners Conference
Rio Grande Valley
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Beef Improvement Federation
Lincoln
Nebraska
Baker
Division of Agriculture
Oklahoma State University
John C. White
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America
Henry Clay
North Carolina State University
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EORGE
Washington
Scientific Farmer
Enn
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Madera Valley Water Group
Rawford
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Manuel Arvizu, Jr
Sarvizu Pipe CO
Pecos, Tex
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