Bright spots highlight not so good ag year in Texas
Texas Agriculture Extension Service estimates 1974 cash receipts fall about 900 million dollars to 5.6 billion. Livestock receipts drop over 1.1 billion driven by beef. crops show net gain with over 3 billion and gains in rice soybeans peanuts pecans flax sugarcane sugar beets and hay. Cotton suffers sharp crop losses. Agricultural income rises over 1973 by more than 175 million with timber fish farming hunting and farm recreation contributing. Baker notes cattle price plunge drives livestock decline. cotton hit by low prices and bad weather. 1975 outlook depends on economy and commodity markets. production mostly up for crops except cotton. livestock remains strong though pork and poultry may dip.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Charles Baker
Extension Service
Baker
Rio Grande Valley
Cotton sample receipts rise in Pecos Territory week
Volume of cotton sample receipts for the Pecos Territory for the week ended January 3 increased to 5,704 samples. The season's green card classification total reached 53,812, down from 58,720 last year. Predominant grade 42 accounted for 42 percent, with 52 at 17 percent and 51 and 41 at 13 and 12 percent. Staple lengths were led by 34 at 24 percent and 33 at 22 percent. Premium mike range 3.5 to 4.9 held 67 percent. 3.0 to 3.2 had 13 percent. Average fiber strength on the Pressley zero gage was 80,000 psi. Cottonseed priced from 125 to 145 dollars per ton to the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Mack Bennett
USDA
Carlsbad
Texas farm prices dip as cotton dulls and census forms go out
The latest Texas agricultural brief shows parity down across livestock, with wheat and sorghum softening and cotton prices 32.7 cents per pound. Texas leads in several fresh vegetable categories while overall 1974 crop value falls 26 percent from a year earlier. Census forms have been mailed and farmers are urged to respond with guidance from the county ASCS office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Census Bureau
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Bankers Learn Aspects of Agriculture Loans
The 23rd annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers, with the theme Financing Agriculture in a Time of Uncertainty, is set for February 10–12 at Texas A&M University. Over 250 bankers are expected to attend. sessions cover hedging, loan instruments, and various loan types including crops, machinery, cow-calf, feed lot, and dairy loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas Farm and Ranch
Texas A&m University
Tommy Hollmig
Honda National Bank
Texas Bankers Association
Tom Prater
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Carl Shafer
Peter Barry
A&M _ department of Agricultural Economics
W.P. Scamardo
Brazos River
George Sell
First National Bank
Lubbock
Leonard Passmore
Texas
Prater
Country Bank
Tyrus Timm
A&m
Texas Bank
Pecos Enterprise Agricultural News Page
The Pecos Enterprise reports on crop trends and livestock markets in the regional agricultural section. Weather, planting schedules, and price updates for cattle, sheep, corn, and cotton are featured for producers and buyers across the Pecos area.
Van Dyke to entertain at El Paso stock show
LeRoy Van Dyke, noted country and western singer, will headline the 46th Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo at the El Paso County Coliseum February 1-9. Rodeo events run Feb 4-8 with matinees Feb 1-9. Horse show begins Feb 1. judging and contests span Feb 1-5, with a downtown parade and grand entry slated Tuesday night.
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van Dyke
el Paso
LeRoy van Dyke
Chuck Mattox
Dick Watkins
el Paso County Coliseum
Mattox
Crops escape freeze damage in the Valley
In Rio Grande City Texas Starr County cantaloupe and honey dew crops escaped freeze damage as vines stay underground. Temperature dropped to 18 degrees. some lettuce leaf damage noted. Sugar cane crops also showed limited damage though early assessments uncertain. About 10,660 acres harvested, 37 percent of the cane total. Livestock show highlights upcoming junior auction sale with 36 top animals per division to be sold to El Paso groups.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Starr County
Ralph Ross
la Casita
Ed Nelson
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Nelson
4-H
FFA
el Paso
Screwworm cases fall below year ago in Texas
Texas reports 6902 screwworm cases in 1974 down from 8913 in 1973 and 90980 in 1972. December cases total 66 vs 486 in December 1973. Ranchers’ prompt sample submission and dry weather helped reduce numbers. late summer and fall saw increases in sheep goat areas and ear-tick wounds in south Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
M.E. Meadows
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Meadows
Scientists See the Unseeable Through X-ray Techniques at A&M
Texas A&M Experiment Station scientists led by Dr. Edgar Meyer study metalloporphyrins and bile pigments to reveal three dimensional molecular structures. Using X-ray crystallography and computer graphics, they visualize big and small molecules, aided by two molecular libraries and three small computers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Morimoto
Ed Myer
Texas A&m University
Edgar Meyer
Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&m
David Cullen
Meyer’s Laboratory
Hawaii
Meyers Laboratory
Texas farm and ranch count to stay level in 1975
Agriculture official John C. White reports 1975 Texas farm and ranch totals will match 1974, with an estimated 209000 farms and ranches. The state leads the nation in farm numbers, total land in farms is 141.8 million acres, and U.S. farmland totals are projected at 1086 million acres. Farm population and employment have stabilized after years of decline.
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Austin
Texas
John C. White
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
White
U.S
Iowa Tops 1973 Farm Cash Receipts Nationwide
Iowa led the nation in cash receipts from farming in 1973 with 7.3 billion dollars. Livestock corn and soybeans were top earners while California followed with 7.2 billion. North Dakota edged Kansas to lead wheat receipts for the first time since 1968.
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Iowa
California
North Dakota
Kansas
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Pecos Enterprise
W. 3Rd Bearing Coy
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Mgr
James E. Navy
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APHIS
Rawford Ughes
eFarm
eFarm Casualty
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
State of Texas
Dept. of Agricultural Communications
Texas A & M University
Manuel Arvizu, Jr
Arvizu Pipe CO
Balmorhea Hwy
Pecos, Tex
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