Cotton crop still in fields after Texas ice storm
The worst ice storm of the winter slowed farm work across Texas. Dr. John Hutchison reports hay and feed needs for livestock. 5 percent of Texas plains cotton remains unharvested with varying conditions by region. Cattle feeding increases and livestock losses are noted amid cold, wet weather.
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Tarrant County
Ane Drews
Martin
Midland
Glasscock
Crane County
West Central
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Central
Frio
Dimmit
Zavala
Rio Grande Valley
Reeves County producers face 1973 sign up decisions
Reeves County farmers must choose participation in the 1973 feed grain, wheat and cotton programs during sign-up Feb 5 to March 16 at the ASCS office in Pecos. They will decide set-aside levels, substitution crops and land use while aligning their farm plans with program rules. A Jan 25 meeting will explain details. The piece also notes a nationwide rally of borrowers by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association over Rural Electrification Administration loan changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Clyde L. Daughhetee
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County
Daughhetee
ASCS
Third St
Pecos
Washington
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Rural Electrification Administration
NFU official urges research focus on rural life and farms
A National Farmers Union official urged Texas A&M and other land grant universities to enhance research on rural living conditions and family farm agriculture. He warned against growth of large scale farms and urged policy aligned with farm size restraint and targeted reforms. Local and national figures discussed recommendations from the Pound Committee Report and broader research needs for credit, taxation, minimum wages, and grant programs.
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College Station
National Farmers Union
Texas A&m
America
Weldon V. Barton
Washington, D.C
NFU
Legislative Service
Texas Agriculturas Experiment Station
Texas
Schools of Agriculture
Federal Treasury
Office of Management and Budget Axe
Barton
Nyle C
Hobby Pushes Subcommittees On Agriculture And Water
Lt Gov elect Bill Hobby outlined priority goals at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Conference. He urged the Senate to create standing subcommittees on agriculture and water, with Sen Bill Patman of Canada to lead the agriculture panel in a broader natural resources committee. He highlighted funding and education reform, federal revenue sharing, ethics and abortion laws, and equal rights for women as top legislative tasks. Dr. H O Kunkel praised agricultural science and urged researchers to balance innovation with public responsibility to secure support.
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College Station
Bill Hobby
Senate
Bill Patman
Canada
Hobby
Agriculture and Water Committee
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A&m University
H.O. Kunkel
A&m College of Agriculture
National Academy of Science
Thas Nontheless
Texans start cattle venture in Jamaica
In Kingston Jamaica John B Connally and Pollard Simon with John Rollins form a Jamaica cattle venture announced by Prime Minister Michael Manley. The plan includes 11 000 acres of land, a five million meat packing plant, a feed lot, and a quarantine station for breeding cattle with government participation. Rollins and Simon already hold Jamaica interests with Rose Hall and Tryall developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
John B. Connally
Pollard Simon
Dallas
John Rollins
Delaware
Michael Manley
Connally
U.S
Tryall
Montego Bay
Simon’s Company
Rollins
Rose Hall
World Bank
Manley
Nixons
P. J. Patterson
Farm Industry Values Rise 7.7 Percent to 370.6 Billion
USDA preliminary figures show higher crop earnings lift the nation’s farming industry value to 370.6 billion as of Jan 1. Farm equities reach a record 298.2 billion, with debt totaling 70.1 billion at the start of 1973. Livestock and crop inventories also climb.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
USDA
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Texas Plains
Ditchmaker
Clifford Frazier
Saul Roquemore
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Union
Brady
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
National Academy of Sciences
Pound Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Fairmont
Regency
Curt Rodgers
Shawnee Mission
Kan
Jim Scott
Oregon
Water Committee
Kunkel
Pecos Enterprise
Treanor
Acricom International of
San Francisco
California
Reeves and
Mr. Bickley
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Mgr
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
Kubota
Pecos Tractor & Picker Service
S. Stafford Blvd
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