Texas farmers split by wheat and sorghum harvests across regions
A Texas agribusiness weekly notes harvests underway from the High Plains to the Rio Grande Valley. Wheat harvest is about 20 percent complete while southern areas harvest sorghum and prepare for cotton. Cotton planting in the High Plains nears completion as rains delay overall harvests. Parity figures show agriculture barely above failure at 72 with oats mohair and sheep above parity, while calves cotton hogs and beef cattle remain below. Five counties Cameron Duval Hidalgo Jim Hogg and Jim Wells gain emergency livestock feed to ease drought. Sheep and lamb feeding is down 58 percent year over year but up 57 percent from a month ago. Red meat production in April rises 25 percent year over year with cattle slaughter up and hog slaughter down.
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Texas
High Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Cameron
Duval
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Pima S-4 dominates West Texas cotton acreage
J A McAfee notes El Paso and Hudspeth counties planted 77 percent of their cotton to Pima S-4. Last season Pima S-4 accounted for about 90 percent of American Pima in the area, with Pima S-2 at 14 percent, Pima S-3 at four percent, Pima P-28 at three percent, and Pima S-5 at two percent. About 30,318 bales of American Pima were ginned in El Paso, Hudspeth and Reeves counties last season.
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el Paso
Hudspeth
J.A. McAfee
West Texas
Reeves
Cotton Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas increases funds for Summer Food Service Program
Texas received an additional 470000 for the Special Summer Food Service Program for Children, raising the state total to about 2 million. The funds come from the U S Department of Agriculture and support meals through day camps and recreation centers for needy children during summer, supplementing free school lunches. In 1974 sponsors requested over 60 million but spent 50 million. funding may be redistributed after programs start.
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Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
FNS
Cotton research funding cut sparks farmer council warning
C L Denton Jr of Denwood Arkansas, head of the National Cotton Council, warns that federal reductions in agricultural research funding threaten U S cotton production and jobs. He cites a 5 million dollar base cut plus specific program reductions across many locations from Las Cruces to New Orleans, urging continued support for innovation in crop science.
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Tenn
National Cotton Council
C.L. Denton, Jr
Denwood
Ark
Las Cruces
Phoenix
Knoxville
Florence
S.C
College Station
Texas
New Orleans
Auburn
Denton
Dr. Orts wins 1975 Distinguished Meats Extension Award
Dr. Frank A. Orts, meats specialist with Texas Agricultural Extension Service, won the 1975 Distinguished Meats Extension Industry Service Award presented during the American Meat Science Association Reciprocal Meat Conference at the University of Missouri. Orts, a Gonzales native with Texas A&M, chairs support for county agents in meat production and processing, developed the Beef Carcass Data Service, and has published extensively.
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Gonzales
Texas
Texas and Southwestern Meat Packers Association
Orts
Texas Agricultural Extension Specialists Association
American Society of Animal Science
The
Institute of Food Technology
American Meat Science Association
Reeves upland cotton dominantly delta-type varieties
A survey by the Agricultural Marketing Service shows almost all upland cotton acres in Reeves and Pecos Counties planted to medium staple delta-type varieties. Tamcot SP 21 and Stoneville 213 lead with 28 and 27 percent. Delta Pine 16 and Stoneville 7A follow. Upland ginnings total 44,425 bales for 1974, down from 45,435. In Pima, 60 percent grown to Pima S-4 and 35 percent to Pima S-2, with P 28 and P 29 making up the remainder.
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Reeves
Pecos
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mark Bennett
Carlsbad
Texas farmers warned on Title 5 seed rules
A USDA seed expert explains Title 5 of the Federal Seed Act to Texas farmers and seedsmen. Special PVPA protection covers 66 seed varieties of cotton, lima bean, soybean, and wheat, requiring certified seed if sold by variety name. Farmers should check with the Texas Department of Agriculture or Extension Agent to avoid illegal uncertified sales, with owners’ approval allowing uncertified sales only in mixtures in some states.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas
Clyde Edwards
Agricultural Marketing Service
AMS
Edwards
State Department of Agriculture
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