Texas July Fourth agriculture boom hints at steady gains
Texas crops look promising across most regions for the July Fourth weekend with cotton harvesting underway in the High Plains and grain sorghum gathering pace in South Texas. Beef production improves while milk output fluctuates with May showing slight gains. Census of Agriculture drive targets 99,000 farmers who have yet to respond, assuring data privacy.
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High Plains
Texas
Census Bureau
Meat supplies still abundant in Texas in May production
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White reports May red meat production at 234.7 million pounds, near April and 17 percent above May 1974. Cattle, calf, sheep, and lamb slaughter offset a drop in hogs. Five month totals show strong cattle and sheep/lamb volumes, with hogs down but overall red meat up from last year. The 14th annual all boy rodeo at West Texas Boys Ranch, Saturday at 7:00 p.m., features the San Angelo Saddle Club polo exhibition. no admission. Barbeque plates offered for 2 dollars from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
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Texas
Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
West Texas Boys Ranch
Ranch
Buck Owens
Barnhart
San Angelo Saddle Club
Crops Make Progress Across Texas Despite Pests
Texas crops progress well due to favorable moisture. Insects rise in South and Central Texas while screwworm cases increase across the state, with 1,744 cases in the first half of the year and June accounting for most. Panhandle to East Texas report varied yields, hail damage, and ongoing harvesting as rains are needed in parts.
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Hutchison
Robertson County
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Ector
Culberson
el Paso
West Central
Central
Eastland
Erath
Livestock market lifts Texas price index in June 1975
Texas farm price data for the month ended June 15 shows the All Farm Products Index at 460, up from 454, with a 3 percent rise in Livestock and Livestock Products. Hog prices reach 44.70 per cwt, beef cattle 35.10, while sheep and lambs dip but stay above last June.
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Texas
Agriculture
John C. White
Dubuque Weather Wunderkind to Host NBC Show
Tom Churchill a 14 year old from Dubuque who forecasts for WDBQ radio will appear as a one day guest on NBC TV Tomorrow in New York. The Fourth of July special will air six hours with five minute global forecasts each hour. Churchill began weather watching at eight and has impressed staff by matching National Weather Service accuracy.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Tom Churchill
Wdbq Radio
NBC TV
Tom
National Weather Service
Phil Kelly
WDBQ
Paul Hemmer
National Chicken Cooking Contest draws 50 states entries
Contestants from 50 states and District of Columbia gather in San Antonio on July 9 for the National Chicken Cooking Contest with a $20,000 purse from the National Broiler Council. First prize is $10,000. finalists include Beverly Sebastian of Fort Worth.
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Austin
San Antonio
District of Columbia
National Broiler Council
Agriculture
John C. White
Texas
Beverly Sebastian
Fort Worth
Texas hog and pig inventory hits near ten year low
Texas farms on June 1 held about 800000 hogs and pigs, down 14 percent from last year, with breeding hogs at 132000 and market hogs 668000. The drop follows beef overabundance and high production costs, while the national tally reached 48.2 million, the smallest since 1964.
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Texas
John C. White
White
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Uwi
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Pecos
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Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn Balmorhla
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Texas Tech
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