Farmers should evaluate insect situation first
County entomologist Bill Bagley urges cotton growers to assess pest levels before spraying to avoid waste and harm. He warns early spraying can create sterile fields, kill beneficial insects, and that bollworms and pink bollworms remain ongoing threats in Pecos area. He advocates economic thresholds and field evaluations, plus crop rotation and field sanitation to reduce infestations and improve soil health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Cole
Bill Bagley
Reeves and
Pecos
Bagley
Coteton
Balmorhea
Saragosa
Cayanosa
Belding
U.S. Highway 80
Screwworm outbreak hits Texas wildlife and livestock
College Station reports screwworm cases at their worst in ten years as mild south Texas weather fuels rapid population growth. Charles Ramsey of Texas Agricultural Extension Service notes infestations in Brush Country and lower Hill Country, with newborn calves most affected and many cases arising from new-born navels or man-made wounds. Wildlife treatment is impractical. experts advise delaying trapping and transplanting exotic game until next winter to reduce risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Charles Ramsey
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Mexico
Ramsey
Texas Aam University
Mission Screwworm Laboratory
Farm conservation plan includes native grasses and tillage tools
Wynn Hamilton Jr. surveys a tiller packer or clod buster used to firm a seedbed after seeding a mix of adapted native grasses. This is one of many practices in his total conservation program with cost share under the Great Plains Conservation Program. Hamilton also serves as a district director for the Toyah Limpia SWCD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynn Hamilton Jr
Hamilton
Great Plains
Toyah-Limpia
SWCD
Cattle Deer Competition Study Planned at Sul Ross
Sul Ross State University will conduct a two year study on the Longfellow Ranch in Southwest Texas to determine the competition for forage between cattle and deer. The project, directed by Wayne Hanselka, receives a 36950 grant from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and will track grazing patterns and range composition year one, then apply findings in a controlled second year with deer and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Sul Ross State University Range Animal Science Department
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Everett E. Turner
Sul Ross Range Animal Science Department
Sanderson
Fort Stockton
Texas
Turner
Big Bend
Wayne Hanselka
Farm investments yield less than from industry
College Station economists Donald E. Farris and James I. Mallett report identical cash investments in farming and industry over about a decade show farming returns under one third of manufacturing. They note farming returns lag behind other U S sectors from the mid 1950s through the 1960s with wide year to year income swings and higher profitability in cotton and large Texas farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A&m University
Donald E. Farris
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
James I. Mallett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U. S
Southwest
Wisconsin
Georgia
Texas
California
Mississippi Delta
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Charity Livestock Auction set for July 27 in San Antonio
Boysville announces its 29th annual Charity Livestock Auction at Union Stockyards San Antonio on Thursday July 27 starting at 8 a.m. Chairman L B Red Connell invites donations of calves pigs sheep goats steers horses bulls ponies bridles saddles or cash, with all contributions earning a tax deduction memorandum. The event funds farm housing improvements and on the job learn by doing training for homeless boys in partnership with Judson High School and 4-H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Boysville
Union Stockyards
L. B. ‘Red’ Connell
P. O
Texas
Connell
Judson Senior High School
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Cotton Belt
North Carolina
Weslaco
Hillsboro
Pearsall
Ray Finley
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
A.H
Fred) Walker
Clod
Pecos Enterprise
Lincoln Service
Dept
Broadway
Pekin
Illinois
Western Meat Packers Training, Inc
Woodcock
Baker
Pecos Turbine
Baker Pump
UMP
Cummins Gas Engines Sales
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Engine Service
Interstate 20
Baimorkea Hwy
Jackson Chemical
W. 3Rd
Tire Service
Pete Maldonado
Goodyear
Aly
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