Saudi Arabia Plans $12 Billion Desert Green Initiative
Saudi Arabia to invest 12 billion dollars from oil wealth to reclaim 4.18 million hectares of desert into farmland as part of a 143.5 billion dollar five year plan. The Hofuf oasis near Dhahran anchors early work with dam upgrades irrigation and research centers in Jidda Riyadh Hassa Qatif.
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HOFAF
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Desert
Riyadh
Taher Ebied
Dhahran
Ebied
Jidda
Hassa
Qatif
Hofuf
Jaizan
Abha
Khober
Agagui
Good hog market prices through early 1976
Washington AP says hog producers should see good prices through early 1976 due to sharp breeding herd cuts since last summer. Pork output in Q1 fell 10 percent from a year earlier and will drop further in Q2 as slaughter supplies stay tight. Higher corn prices last year pushed growers to seek cash grains over hog feeding, and output may be down 15 to 17 percent versus July-December last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
Bentsen bill targets foreign sales via American storage
Senator Lloyd Bentsen urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to back a bill letting foreign buyers store part of their U S purchases in empty U S storage bins. The plan aims to ease world food shortages and expand U S export markets while protecting domestic prices from resale of foreign-held reserves. The proposal would apply only when U S storage space remains after domestic needs are met.
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Lloyd Bentsen
Senate Agriculture Committee
U.S
America
Bentsen
Cally
United States
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Cotton, brucellosis aid and Texas nine lines
June signals first 1975 cotton bale in Lower Rio Grande Valley as farmers plant across Texas. Economists see recession bottoming and fewer cotton acres, while state brucellosis indemnity aid expands. Texas Animal Health Programs Office provides contact to apply for indemnity payments and reports on eradication efforts.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Texas Animal Health Commission
Cotton problems grow in Mississippi Delta as farmers drop cotton
In Drew and surrounding Delta towns the looming 1.3 billion loss in business and earnings grows slowly as shrinking cotton acreages, high costs, and unstable markets force farmers to shift to soybeans or rice. Officials say borrowing has dried up, shops report lower sales, and input purchases fall as soy profits lag behind cotton.
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Drew. Miss
Mississippi Delta
Drew
W.O. Williford
Prentiss Lewis
Maurice Edmonds
Bob Williams
Rented Cow Sparks Alaska Nutrition Lesson
In remote Alaska, school and health officials rented a cow from a farm near Anchorage to teach children about nutrition and dairy. Students funded the project, flew the cow to town, and fed it for a week, making the animal a sensation of the year with wide attendance.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Investors rallied for U.S. Savings Bonds in payroll plans
The message notes large early investments to fund arms and rebuilding, praising Americans for giving through war and peace. It cites over 90 million now buying Savings Bonds via Payroll Savings Plan and urges participation as a strong, patriotic investment in America.
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U.S
Payroll
America
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Don Kendall
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Animal Health Programs Office
Colorado Street
Austin
Pecos Enterprise
Baker Pump Corp
Pecos
Baker & Pecos
General Machine Shop
Vattey
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Gashoun
Clint Glenn
The
Free
Advertising Council
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