Texas crop picture shifts from planting to harvest
In late May Texas farmers split between planting cotton in the High Plains and preparing to harvest in the Rio Grande Valley. 1975 wheat production is pegged at 137.5 million bushels, a record high though down slightly from an earlier estimate, with yield around 25 bushels per acre. Cotton planting is near last year’s pace, harvest should begin in June, sorghum is two thirds planted, and prospects are good for a normal crop in key regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
High Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Coastal Bend
Payment Violations By Meat Packer Charged
A large western meat packer, James Allan & Sons, Inc., with plants at Stockton California and Gooding Idaho, was charged by the Agriculture Department with prompt payment violations involving livestock purchases. The complaint cites overdue payments totaling over $219000 for May and additional late payments over $355000 for May shipments to Stockton, plus over $195000 for March through May shipments to Gooding. The case notes current liabilities exceeding assets by up to $1.5 million and highlights broader concerns about tardy payments in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
James Allan & Sons, Inc
Stockton
Calif
Gooding
Idaho
West
American Beef Packers, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Congress
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Senate
House Agriculture
USDA
Senate report blasts Indochina refugee resettlement program
A Senate report labels the refugee processing program a shambles and warns that many Indochina refugees will stay in resettlement camps for more than six months and perhaps a year. It criticizes the administration’s handling of resettlement for about 131,000 refugees and calls for an orderly, expeditious approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indochina
Senate
Senate Subcommittee On
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Interagency Task Force
Guam
United States
Task Force Coordinating Refugee Programs
Western Pacific
Ford
Haiti famine in Haiti northwest drives aid push
In Gonaives and the northern peninsula, more than half a million Haitians face starvation as drought, population growth, and poor farming laboring under failing relief efforts. U.S. agencies coordinate with CARE and others to feed about 120,000 for three to five months while distribution routes from Gonaives reach desperate families.
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Texas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Gonaives
Haiti
Marie Joseph
Joseph
Port-au- Prince
U.S
Heyward Isham
Northwest
Gonavies
European feeder group to visit soybean farms
A six-member European team of animal feed processors will visit Washington June 16-17 to discuss U.S. soybean supplies and complaints about low quality feedstuffs. Sponsored by the American Soybean Association, the group will also tour Chicago and Illinois farms, representing Britain, France, Ireland and Belgium. They aim to meet Senate Agriculture Committee members led by Sen. Herman E. Talmadge as part of ongoing scrutiny of U.S. grain exports amid a widening grain inspection corruption probe that has led to 14 grand jury indictments. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey plans a bill to grant emergency powers to the agriculture secretary and has scheduled a June 19 hearing on the issue.
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Washington
U.S
American Soybean Association
Hudson
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois
Britain
France
Ireland
Belgium
Association
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Foreign Agricultural Policy
U.S. Grain Export Inspection System
New Orleans
Houston
USDA
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Foreign Agricultural Policy Subcommittee
Secretary of Agriculture
Humphrey
Double Whammy Being Dealt Cotton Pests Shake Cotton
The National Cotton Council reports a two pronged control plan against the pink bollworm in California cotton fields. USDA scientists apply synthesized pink bollworm sex secretion to confuse the pests, while growth regulators are used late in the season to stop boll development. This targets food sources and diapause sites the worms depend on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
National Cotton Council
USDA
OPEC to price oil in SDRs replacing dollars
In Liberville Gabon a committee of experts weighs switching crude oil pricing from dollars to the IMF's special drawing rights SDRs. Two options, last October SDR value or January SDR value, would lift base prices by about 70 or 50 cents per barrel, while current base price sits at 10.46. The move aims to offset dollar depreciation and standardize premium crude prices across member nations. The meeting ends Wednesday with a communique due.
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Libreville
Gabon
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
International Monetary Fund
West Germany
Switzerland
OPEC
Committee of Experts
Vienna
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Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Meat Packer
Pany
India
Fowden G. Maxwell
Brownwood
Tex
Maxwell
Mississippi State University
Pecos
Coyanosa
Aives
Caribbean
Cuba
Miami
Coor
George Mathues
Pecos Enterprise
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
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