Pecan Prospects Amid Dairy Month In Texas
Texas dairy and pecan sectors show progress despite rising costs. Hopkins County leads milk production while West Texas pecan orchards total 401,900 trees across 19 counties amid irrigation and expansion plans. Harvests slow for wheat oats and flax while rice soybeans and peanuts progress.
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Texas
Hopkins County
Erath
Wise
Johnson
Grimes
Comanche
Cooke
Franklin
Archer
Wood
Hopkins
McLennan
West Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Andrews
Brewster
Crane
Culberson
Ector
el Paso
Glasscock
Hudspeth
Jeff Davis
Loving
Martin
Midland
Pecos
Presidio
Reeves
Terrell
Upton
Ward
Winkler
Farm labor near disaster in South Texas harvest
Hidalgo County farmer Leonard Camarillo criticized United Farm Workers tactics as violent and disruptive during the South Texas melon harvest. Despite three weeks of protests, he said workers stayed on the job and unions failed to attract many laborers. Sheriff and court actions were cited as insufficient by farm leaders.
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Gary Garrison
Associated Press
Pharr
Tex
United Farm Workers Union
South Texas
Hidalgo County
Leonard Camarillo
Edinburg
Hidalgo County Farm Bureau
Texas
UFW
Camarillo
Tommy Helle
Claudio Castaneda
Union
Feld
Weather and crop reports across Texas from farmers statewide
The Rio Grande Valley has begun sorghum harvests as warm weather accelerates maturity. Haymaking is active with good yields except South Texas. Peanut planting expands across North Central Central and East Texas. Livestock grazing remains above average and more cattle are being marketed in eastern counties and West Central Texas. Reports cover Panhandle South Plains Rolling Plains North Central Northeast Far West West Central Central regions with notes on wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, peaches, and pasture conditions.
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College Station
Rio Grande Valley
John Hutchison
Texas Agricul Extension Service
South
Texas
East Texas
Hutchison
Panhandle
South Plains
North Central
Pecos
West Central
Gillespie County
Central
Bell County
Blacklands
Upper Gulf Coast
Farm labor force in Texas nearly unchanged
Texas farms and ranches show a labor force of 248000 in a recent week, an increase of less than one percent from a year ago. Wages averaged 219 per hour, up ten cents, with 172000 operators and unpaid workers and 76000 hired workers, down one percent year over year.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
White
Slaughter patterns differ in Texas this year
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White notes fewer cattle in feedlots and more slaughter from nanfed supplies. He says price movements this summer and fall depend on range feed, weather, and the 1975 feed grain harvest. April cattle slaughter totaled 398000 head, calf slaughter 45500, red meat production 235.1 million pounds. first four months 934.6 million pounds.
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Austin
Texas
Agriculture
John C. White
White
Texas Ranks In Top Ten For Several Crops
Texas remains among the top ten states in production of key crops says Agriculture Commissioner John C. White. Leading sorghum and strong showings in rice, vetch seed, sugarcane, peanuts, and hay are noted, with specific county leaders listed for each crop across Nueces Hidalgo Hale San Patricio Floyd Swisher Wharton Cameron Castro Palmer Hale Liberty Harris Bowie Red River Floyd Lamar Wharton Matagorda Fannin Wharton Jefferson Matagorda Colorado Brazoria Jackson Chambers Liberty Harris Fort Bend Gray cross Reed etc.
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Austin
Texas
John C. White
Nueces
Hidalgo
Hale
San Patricio
Floyd
Swisher
Wharton
Cameron
Castro
Palmer
Liberty
Harris
Bowie
Red River
Lamar
Matagorda
Fannin
Jefferson
Colorado
Brazoria
Jackson
Chambers
Fort Bend
Hay
Grayson
Hill
Rusk
FEI Paso
Hunt
Hopkins
Gaines
Wise
Kaufman
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Texas Department of Agriculture
Diaster
Helle
Pecos Enterprise Agricultural News
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glens
National Safety Council
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