Farmers urged to follow new OSHA rules in Reeves County
Counts Agricultural Agent Paul Tapp warns Reeves County farmers employing nonfamily workers must post a 10 by 14 inch safety notice and maintain records. The act covers temporary labor camps storage of ammonia pulpwood logging and slow moving vehicle emblems and requires an injury illness log and 48 hour death reports. Penalties reach up to 1000 for serious violations with five year record retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Williams- Steiger
OSHA
Paul Tapp
U. S. Department of Labor
Tapp
Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Mayflower Building
North Akard Street
Dallas
Texas
Safety and Health Standards For Agriculture
Labor Department
Ranchers push herd growth with range improvements in South Texas
South Texas cattlemen seek larger herds amid high prices. Calvin C. Boykin of Texas A&M, testing eight counties for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, finds land near capacity and notes range-improvement techniques boost returns. Investments yield from 80 cents to 4.85 dollars per 100 invested, but no one is getting rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llege Station
South Texas
Calvin C. Boykin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas A&m University
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Boykin
South
Texas
Presidio County
Tiny wasps target pink bollworm in cotton fields
Entomologists tested two tiny wasps during the 1971 season against the pink bollworm in Arizona. Bracon appears most effective, stinging the larva through flower petals during the cotton bloom stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
National Cotton Council
Douglas Bryan
Department of Agriculture
Beef prices and ranchers' view on ABC Evening News
ABC Evening News aired an interview with William C. Donnell of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association from Marathon Texas. Donnell defended current beef prices, saying they must incentivize ranching, while noting farm losses and higher retail margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
ABC Evening News
William C. Donnell
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Marathon
Bill Wardham
Farmers Protect Soil and Water Across Districts
American farmers and ranchers spend millions yearly to guard soil and water. As members of 3,000 local soil and water conservation districts, farmers have improved more than 575 million acres of private land, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Prices and taxes rise with rural land demand
COLLEGE STATION Rural buyers sellers and lenders anticipate higher land prices more sales and growing land taxes as rural real estate trends shift. Dr Иван Schmedemann of Texas A&M notes loans shifting to borrower strength, changing appraisal methods, and more development and recreation use as work weeks shorten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Ivan Schmedemann
Texas A&m University Agricultural Economics Department
Economist
A&m
Schmedemann
A. B. Wooten
Texas Real Estate Research Center
Congress
Wooten
Rain drives farmers out of Pla Mondeon Alberta
Plamondon Alberta faces up to four years of wet weather wrecking crops and mink ranching. Many farmers leave for Fort McMurray, while town suffers school cuts and job losses. Yet merchants push street upgrades and farmers shift to forage harvesters beef production with new co op feedlot and Lac La Biche mill. Local dealer Phil Plamondon notes farmers who stay adopt bigger equipment and better practices to revive agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plamondon
Alta
Alberta
Fort MacMurray
Mink Ranching
Phil Plamondon
Plamondon Mercantile
New Holland
Northwest Territory
Lac- la Biche
Lac la Biche
Kirylchuk
Pinkeye infests summer cattle on dry Texas range
College Station report notes hot dry weather spreads pinkeye in cattle, especially younger animals. Experts describe symptoms including eye swelling and discharge, list risk factors such as dusty sunlit pastures and tall grass, and advise isolation, eye cleansing, dusting with antibiotic powder, and vitamin A or cortisone injections in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
James Armstrong
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Armstrong
Market slows for West's crop in Far Western cotton trade
The Far Western cotton market slowed with spot prices steady to lower and limited old crop offerings amid low quality demand. New crop inquiries rose for Europe and in El Paso and San Joaquin Valley contracting. Fresno Phoenix and El Paso staples quoted near 35. and 39 cents per pound with slight weekly changes.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
el Paso
San Joaquin Valley
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
California
Fresno
Phoenix
Nixon urged to oppose price controls on raw farm products
Texas Farm Bureau President J T Woodson warned President Nixon via telegram that moving to price controls on raw agricultural goods would harm agriculture and inflate costs. He argued parity shows farmers receive less than fair value, and a broad freeze could reduce food supply and worsen inflation, urging Nixon to block such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WACO
Texas Farm Bureau
J. T. Woodson
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Texas Farm Leader
Woodson
America
Texas 4-H Ecology Conference Brings Leaders Together
About 30 4-H youths and adult leaders from across Texas attend the 1972 Ecology Conference at Wilkes Lodge in Marion County through Friday. Keynote is Dr. Richard Baldauf of Texas A&M. Discussions cover environmental quality forestry outdoor recreation range soil water and wildlife led by Texas A&M Extension Service specialists. Sponsorship from Federal Cartridge Co and state and regional sponsors support events and facility use.
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College Station
Wilkes Lodge
Marion County
Tom Davison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Richard Baldauf
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&m University
Extension Service
Federal Cartridge Corporation
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Temple
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Shreveport
Louisiana
Buyers Seek Big Yield for 1972 U S Cotton Exports
Government and trade officials expect a substantial pickup in U S cotton exports if the 1972 crop materializes as forecast. Growers planted about 13.5 million acres, the largest since 1965, with foreign buyers watching the 1972 crop closely as demand remains strong and reserves are at 20 year lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
Europe
Asia
Department
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Goodrich Home Owned
Jackson Chemical
Ozer
Yoursel
Swift Chemical CO. Swift
Pecos Tractor and Picker Service
Safford
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