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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1973
Page
4
College Station Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of Texas A and M University has received grants totaling 320000 dollars for three cotton research projects. The work covers insect and disease control and cotton systems analysis.
Texas agriculture officials report 4.4 million acres planted this season, up 350,000 from last year, amid broader crop increases and prior Russia grain sales controversies. The study cites grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station for cotton pest, disease, and pest-management research projects totaling over 300,000 dollars.
Harold F. Baker, state administrative officer for the Soil Conservation Service in Texas, received the 1972 Presidential Management Improvement Award from President Nixon at the White House on March 13. The citation credited his cost reduction and productivity efforts amid budget cuts, noting SCS vehicles' low operating costs and his leadership on the Cost Reduction and Operations Improvement Committee. Baker began in 1935 with the Soil Erosion Service in Temple and rose through Dalhart Amarillo and Portland before returning to Temple.
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports most activity last week focused on contracting the 1973 crop. Prices ranged around 39.50 cents per pound in the San Joaquin Valley, about 36.00 cents in Imperial Valley and Central Arizona, and near 35.80 to 37.0 cents in El Paso territory. Old-crop demand remained strong while new 1974 contracting interest grew in California and Arizona.
Oklahoma agriculture observers foresee a bumper wheat crop with yields possibly surpassing the 1965 record of 133 million bushels. Subsoil and surface moisture are excellent and fields show good to excellent ratings. Uncertainty remains over acreage planted and harvest levels due to beef prices and possible weather disruptions.
Texas Farm Bureau president J T Woodson says Congress should extend the 1970 Agricultural Act with major modifications. The plan shifts to a total cropland adjustment program, with government payments as performance rewards tied to need for adjustment and farmer participation, phased in as prices warrant. The proposal aims for market oriented agriculture with safeguards against future price swings.
Washington AP reports farm leaders urge policy shifts amid rising food costs. Advocates argue farm prices lag behind retail and wage growth, noting farmers receive only about 40 cents of every consumer food dollar while middlemen capture the rest.
Cattlemen at Albuquerque for the 59th New Mexico Cattle Growers Association convention discuss meat prices. Gordon Van Vleck says foreign producers eye the U S market with import duties off. Alvin Stockton suggests meat prices rise less than clothing or housing. About 1100 registrants.
A special stocker cow and heifer sale will be held at Union Stock Yards San Antonio at 12 noon Saturday April 7. Sponsored by all commission companies and Union Stock Yards San Antonio the sale will offer about 3000 cattle.
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