J J Feed Pens a Texas cattle operation grows from family project
The Joe Lee McMahon family of Verhalen Reeves County runs J and J Feed Pens 23 miles south and 212 miles west of Pecos turning a cotton income into a 3.5 million dollar annual feed sale business with 32 employees and 138 pens. The mill, offices, and cattle handling facilities occupy land and water to diversify the local economy. The operation employs 32 people and houses the family plus two office staffers, with daughters Linda Lundgren and husband David teaching in Pecos schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lee McMahon
Verhalen
Reeves County
Joe Lee
Von
Joey
J& J
Pecos
Barstow
McMahons
Texas
Louisiana
South
J & J Feed Pens
Joe
Mavis Hart
Harold Warren
Abilene
Joe Jr
Linda Lundgren
McMahon
McMurry College
Pat
Tuscola
Linda
David
Avoca
Cotton Crusaders Banquet Opens with Hinwell Name
The Cotton C Crusaders of Pecos Texas host a 8:00 PM banquet at the Holiday Inn featuring speaker Don Mosca of Santa Rosa Texas, a cotton farmer and NFC Cotton Department director. Entertainment includes a square dance led by Kenneth Gray and vocal numbers by Wanda Passmore with Jimmy Bryant at piano and a drums solo from his son. Tickets are $3,600 per person for NFO members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiday Inn
Don Mosca
Santa Rosa
Texas
Rosca
NFC Cotton Department
Kenneth Gray
Wanda Passmore
Jimmy Bryant
NFO
Texas to pilot pest control program for cotton
Reeves County joins four Texas pilot areas in a Cotton Pest Management Program funded by 300000 over three years from a 2250000 national allotment. The effort, led by the Extension Service USDA and APHIS, uses cultural, biological and chemical controls to cut costs and boost profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
College Station
Pecos
Texas
Washington, D.C
Extension Service
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Texas Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas A&m University
John F. Hutchison
Hutchison
Clude Cameron
Hidalgo
Willacy
Rio Grande Valley
Frio
Winter Garden
Hill and Ellis
Texas Blacklands
Reeves and Pecos
Trans-Pecos
John G. Thomas
Thomas
Cotton and Grain Producers Association
Frio County
Frio County Cotton Producers Association
South Texas Cotton and Grain Association
Hill
Ellis
Blacklands and Grain Association
Reeves
Trans-Pecos Cotton Association
Southern Irrigated Growers Association
Texas Association of Producer Cotton Organizations
Bill Bagley
Paul Tapp
Pat Garner
Pecos County
Bagley
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Dick Winter
Fred Pearce
Peppy McKinney
Roy Lindsay
J. Robert Scott
Jackson
Bowles
Ted Lindemann
Terry Burkholder
Billie Prewitt
Passmore
Clem
Keith Camp
Randle Butler
Lou Kilgore
Wes Elliot
J&j
Rueben Carlton
Fort Pearce
Florida
Carlton
Marjorie Duke
Marjory Mayfield
Betty Ivey
Ann Bell
Eveleene Wilson
el Paso
Barbizon
Maid of Cotton
Miss Wright
Orient
United States
New York
National Farmers Organization
Bratte
the Fates
The
Cotton C Crusaders
Coron Lias
Hinwell
By Kathleen Robertson
Trudan 2
Northrup
Jackson Chemical
Northrup King Seeds
Cummins Gas
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Engine Service
Interstate 20
Baimorkea Hwy
Palmer Pecos
OF Pecos, Inc
Ag-Cheming
Joe Billeiter
Hughes-Johnson
Balmorhea Hwy
Crawford Hughes
Swift Chemical CO
Pied Cisit
Pecos Car Parts, Inc
South Willow
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