Cotton producer must work at marketing crop
Raleigh analysis urges cotton producers to devote as much effort to marketing as to growing. Ford veto of the emergency farm bill underscores the shift toward market-driven strategies. Cotton Incorporated executive David Cox notes competition with synthetics, contracting options, and the need to study markets and buyers to maximize returns.
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Pecos Enterprise
Raleigh
Gerald Ford
David Cox
Cotton Incorporated
U.S
Cox
Place
Cattle breeding season eyed to curb screwworm cases
Texas Extension specialists urge a controlled cattle breeding season from March 15 to July 15 to reduce screwworm outbreaks. They note 55 percent of July to October cases came from newborn calves and 70 percent from cattle during that period, linking breeding timing to infestations and advocating management changes for better calving, milking, and rebreeding opportunities.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Tom Woodward
Mike McWhorter
San Angelo
Woodward
McWhorter
Wheat Harvest Underway In Texas Amid Broad Planting Progress
Wheat harvest is underway across South Texas with under five percent collected, while rest of state reports strong progress and heading out. Nationwide 1975 76 wheat prospects range 2.0 to 2.25 billion bushels. total supply about 2.5 billion. Carryover June 30 1976 around 450 million. this year's carryover near 230 million. Crop prospects brighten. cotton and sorghum planting advance. sunflowers and watermelons eyed for ahead timing. Texas remains top in watermelon production and dairy metrics with Hopkins County leading milk output and cows calved in top 10 counties. Rice stocks up state and nation, seeding near completion after rains.
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Texas
Blacklands
Trans-Pecos
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Hopkins County
Erath
Wise
Johnson
Grimes
Comanche
Cooke
Franklin
Archer
Wood
McLennan
Donors Boost 4-H Scholarships in Chicago
Four donors raised 4-H college scholarships to 1000 each this year, bringing total 1975 $1,000 awards to seven. National 4-H funding will top $200,000 with nearly 60 donors pledging $205,000, a 13 percent rise from 1974. Over 250 scholarships will be awarded to deserving 4-Hers, many during the 54th National 4-H Congress in Chicago from November 30 to December 4.
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Chicago
Ill
National
Dairy farmers vote on marketing merger
The USDA will hold a mail referendum to decide if dairy farmers approve merging six federal milk marketing orders in Texas into one order and expanding the covered areas. Eligible voters include milk suppliers in 49 counties outside the six orders, with two thirds needed to approve. A separate referendum will address merging advertising and promotion programs.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Texas
South Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
C.E. Dunham
Dallas
Dunham
Texans urged to return two thirds of farm census forms
The Bureau of the Census reports sixty two percent of 1974 Texas farm census forms mailed to residents have been returned. Follow up appeals are being mailed to nonrespondents to complete data gathering and correct mailing lists. John W. Scott of the National Grange endorses the census for rural needs and confidentiality.
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Texas
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Census Bureau
John W. Scott
The
National Grange
WTCC backs water plan and praise for leaders
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors approves a statewide program for Conservation and Development of Water Resources in Texas. Bob Scott of Fort Worth, WTCC Water Development Chair, says water sustains life and West Texas production, warning shortages could hurt jobs and quality of life locally and globally.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Bob Scott
Fort Worth
WTCC
West Texas
Scott
Pecos cotton market boom driven by trading spurt
A brisk trading wave energized Pecos spot cotton, with growers selling mixed lots at 34 to 35 cents FOB ginyard, about 900 to 1,000 points over CCC loan rates. Quality grades 41 42 51 52, staples 33 34, futures nearby 150 points for Dec 1975.
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Mack Bennett
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Carlsbad
Pecos
California
Mid- South
Imperial Valley
Weather hits Texas crops with wind hail and floods
Severe weather in central Texas last week damaged crops across multiple sectors. Dr. John Hutchison notes most yields are down due to dry spells, with oats baled for hay instead of grain. Vegetable harvests rise in the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio Winter Garden, cantaloupes begin in the Valley, and range livestock conditions improve except in extreme south counties. Some cattle losses occur in Zapata, Starr, and Webb counties from malnutrition as screw worms spread northward, with the Llano County screwworm case the first of the year.
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College Station
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South
Texas
Rio
Cotton price drop marks 1974 75 season
Cotton prices during the 1974 75 season are much lower than the previous year s boom This reflects weak demand as monthly domestic mill consumption is projected at about 5 8 million bales Exports are estimated at 3 5 million bales down from 6 1 million last year Carryover stocks are seen at about 6 1 net higher since 1969 An August 1 1975 carryover is projected from a 15 4 million bale supply and a disappearance of 9 3 million Also noted is a 1973 California grape acreage survey showing 66 major wine varieties grown in the state.
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United States
America
Mack Bennett
USDA
Carlsbad
Economic Research Service
California
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Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
North Texas
Austin-Waco
Central West Texas
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Sperry New Holland
San Joaquin Valley
South Central States
CCC
Republic of Korea
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
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