Open weather boosts planting in Texas regions
Open weather last week eased cool wet conditions across Texas as planting advances. Hutchison notes corn and grain sorghum near completion in Central counties with sorghum active in the South and Rolling Plains. Multiple regions report progress in cotton, rice, peanuts, oats, hay, and wheat, with livestock conditions good but some fly problems.
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Texas
Hutchison
High Plains
Gillespie County
North Central
Far West
West Central
South Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Rolling Plains
el Paso
Hill County
Comasiche
Eastland
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Central
Caldwell County
Lavaca
Texas Air Control Board Tightens Livestock Feedlot Rules
College Station report outlines new Texas Air Control Board rules for confined livestock and poultry feeding operations. Dr. John Sweeten explains the permit system including construction and operating permits, odor and dust controls, drainage, and nuisance regulations.
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College Station
Texas Air Control Board
John M. Sweeten
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Sweeten
Texas A&m University
Board
Extension Agricultural Engineers
Texas A&m
Expert explains what happens to herbicides
College Station reports on how herbicides fade from the environment. Texas Agricultural Extension Service specialist Garlyn Hoffman notes decomposition begins from organisms, air, sun, and reactions with soil. Adsorption to soil particles largely governs fate, varying with soil type and herbicide.
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College Station
Garlyn Hoffman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hoffman
Texas crop surveys urge farmers to return 24000 questionnaires
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service mails 24 000 crop questionnaires to farmers statewide to build a comprehensive picture of Texas agriculture. Returns are aggregated by county and district and used for farm programs. Respondents help improve state totals and national reporting.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Services
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Emergency loans for Texas farmers hit by 1972 weather
Secretary Earl L Butz announced Farmers Home Administration emergency loans for farmers in 15 Texas counties due to 1972 weather damage. Loans cover crop and livestock costs at 5 percent interest, with July 6 deadline and non discrimination rules. Reeves County reports pink bollworm and tobacco budworm issues alongside credit needs.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Coastal Bend
Earl L. Butz
Farmers Home Administration
Department of Agriculture
Concho
Crosby
el Paso
Franklin
Garza
Hale
Hockley
Hudspeth
Montgomery
Lamb
Lynn
Lubbock
Reeves
Wharton
Wood
Reeves County
FHA
Limousin Bulls From Canada Purchased by Waxahachie Ranch
Limousin bulls born to full French parents, the first in North America, have been bought by Brushy Creek Ranch of Waxahachie Texas. The bulls weigh over 2000 pounds and were tested at Brandon Manitoba. Ranch owner M. E. Singleton Jr plans to keep Bandito as herd sire and sell Bariel on May 26 at the second annual Limousin production sale in Waxahachie.
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Beauriel
Brushy Creek Ranch
Waxahachie
Texas
Bandito
North America
Brush Creek
Beauliel
M. E. Singleton, Jr
Brandon
Manitoba
Brushy Creek
Cotton market activity slow across Far West regions
Activity in Far Western cotton markets remained slow as demand stayed strong yet supplies eased. Spot prices edged lower while foreign demand fell. contract offers slipped slightly in California and Arizona. Most growers had contracted, with California fields largely planted and stands good amid favorable Imperial Valley and Central Arizona conditions.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
California
Arizona
Imperial Valley
New Mexico
Texas
Fresno
Study Looks at Ag Chemicals Effect in California Valley
A Californias San Joaquin Valley long term study aims to allow continued farm chemical use with environmental safeguards. The National Cotton Council notes parathion findings show 211 pounds remain in Fresno County soil from over 130,000 pounds used in one year. Microbial action accelerates breakdown after application.
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California
San Joaquin Valley
National Cotton Council
Fresno County
State 4-H Horse Show Set for Odessa Coliseum
Odessa hosts the State 4-H Horse Show at the Ector County Coliseum the first four days of August. B F Yeates notes the event crowns top honors after a year of training. Odessa Chamber of Commerce co sponsors with the Extension Service. Invitational roping cutting English drill. other events limited to district qualifiers.
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College Station
Ector County
Odessa
B. F. Yeates
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Yeates
Pesticide Development Takes Years and Millions
The National Cotton Council notes a new pesticide travels a long road to market. It undergoes 30 research steps with about 100000 man hours of testing, often eight to ten years, and costs around 10 million dollars.
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National Cotton Council
Hopkin to Lead Texas A M Agricultural Economics Department
Dr. John Hopkin is named head of the Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, effective April 1. He warns of rising farm costs, debt growth, and a shift to short term finance while urging better loan maturity and investments, with Dean Kunkel stressing leadership during Texas agriculture's challenging transition.
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College Station
Mar
Spl
Texas Agriculture
John Hopkin
Hopkin
Texas A&m University
Ho. Kunkel
College of Agriculture
Kunkel
Stiles
Tyrus R. Timm
Timm
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Consolidated
Department of Agricultural Eco
Texas
Texas A&m
Texas Agricultural Service
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Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Hidalgo
Cameron
Mexico
National
Gwendolyn Clyatt
Pecos Enterprise
Phoenix
Bank of America
San Francisco
Dyers & Sons
Pecos, Texas
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Pecos
Mgr
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
Treanor
OIL & Gas Leases
Reeves — Loving
Culberson
Bill Anthony
Midland
Black County
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