Crop Prospects Bright Across Texas High and Rolling Plains
Texas agriculture reports show strong crop prospects due to adequate soil moisture and favorable planting, with warm weather boosting crops in many areas. Harvesting of wheat and oats continues in southern and central Texas as north and west move toward rolling. Livestock grazing remains good though South and Far West need rain.
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Hutchison
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Panhandle
South Plains
Rolling Plains
North Central
Hopkins Named Sales Rep for Delta and Pine Land
James W. Hopkins, appointed sales representative for Delta and Pine Land Company High Plains Division, will serve farmers, seedsmen, gins and others in the cotton industry from Lubbock. He holds a B S from Sul Ross and has seed industry experience with Northrup King Excel Seed Elcor and Growers Seed Association. Hopkins and family will reside in Lubbock. Delta and Pine Land, 62 years old, is known for Deltapine cotton varieties including storm resistant SR-1 and SR-2.
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James W. Hopkins
Delta & Pine Land Company
High Plains
Lubbock
Hopkins
Sul ‘Ross State University
Alpine
Northrup, King & Company
Excel Seed Division
Elcor Chemical Corporation
Growers Seed Association
Delta & Pine Land Copany
Texas Holds Lead in Cattle Feeding Despite Iowa Gap
Texas remains the top cattle feeding state with 2,163,000 head on feed as of May 1, narrowly ahead of Iowa at 2,003,000. National totals reach 9,391,000 in seven major states, down 3 percent from last month but up 6 percent from a year ago. Wheat harvest begins with record high 26 bushels per acre and a Texas crop projection of 83,000,000 bushels, nearly double last year.
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Texas
Iowa
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Governor Briscoe Dedicates Waco Farm Bureau Building
Governor Dolph Briscoe leads dedication ceremonies for the Texas Farm Bureau’s new 2.7 million headquarters in west Waco. The event at 7220 Fish Pond Road includes remarks by Agriculture Commissioner John White and Rep. Bob Poage, with an open house, barbecue, and a time capsule buried to honor 140,000 member families.
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Waco
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Farm Bureau
Agriculture
John C. White
W.R
Bob) Poage
U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Texas
Fish Pond Road
West
Waco Convention Center
Farm Bureau
Friends of Agriculture
Butz seeks farm backing for 1973 trade reform act
The Agriculture Department boosts a background kit and press outreach to win farmer support for the Trade Reform Act of 1973. It grants the president authority to negotiate trade deals and extend MFN status, with Congress 90 days to veto. Some farm groups oppose broad negotiation powers and potential non-tariff concessions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
White House
Earl L. Butz
USDA
State Departments of Agriculture
U. S. International Trade Press Kit
U.S
Butz
Paris
Nixon
Congress
Claude W. Gifford
Improved cotton module builder aims for higher capacity efficiency
Lubbock Industrial Metalcrafts unveils the 1973 cotton module builder with a hydraulic tamping system, faster operation, and new flow control. The unit preserves last year dimensions for pallet compatibility while adding operator comforts and safety features.
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Lubbock
Industrial Metalcraft
G. A. Husky
Cotton Incorporated
Husky
Lower vegetable prices promised for this summer
California growers forecast relief for housewives as production recovers between mid June and early July after a wet winter. Lettuce and other vegetables should drop from spring highs, with drought and weather patterns shaping supply and prices. The season outlook notes higher tomato output and continued broad farm price shifts.
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Los Angeles
California
Leslie Hubbard
Western Growers Association
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Armeecast
Texas Department of Agriculture
Dyers & Sons
Pecos, Texas
Pecos Enterprise
Agricultural News
Governor Briscoe
Agricultural Marketing Service
Fresno
Phoenix
Mike
el Paso
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Crosby
Pecos
Mer
Treanor
Talcraft
Arizona
OIL & Gas Leases
Reeves — Loving
Culberson
Bill Anthony
P.O
Black County
Midland
Baker Pump Corp
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Baker & Pecos
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