Thanksgiving reflections from Pecos families across a holiday
Marilyn Warner shares a family gathering in Pecos with relatives visiting from Fort Worth and San Antonio. The piece recalls driving the grandfather’s jeep, a christening trip to Pecos, hospital visits, and a harvest season at Pecos farms while noting Turkey Day hospitality and a Rod McKuen poem.
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Fort Worth
Cory
Jimmy Lumpkin
San Angelo
C. E. Lumpkin
Larry Lumpkin
David
San Antonio
H, E, Lumpkin
Baytown
Larry
Marty
Pecos
W. R. Bickley
Rod McKuen
Midwest rains bog down crop harvest
Warren Langdon runs a grain elevator that processed 160000 bushels of soybeans last year. This year heavy Midwest rains have slowed harvest progress and reduced output, affecting storage and trucking schedules for farmers across the region.
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Midwest
Langdon
Midway
Mixed Lot Prices Top 34 Cents In Western Cotton Markets
Prices for mixed lots of mostly Middling rose above 34.00 cents per pound in Far Western markets. El Paso area activity was moderate, with Arizona and California markets brisk. Domestic and foreign mill demand favored Middling and higher grades, while some lower grades saw weaker bids. Fresno and Phoenix Middling staples quoted around 34.90 and 34.25 cents, with El Paso Middling at 33.80 cents.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
el Paso
Arizona
California
Fresno
Mike
Phoenix
California cotton prices rise as bad weather hits world crop
In Fresno California an industry source says weather disruptions in Arizona West Texas and Mexico pushed California cotton prices up to 35 dollars per bale above the prior month. Demand from Japan and other buyers shifted to U S supplies due to rain damaged grades abroad.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Gene Egan
Producers Cotton Oil Co
Arizona
West
Texas
U. S
Mexico
New York
Egan
Japan
Screwworms decline in Mexican October report
The Mexican Livestock Department reports 3,889 screwworm cases in October in northern Mexico, down from 5,390 in September. Sonora and Chihuahua show the largest drops, while Tamaulipas and Coahuila vary. U.S. side cases total 15,743, down from 18,499 in September as sterilized fly releases continue.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mexican Livestock Department
Sonora
Chihuahua
Tamaulipas
Coahuila
U.S
Grain to sail to Soviet Russia on National Defender
The 65 660 ton freighter National Defender, chartered by the Soviet Union, is to depart Houston this week with about two million bushels of American grain. Loading was delayed by bad weather and the ship will sail at 75 percent capacity due to shallow Houston Channel depth.
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Houston
National Defender
Soviet Russia
U. S
Houston Ship Channel
Day named to Cotton Inc post and flammability research
Dr. Howard Day appointed assistant manager of flammability research for Cotton Incorporated in Raleigh. He will work with Dr. Leonard Smith to advance flame retardant finishes for cotton fabrics and blends. Day, a Duke PhD in organic chemistry, is a High Point native and Sigma Xi member.
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Raleigh
Howard Day
Cotton Incorporated
Leonard Smith
Day
S. Frank Moore
America
United Merchants and Manufacturing
High Point College
High Point
N. C
Duke University
Burlington Industries Research Center
Greensboro
Winzler South
Society of the Sigma Xi
N.C
Ragsdale High School
Myra Lou Wesley
Beckley
W. Va
Kathryn Elaine
Exposition champion on block today
Bold Move the 1 305 pound grand champion steer of the 1972 International Livestock Exposition goes on the auction block tonight. Kris Lindskob 12 of Prophetstown Illinois says she did not aim to outdo her brother Brad who won the 1969 grand champion. Also to go at auction is Bomber a 1335 pound Hereford reserve champion shown by Mike Gottschalk of Darien Wisconsin. More than 3 500 hogs sheep and cattle from 36 states and Canada compete for 75 000 dollars in prizes.
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Chicago
Kris Lindskob
Prophetstown
Ill
Brad
Kris
Mike Gottschalk
Darien
Wis
Dick Maier
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Mark Richard
Lexington
Kraig Schilder
Malcom
States
Canada
Five Mexican fruit flies found in San Diego County
Five Mexican fruit flies were trapped in San Diego County this month, the largest count in two years. Officials place 250 nonpoisonous traps on fruit trees to assess spread and may release sterile flies to prevent fertile mating if invasion evidence appears.
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San Diego
Calif
Kenneth K. Little
Little
Mexico
Citrus
North Texas fields at standstill from cold weather
College Station Texas AP reports North Texas field activities paused last week due to the season's coldest weather. Livestock feed concerns and farm work slowed as frigid temperatures lingered across the region.
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North Texas
College Station
Tex
West Texas farmers sue over grain deal with Russia
Five West Texas farmers sue Continental Grain Bunge Garnac Cook Louis Dreyfus Cargill and a former official over a grain sale to Russia they say violated antitrust laws. They claim insiders kept details secret, costing Texas growers up to 450 million and lowering June wheat prices from about 1.35 to 1.41 per bushel to 1.90 and nearly 2.50 later.
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Amarillo
Tex
West Texas
Russia
Bryan Poff
U.S. District Court
Halbert O. Woodward
Continental Grain Co
Bunge Corp
Garnac Grain Co
New York
Cook Industries
Memphis
Clarence Palmby
International Affairs
Omaha steer prices hit year’s low on another drop
Average prices for choice steers at Omaha fell to 33.50 per hundredweight in the week ended November 16, the lowest in a year, with a 37 cent drop from the prior week. Prices have fluctuated since last November, and the wider wholesale beef market in Chicago showed continued weakness as 600 700 pound carcasses averaged 50.83 per hundredweight, down from a year ago.
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Washington
Omaha
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Marketing Service
AMS
Chicago
Fewer Farms Produce More Food Says Efficiency Rise
A report notes that if U.S. agriculture efficiency had stayed at 50 years ago levels, 20 million farm workers would be needed to produce today’s food and fiber, yet under 5 million achieve it now. This highlights rapid gains in productivity and labor reduction.
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U.S
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