WTCC Resolves on Budget, Education, Air Act, and Mexican Labor
West Texas Chamber of Commerce at Kerrville two day meeting urges prompt passage of a federal budgeting bill, calls for seven changes to the Clean Air Act, asks the State Board of Education to use business expertise in selecting teaching materials, and proposes amending the 1949 Agricultural Act to allow employing Mexican workers in agriculture. The resolutions also urge Congress and committees to adopt proven methods in relevant policy areas.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Kerrville
West Texas
WTCC
Texas State Board of Education
State of
Texas
The
House Agriculture Committee
Legislative Committees
Congress
Republic of Mexico
Agriculture financing theme for 2nd Farm and Ranch Credit School
At Texas A M University College Station the 2nd Annual Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers runs February 1 to 13. Walt Richburg of the Texas Bankers Association heads planning. Subjects cover demand for capital, sources of loanable funds, government programs, crop and livestock loan methods, and cattle market outlook.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Walt Richburg
Fort Worth
Agriculture and
Texas Bankers Association
Richburg
U.S Department of Agriculture
Texas
East Texas
West Texas
Edward Avacek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
John A. Hopkin
Texas A&m. Agricultural Economics and
Bankers Association
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
The
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A&m Department of Agriculture Economies and Rural Sociwtocy
Texas banks expanding farm and ranch credit reach
Texas banks lead in farm and ranch lending according to the 32nd annual summary from the American Bankers Association. At the start of 1973 Texas banks held 1.509 billion in loans, 25 percent higher than a year earlier, with production loans totaling 1.226 billion and 283 million in farm mortgages. Banks provided about 70 percent of production credit, while other lenders held the remainder.
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Austin
Texas
C. Truett Smith
Sylie
Texas Bankers Association
Agricultural Bankers Division
American Bankers Association
T.B.A
Smith
Farmers Home Administration
Cotton saves US trade balance amid strikes and growth
In 1971 the United States posted a $2 billion trade deficit but agriculture had a favorable $19 billion balance, with cotton accounting for nearly a third. Despite a crippling dock strike halting many agricultural shipments, US cotton exports rose 57 percent to $584 million. Opportunities for cotton exports exceed those for synthetics due to climate and terrain limits.
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U.S
National Cotton Council
Demand shift sends U S agriculture from surplus to scarcity
Washington official Dr. Carroll Brunthaver, assistant secretary of agriculture, told a Texas A&M seminar that U S agriculture has moved from a long surplus to relative scarcity due to higher demand domestically and abroad. He cited rising foreign demand, broader education and income, and a predicted expansion of 60 million acres in production while noting grain prices may dip temporarily with a big harvest.
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College Station
U.S. Agriculture
Carroll G. Brunthaver
Wash
Mics
USDA
U.S
Commodity Credit Corporation
Brunthaver
Supima Allotment Holds Steady for 1974 Across Four States
Farrel Layton of the Supima Association says USDA’s Oct 18 announcement sets the 1974 American Pima cotton allotment at 117,349 acres for Arizona California New Mexico and Texas. Arizona 51112 California 778 New Mexico 23910 Texas 41594. NM up 11 acres while others down. Ikard credits strong agency ties and urges growers to plant their full allotment.
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Farrel Layton
Supima Association of America
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
Layton
Agrea
William Ikard
Supima Association
Department of Agriculture
Ikard
Fair chairman praises agriculture exhibits
Dr. Jim Hefner, fair agriculture chairman, praised this year’s exhibits as the best in recent history. He noted extensive work and time spent preparing them for public appreciation and sponsor recognition. Moorman's Feed Company sponsored their space and exhibited products.
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Jim Hefner
Fair Fair Agriculture
Moorman’s Feed Company
Dr. Hefner
Cindy Lou Dodge rodeo star defies male chauvinist image
Elko Nevada profile of Cindy Lou Dodge a rodeo rider known for bareback bulls and calf roping. The story outlines her background in horses from Bay Meadows to San Diego all-girl rodeos, recent success as third all around in Girls Rodeo Association, injuries, and life on the road balancing work with rodeo dreams. Cindy and her sister Kathy pursue rodeo despite costs and male-dominated sport norms.
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Elko
Nev
NEA
Cindy Lou Dodge
Cindy Dodge
Billie Jean
Gloria
Germaine
Cindy
Phil Lyne
Rodeo Cowboys
Phil
Horse Palace
Spring Creek
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Dallas
Bay Meadows Race Track
Helena
Mont
Hanford
Calif
San Diego Country Estates
Bobby Riggs
Girls Rodeo Association
Kathy
Marysville
Poor weather hurts harvest schedules
Texas farms face major harvest delays due to prolonged wet weather. Cotton suffers in South and Southeast Texas while rice and soybeans in the Coastal Plains. peanut harvest delayed in Central Texas. Fall plantings slowed in South Texas and Central Plains. wheat and oats grow, some fields untapped. Forage growth is high, grazing conditions strong. pecan crop expected light overall.
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College Station
Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Central Plains
Hutchison
San Antonio-Winter Garden
Hutchinson
Boll weevil elimination awaits proper timing
Washington reports that eradication of the boll weevil using tested methods could be possible but requires study, a detailed plan, and review by federal and state agencies and cotton interests. A successful campaign could cut pesticide use by one third and save about 275 million dollars annually in cotton losses and control costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Pecos reports rise in cotton sample receipts for week
Pecos Territory shows stronger cotton sample receipts for the week ending Oct 19. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Pecos office classed 2058 samples, totaling 2594 for the season, under Max Med calf, compared with 13031 a year earlier. Grade 32 dominated at 45 percent.
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Pecos
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Max Medcalf
November Proclaimed Food and Fiber Month in Texas
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe has proclaimed November as Food and Fiber Appreciation Month. Observances are planned across 254 counties to highlight agriculture. The proclamation notes Texas ranks high in farm and ranch output and leads in beef cattle, sheep, goats, grain sorghum, cotton, rice, onions, and wool.
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College Statin
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Pecos FFA and 4-H win junior livestock placings at Dallas state fair
Clay Cooksey took first in Dorset Purebred class 4, Stan Morgan placed fifth, Scott Cooksey ninth in Suffolk. Walter Campbell third and John Campbell fifth in Crossbred. Alexa Gallego seventh in Medium Weight Steers class 5 and Jimmy Gallego ninth in Light Weight Steers class 3, both from Saragosa.
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Pecos Ffa
Dallas
Clay Cooksey
Dorset
Stan Morgan
Scott Cooksey
Suffolk
Walter Campbell
John Campbell
Alexa Gallego
Jimmy Gallego
Saragosa
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Earl Butz
Tysons Corner
TBA
Pecos Enterprise
Ington
D.C
Texas A&m University Agricultural Econo
Agricultural Experiment Station
Soil Conservation Service
Usda Extension Service
Swig Oil Mills
Alamo Gin
Tobosa Gin
Rodeo
Cindy Lou Bucks
Golden West Rodeo Association
Treanor
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Crosby
West 3Rd Street
Mgr
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogge
Affiliated Supply
Ures
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
General Machine Shop
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