End of Beef Freeze Lifts Prices and Hopes
Cattle feeders in Pecos area welcomed the end of the five month beef ceiling freeze. Managers John Benedict and Bob Bates said packers paused buying and prices may rise slowly. Reeves County and J and J Feeders noted limited price shifts, with some predicting a 30 to 60 day rise. Sweet potatoes in Texas markets show stable prices amid variable supply news from Delia rains. Vernon hosts 1973 Statewide Brush Control Field Day at Waggoner Ranch with Texas A and M researchers presenting brush and weed control findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Enterprise
John Benedict
Davidson Peed Pens
Bob Bates
Pecos Feed
Bates
Austin
Texas
John C. White
Texas Department of Agriculture
Commissioner White
Bexar County
Vernon
W. T. Waggoner Ranch
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Waggoner Ranch
Charles E. Fisher
Lubbock
Fisher
Cotton module maker licensed for U S sales by Huntsville firm
Huntsville based John Blue Company received a license from Cotton Incorporated to manufacture and sell cotton module makers and related machinery across the U S cotton belt. The module builder system, developed with Cotton Incorporated, aims to boost efficiency in fields and gins with 24 foot modules weighing about 13 000 pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville Company
Raleigh
John Blue Company
Huntsville
Ala
Cotton Incorporated
U.S
Coteton Incorporated
Ie Research, Sales and Marketing
Cotton
Abel
Dles
James A. Gibson
John Blue
Gibson
Blue
Indusetrial Metalcraft of
Lubbock
Best hay crop on display at Houston area show
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service says this year’s hay crop is among the best. The annual hay show will be September 27 north of Houston with registration at 2 a.m. and judging at 2:30 p.m. Entries span 24 classes and require a protein analysis or a $3 analysis fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Neal Pratt
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hardy Road
Asm
al Novosad
Pratt
John Selensky
Occidental Chemical
Agribusiness Committee
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Harris County Extension Office
Caroline
Room
Texas
The
Soil Conservation Serice
Texas Education Agency
Texas Plant Food Institute
Taxes Outpace Food Costs for 1973 Burden
Taxes take almost twice as large a share of the consumer dollar as food. In 1973 the average American must work 2 hours 39 minutes of each 8 hour day to pay taxes, while only 58 minutes are needed for food and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Texas crop production soars with record bushels forecast
Texas wheat is estimated at 98,600,000 bushels, second highest on record, while grain sorghum production is forecast at 414,800,000 bushels and corn at 60,800,000. Yields per acre reach new highs, with sorghum potential dryland yields of 5,000 to 6,000 pounds. Cattle on feed rises to 2,302,000 head, milk output and pasture conditions mix of good to excellent and poor to fair. Public hearing on brucellosis controls set for September 18 in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Iowa
West Texas
Austin
Texas Animal Health Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Law of
Tommy Mayfield
Reeves County Feeders
Reeves County
Mayfield
Cording
Joey McMahon
J and
J Feeders
Vernon Ranch
Fred Abel
Cotton Incorporated Research Center
Cotton Producers’ Company
California
North Carolina
Louston
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Crosby
Mgr
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
Treanor
Arvizu Pipe CO
Farm & Ranch Pipe Lines
Manuel Arvizu
Mobil
Pecos Enterprise
Agricultural News
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Instruments
Affiliated Supply
Pia Ik
Midland, Texas
Tri-State Industries, Inc
Amarillo
Dalhart
Plainview
Clovis
New Mexico
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
General Machine Shop
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