Better Than Average Cotton and Crop Yields Forecast in Texas
Harvesting of cotton grain sorghum corn and peanuts was active last week across Texas. Dr John E Hutchison says yields range from fair to good in the south and south central areas with better than average expected in the plains and west. Small grain planting is active though some delays occur due to soil moisture. Pecan harvest began in South Texas with an early crop outlook but insect and disease damage caused nut shedding. Pastures and ranges are drying though livestock remain in good condition. Ear tick and screwworm infestations noted.
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Hutchison
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Baylor
North Central
Midland
Martin
Glasscock
West Central
Taylor County
Southeast
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Fresno
Cotton export push urged to lift prices, farm bureau says
Texas Farm Bureau president J T Red Woodson urged federal action to move cotton into export under Public Law 480 Title 2 to relieve low domestic prices. He noted prices are 6-10 cents below a year ago, with adverse weather lowering grades.
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Texas Farm Bureau
J. T
Red) Woodson
Fannin County
Woodson
Agriculture
Earl Butz
U. S
United States
Fly infestation and screw worm outbreak noted near Eagle Pass
Marilyn Walker recalls a dairy yard fly infestation after a mysterious white X marked on the ground. She cites reports of 80 million Good Guys released in June and July to combat screw worm, with 550 cases in the area and 162 confirmed by Mission Texas headquarters. County agent Paul Tapp links unusual rainfall to rising cases and urges continued reporting to aid spring investigations. Also reports crop damage from heavy rain and hail in Verhalen Crawford and Cuya hosa districts. Despite struggles, interest grows in 1973 model cars as a hopeful sign for a good crop.
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Eagle Pass
Mission
Tex
Paul Tapp
Department of Agriculture
Arbor Day Kits Available for Texas Teachers
Texas Forest Service offers free Arbor Day Program Kits this fall for delivery before Christmas. Limited to one kit per teacher or conservation group in Texas. Each kit includes two pecan seeds and a program brochure, with Arbor Day observed January 19, 1973 in Texas.
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College Station
Texas Forest Service
Texas
United States
Trading Increases In Far West Market
Trading activity rose in Far Western cotton markets last week per the Agricultural Marketing Service USDA. Spot prices continued to fall from the prior week as domestic mills bought several thousand bales of San.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
San
High grain prices lift farm net income to record level
USDA projects net farm income at about 18.6 billion dollars for 1972, up 1.5 billion from the prior record, driven by higher wheat prices from Soviet purchases and stronger soybeans and feed grains. The report notes a 2.5 billion dollar profit gain over 1971 and cites wheat prices rising above 2 dollars per bushel due to Soviet demand.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
USDA
12th Annual Horse Short Course at Texas A&M
The event runs October 6 7 at Texas A&M with demonstrations of western horsemanship and riding disciplines. Texas A&M Extension horse specialist B F Yeates notes featured experts John Trimmier Jr Speedy Correll and top junior riders. Polo demo by Texas A&M Polo Club and 4 H Horse Adult Leaders Seminar precede sessions. Discussions by Veterinary Medicine officials cover colic lameness reproduction and surgical techniques.
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Texas A&m University
B. F. Yeates
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
John Trimmier Jr
Hale Center
Speedy Cockrell
Aubrey
Texas A&m Polo Club
Ramada Inn
Texas A&m College of Veterinary Medicine
Texan brings 43 Texas longhorn cattle to Topeka show
H. J. Banana drove 43 head of Texas longhorns from San Antonio to Dodge City and trucked them to Topeka to surprise Governor Robert Docking. Docking was away in Kansas City giving a speech, but Banana planned a parade to the statehouse grounds to display the cattle.
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Topeka
Kan
Texas
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas City
H. J. Banana
San Antonio
Dodge City
Kansas City Chiefs
Banana
Beef cow numbers rise sharply in Texas through mid 1972
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service figures show a substantial rise in beef cow numbers since January, led by South Texas East Texas and Red River regions. Dr. Ed Avacek cites improved range conditions and strong cattle prices as key drivers, with drought last year causing earlier reductions.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Ed Uvacek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Red River
Texas A&m University
Avacek
Gulf Coast
Edwards Plateau
Panhandle
Cattle firm charged with trade violations in Texas
C&C Cattle Co. Inc. of Kemp Texas and its president Glen Cain face an USDA Packers and Stockyards Administration action for violations of accounting recordkeeping and fair trade rules from Nov 1971 to Mar 1972. The complaint alleges false invoices and billings with inflated prices and weights, shared with five other buyers, and incomplete records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C&c Cattle Co., Inc
Kemp, Tex
Glen Cain
Packers and Stockyards Act
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Packers and Stockyards Administration
State Hay Show Set for October 25 26 at Cypress Nine Bar Ranch
Harris County invites producers to enter hay samples in the 1972 State Hay Show to be held October 25 26 at the Nine Bar Ranch near Cypress on Highway 290. Registration starts 9 am. judging at 10. Entries in 28 classes with deadlines October 2 or October 9 for analyses. Fees apply if day samples lack analyses. checks payable to the Agriculture Committee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.
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Nine Bar Ranch
Cypress
Harris County
U.S. Highway 290
Rayford Kay
Don Portie
Caroline
Houston
Texas
Agriculture Committee of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Texas Education Agency
Texas Plant Food Institute
Pink bollworm threat grows in Reeves and Pecos counties
Reeves County Extension Entomologist Bill Bagley warns pink bollworms are increasing in cotton in Reeves and Pecos counties. He urges producers to start a year long cultural control program at harvest time, focusing on early harvest, thorough stalk destruction, residue plowing, green boll disposal, thorough ginning, moisture maintenance, and early uniform planting to curb larvae survival and yield loss.
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Reeves
Pecos
Reeves County Extension
Bill Bagley
Bagley
Texas Department of Agriculture
Governor Proclaims Oct 1 7 As 4 H Week In Texas
Governor Preston Smith proclaims October 1 7 as 4 H Week in Texas with the theme A New Day A New Way. The 1972 theme highlights 4 H as preparing youth to be better citizens through learn by doing projects and leadership training.
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Preston Smith
Texas
Smith
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John E. Hutchison
The
Texas Ag
Ricultural Extension Service
Bert Eason Jr
Iowa
U.S
P.L
Commodity Credit Corp
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Murphree Wildlife Management
Port Arthur
Jim Dunks
Murphree
Trompillo
Marilyn Walker
Verhalen
Crawford Hughes
Cuyahosa
Phoenix
el Paso
Pecos Enterprise
Est
4-H
R&s
R&s Electronics
Cottingham
Ronnie Doggett
Johnny Mauldin
Descom Goodrich
Goodrich
Pecos, Texas
Preston
Pete
Reynold's
City Gin Co. Inc
Balmorhea Highway
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