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Achievements honor his father

Nov 18, 2009 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A board member at Black Oak Gin found Donnie Kelton. He was in the front seat of his pickup parked on a gravel road about three miles from their home....

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WTO awards Brazil retaliation authority

Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....

Precision ag – online course

Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM

University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....

Soybeans — U.S. key export supplier

Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...

$485 million loss – Mississippi

Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications

Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...

Biofuels goal beyond ethanol

Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....

Soybeans — dollar, oil impact

Nov 19, 2009 10:00 AM, By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Providing a marketing outlook on a particular commodity involves much more these days than simply looking at supply and demand numbers, says Chuck Danehower, University of Tennessee Extension farm management specialist....

Gain from a better drain

Nov 19, 2009 9:56 AM, By Liz Morrison, Corn and Soybean Digest

It was the drought of 1988 that got John Wilken thinking about the wisdom of draining his “liquid assets.”...

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Borlaug: Hands that helped him

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

By now, most farmers have heard the story of Norman E. Borlaug, the scientist who saved millions of people from starvation by developing higher-yielding wheat varieties that could be planted in third-world countries....

Biofuels goal beyond ethanol

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....

What EWG doesn’t want you to know

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

There’s an underlying message behind those who slam commercial agriculture for its high-volume, high efficiency production model. ...

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Farmland strong inflation hedge

Nov 20, 2009 11:16 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

With the volatility in markets these days and increasing risks related to farming, “many landowners are scared,” says George Baird. ...

Across the Sunbelt

Agricultural, food law blog grows

Attorneys, legislators, policymakers, Extension personnel and producers in the farm and food business have a new online source for their research: the United States Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog....

Jim McCarthy: Kleckner award winner

Nov 10, 2009 9:28 AM

Jim McCarthy thrives on change. An early “change” in his life was to shed his “towny” roots, and concentrate his studies on becoming a farm manager....

Wet weather delays cotton harvest

In some areas, rains let up and fields dried, allowing agricultural producers to get back into fields for planting and harvesting, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....

Peanut Board members, alternates named

Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has appointed four members and four alternate members to serve on the National Peanut Board. ...

Research funding for biofuels

Oct 30, 2009 9:44 AM, By Janet Byron, University of California

At least two-thirds of a billion dollars is currently being spent in University of California laboratories systemwide to build better biofuels, a massive effort to help the state achieve its ambitious goal of a 10 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020....

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