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Achievements honor his fatherNov 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.... HeadlinesWTO awards Brazil retaliation authorityNov 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 courseNov 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 supplierNov 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 – MississippiNov 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 ethanolNov 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 impactNov 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 drainNov 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.”... Delta Farm Press News Archives Commentaries
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Farmland strong inflation hedgeNov 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 SunbeltAgricultural, food law blog growsAttorneys, 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 winnerNov 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 harvestIn 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 namedAgriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has appointed four members and four alternate members to serve on the National Peanut Board. ... Research funding for biofuelsOct 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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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
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