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  • May 22, 2013
    Article

    Arkansas Century Farm applications due May 31

    The Arkansas Agriculture Department is accepting applications for the 2013 Arkansas Century Farm program until May 31, 2013....More
  • May 21, 2013
    Article

    New farm bill to provide ‘balanced’ risk management tools for nation’s farmers

    Senate Agriculture Committee chair says new farm bill will help farmers in all regions of the country continue to provide an abundant, reliable and safe food supply and help conserve the land and water on which they'll grow it....More
  • May 21, 2013
    Article

    White House backs Senate farm bill

    The White House is backing the Senate farm bill while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has concerns over nutrition program treatment in the House version....More
  • May 21, 2013
    Video
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    Bipartisanship push for 2013 farm bill in Senate

    The Senate began debating the new farm bill Monday. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., believes a sense of bipartisanship will prevail and help win passage of the bill....More
  • May 21, 2013
    Article

    Vilsack's vision for organic farming 3

    USDA's Risk Management Agency's (RMA) federal crop insurance program will increase coverage options for organic producers this year and provide even more options in 2014, including a contract price addendum as well as new premium price elections for organic crops....More
  • May 20, 2013
    News
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    Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events

    Important meetings, trade shows, field days and conferences for those involved in Mid-South agriculture....More
  • May 19, 2013
    Video
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    Stabenow at Delta Council: features of farm bill – Part 2

    Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow discussed differences in Senate and House versions of the next farm bill during a press briefing at the annual meeting of the Delta Council in Cleveland, Miss....More
  • May 19, 2013
    Video
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    Stabenow at Delta Council: features of farm bill – Part 1

    Days after the Senate ag committee passed its version of the next farm bill, Sen. Debbie Stabenow told members of the Delta Council the bill would provide a strong safety net for farmers while reducing expenditures significantly....More
  • May 17, 2013
    Commentary

    Property rights, pigs and pristine waters 1

    With family and friends, I have spent some of the best hours of my life on the Buffalo, which was designated the nation’s first “national river” in 1972. The designation was well-deserved. Outside Ponca, Arkansas’ only elk herd can be heard bugling as it moves through the morning mist blanketing riverside meadows. Rental cabins – rustic or tricked out -- are plentiful, as are hiking trails, small-mouth bass, and friendly folks....More
  • May 16, 2013
    News
    Delta Farm Press

    Bowman decision affirms future of seed biotechnology 1

    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Indiana soybean farmer who planted Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seed without the company's approval....More
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