Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
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. ...
Nov 17, 2009 10:51 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The next generation of farmers will foremost have to be good businessmen — “just being a good producer won’t be enough,” says Jeremy Jack....
Nov 16, 2009 3:26 PM, By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas
The estimated crop loss for the 2009 Arkansas harvest so far has risen to $309 million, not including lost wages of about $83 million due to decline in nearly 3,000 full- and part-time agriculture-related jobs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said....
Nov 12, 2009 10:31 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Huge soybean crops in North America and South America could push world inventories higher and prices lower in 2010, according to a market analyst speaking at the CME Group press briefing on USDA’s Nov. 9 Crop Production Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
Nov 11, 2009 10:45 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
During the last week of October, with Arkansas set to lose many millions of dollars due to unprecedented, near season-long wet weather, Arkansas Farm Bureau analysts compiled a report on just how hard-hit the agricultural sector is....
Nov 11, 2009 10:33 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weekly soybean export sales were above expectations. Soy oil sales were disappointing this past week. ...
News from the Farm BillFinal rule on country of origin labelingUSDA has announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program required by the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. ... NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rulesDespite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying.... MU Breimyer Seminar unpacks farm bill, Sept. 3Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... |
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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....
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....
Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
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. ...
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....
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....
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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