The early-entry deadline for the National Corn Yield Contest is Wednesday, July 1, the National Corn Growers Association reminds growers....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With hearings on biofuels coming fast and furious, the Renewable Fuels Association has offered a preview of its approach to the EPA proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
June: Week 4 — The value of our dollar relative to other world currency is affecting grain, oilseed and cotton export potential....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
June: Week 3 — USDA expects world feed grains to decline 23 million tons. Stock markets continue to assert a major influence over grain, oilseed and fiber market prices....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton farmers have put their pencils to it, but after the numbers are crunched, the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) payment option, included in the 2008 farm bill, doesn’t make economic sense....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for rice and corn, respectively, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report....
The information you receive as a commodity producer can be a little like a spring rain — a lot of the time you’re getting way too much of it to do much good....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After last year’s rains, floods and early-season problems, Roger Gipson didn’t think “we’d face anything on that scale again. ...
By Rick Tolman
Chief Executive Officer
National Corn Growers Association
The definition of “sustainability” has become one of the most widely discussed topics in agriculture — and with consumers, too — during the past several years....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It was “a no-brainer,” Johnny Little says of the five small-acreage center pivot systems he has on his rolling hill land farm on the western edge of Grenada County, Miss., just a few miles from where the flat Delta starts....
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Mar 12, 2010 9:53 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The gulf between the general public and those who understand what is required in modern agriculture appears to be widening....
Mar 12, 2010 9:47 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
When I received the advance program for the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association’s annual meeting and saw a three-hour session scheduled on corn production, with not even a break, I thought, No way!...
Mar 12, 2010 9:42 AM, By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to shift farm export expansion efforts from a “one-size-fits-all” approach based on world geographic regions to strategies tailored to specific market needs....
Mar 12, 2010 9:36 AM
The Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network is conducting March Madness 2010 to recruit volunteers for measuring precipitation and Mississippi State University researchers are recruiting participants for the program....
Mar 12, 2010 9:28 AM, By Duane Dailey, University of Missouri
Farmers growing corn and soybeans in 2010 should start considering the challenge of marketing the beans, according to market-plan ideas from a University of Missouri crop economist....
Mar 11, 2010 1:29 PM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
On Wednesday (March 10), the Senate passed the “American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010.” ...
Mar 11, 2010 12:51 PM, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Commodity Classic
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been criticized by environmental activists for his support of biotechnology....
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