Sorghum prices attract ethanol plants 

Feb 27, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA projected a 40 million-bushel increase in sorghum use in February based on indications of increased sorghum use by ethanol plants in the Southern and Central Plains. ...

Three-fold benefits — Farm & Gin Show 

Feb 26, 2009

Farmers attending this year’s Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Friday and Saturday will not only be able to check out more than 400 exhibits of the latest equipment, products, and services; they’ll also be offered several educational sessions with information critical to this year’s decision-making, and they’ll have the opportunity to interact with other farmers and their families....

Double-crop cotton shows promise 

Feb 23, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farmers are generally perceived as a conservative lot, unwilling to take chances on anything less than a “sure thing” in the tough economic times they face today....

‘Uncommon’ times for cotton prices 

Feb 18, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

China’s cotton production could be down 4 million bales in 2009, a result of the faltering global economy, higher subsidies for grain crops and declining seed cotton prices....

Mid-South ginner to lead NCGA 

Feb 18, 2009

The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) elected its officers for 2009 at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. ...

Cotton acres to fall — NCC survey 

Feb 17, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. producers have told the National Cotton Council they intend to plant 8.11 million acres of cotton this spring, a decrease of 14 percent from 2008 that would continue a trend that began when corn prices hit $4 a bushel in 2007....

Rotations can boost cotton yields 

Feb 13, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Many producers believe rotating cotton and corn will help them increase cotton yields. ...

Boquet honored for cotton research 

Feb 13, 2009,

By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter

Don Boquet, an LSU AgCenter faculty member, was named Cotton Researcher of the Year at the recent National Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference in Marksville, La....

Turning on ‘Phaucet’ good choice 

Feb 13, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Steve Stevens says the first time his employees heard about the new irrigation program he wanted to try on his farm they weren’t exactly thrilled at the prospect....

Not your grandfather’s market 

Feb 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

This isn’t your grandfather’s commodity market, where bears and bulls play tug-o-war with a sturdy rope of supply and demand, and future price direction can be graphed with some degree of confidence....

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