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Crop insurance is purchased by farmers and ranchers to protect against loss of their crops to natural disasters or the loss of revenue due to commodity price declines.
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  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Louisiana’s ‘Ag Alley’ provides children eye-opening experience

    For more than 2,000 first-and fourth-graders from northeast Louisiana, the LSU AgCenter’s Ag Alley at the thirtieth annual Ag Expo on Jan. 18 and 19 offered a chance to get up close and personal with plants and animals....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Smartphone app accesses soil survey information

    NRCS Soil Scientist Dr. Dylan Beaudette developed the SoilWeb application for mobile devices while he was a graduate student at UC Davis. The app provides soil survey information in a mobile form and is particularly useful for those working in the field....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Predator control featured at Louisiana field day

    Landowners and farmers learned about controlling animal pests at a Jan. 23 field day held by the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    News

    Crawfish catch down as season starts

    Much of Louisiana experienced hot and dry weather throughout summer and fall of 2011, which led to low crawfish reproduction and survival....More
  • Feb. 8, 2012
    Article

    Commodity advisory meeting set for Feb. 28

    The fourth annual Mississippi State University Extension Service Commodity Advisory Council meeting will be held Feb. 28 at the Coastal Research and Extension Center in Biloxi, Miss....More
  • Feb. 8, 2012
    Article

    Legal risk workshops forest landowners, foresters

    Three workshops will provide information on managing legal risk for forest landowners and foresters in Arkansas and Louisiana....More
  • Feb. 8, 2012
    article

    Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events

    Important meetings, trade shows, field days and conferences for those involved in Mid-South agriculture....More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
    Article

    Strong passwords increase account security

    Many Internet sites require a username and password, and the stronger they are, the safer your personal information will be....More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
    Article

    New tool for mapping water use and drought

    Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists....More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
    Article

    Premiums on Trend-Adjusted APH Endorsements

    The Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History (TA-APH) allows farmers to increase yields used in calculating guarantees for plans within the COMBO product. For the same guarantee level, farmer-paid premiums will almost always be the same or lower using the TA-APH yield endorsement than without the endorsement....More
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