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Diversity spreads risks for Masts

Jun 25, 2009 2:53 PM, By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Although they term themselves “newcomers” to growing cotton — they’ve only been at it five years — Glenn Mast and his son, Rodney, say adding the crop was in keeping with their long-time business philosophy....

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Climate change not aberration

Jul 1, 2009 1:06 PM, By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....

Ag tech field day at Agricenter

Jul 1, 2009 1:04 PM

Agricenter International will again host the biggest field day in the Mid-South for commercial agricultural technology at the 2009 Mid-South Ag-Technology Field Day July 16 in Memphis....

100 years: LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station

Jul 1, 2009 1:02 PM, By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter

The LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station at Crowley, La., is celebrating a century of operation this year, making it the oldest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere....

Glyphosate-resistance shocking

Jul 1, 2009 1:00 PM, By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I recently wrote in an article that I would sure like to get called out to a “normal-looking” rice field because I have looked at so many messes this year....

Downside of wildlife programs

Jul 1, 2009 10:18 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

We quickly learn in this business that one man’s caviar and Champagne may well be just smelly fish eggs and icky grape juice to another....

Biotechnology, trade, keys for wheat

Jul 1, 2009 10:17 AM, By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The adoption of biotechnology, export expansion, and supplier reliability are crucial components to further bolster the U.S. wheat industry — a $16.5 billion economic powerhouse in 2008....

Bee-killer genome sequenced

Jul 1, 2009 10:13 AM

Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genome of an invasive parasite called Nosema ceranae that can kill honey bees and is one of the many suspects in the mysterious ailment known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)....

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Commentaries

Climate change not aberration

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....

Downside of wildlife programs

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

We quickly learn in this business that one man’s caviar and Champagne may well be just smelly fish eggs and icky grape juice to another....

India, be careful what you wish for

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

During climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, June 1-12, developing countries like India and China insisted that the United States and other industrialized countries shoulder the burden of cost in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ...

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Restoring Elvis’ tractor

Jun 24, 2009 4:56 PM, By T.J. Jernigan
Northwest Mississippi Community College

Everybody knows that Elvis Presley preferred pink Cadillacs, blue suede shoes and gold-sequined, white jumpsuits. ...

Across the Sunbelt

Ag cutbacks threaten no-till

Recent legislation supported by President Obama is a threat to farmers across the U.S., but none more so than grain and cotton growers in the upper Southeast....

Steps to correct eminent domain laws

Texas Farm Bureau appreciates Governor Perry’s support for this important piece of the eminent domain package we have sought since 2007. ...

Pink bollworm eradication continues

The future epitaph on the pink bollworm’s tombstone could include the etching “R. I. P. – Rid of Insect Pest.”...


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