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Top Stories Gustav pounds Mid-South crops 9/4/08 After the latest rains courtesy of Hurricane Gustav, extreme southeast Arkansas could float an ark. more U.S. agriculture dodges Doha bullet 8/28/08 Talk about your no-win situation. That’s what the Bush administration found in the Doha Round negotiations that... more Waterway system vital to movement of ag products 8/25/08 The huge increases in U.S. grain production only highlight the need for a strong program for maintaining and... more Rice remains ‘political crop’ 8/22/08 Panic, rationing, questions, and turmoil in the rice market — yet the year is only half over. Regarding international... more OTHER TOP STORIES 1 2 3 4 Headlines Arkansas’ rice crop, post-Gustav Sep 4, 2008 1:56 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff Reached Thursday morning, Chuck Wilson, Arkansas Extension rice specialist, could offer only a preliminary assessment of the damage done to Arkansas’ rice crop by Hurricane Gustav. ... Gustav pounds Mid-South crops Sep 4, 2008 1:47 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff After the latest rains courtesy of Hurricane Gustav, extreme southeast Arkansas could float an ark. ... Essay winners lay out cotton’s future Sep 4, 2008 8:10 AM, By Farm Press Editorial Staff The grand prize winners of the Future of Delta Cotton Student Essay Contest took completely different approaches in describing their visions of tomorrow’s cotton industry. ... For Cotton’s Future: Open mind, technology muscle Sep 4, 2008 8:08 AM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff Matthew Turner learned at an early age that cotton is a very special crop in his family. ... Cotton’s Future: A little science fiction? Sep 4, 2008 8:04 AM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff Michael Ferro might seem an unlikely person to win an essay contest on cotton production in the Delta. Ferro is a graduate student in the entomology department at Louisiana State University working on a doctorate on beetles in rotting wood.... MSU DAWGS glean wisdom from service Sep 4, 2008 8:02 AM, By Patti Drapala MSU Ag Communications Mississippi State University took full responsibility for recently letting 35 “dawgs” out on the watermelon farm of two Webster County brothers.... National Rice Month celebrated Sep 4, 2008 8:00 AM The 18th annual National Rice Month celebration has begun, and many activities are planned for September to promote the U.S. rice industry.... Delta Farm Press News Archives Commentaries WTO talks collapse over protecting farmers’ livelihoods By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff The World Trade Organization negotiations have broken down once again, ostensibly because “developing” countries want to protect their farmers. Imagine that.... Inflation new element of farmer’s uncertainty By Hembree Brandon Farm Press Editorial Staff “I was down in the dumps and feeling sorry for myself,” the old story goes, “and my friends told me, ‘Cheer up — things could be worse.’... Global cooling gains momentum among scientists By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff Two weeks ago, after writing about the possibility that the Earth may actually be entering a cooling phase, I braced myself for a torrent of icy missives from the global warming crowd suggesting that the heat must have fried my noggin.... Featured Photo Galleries 2008 Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Sunbelt Ag Expo 07

advertisement FARM BILL NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rules Despite 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. 3 Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... ACRE: boon or bust for southern farmers? The chairmen of the House and the Senate agriculture committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill....    Farm Bill Archive Across the Sunbelt New farm bill brings tax changes Passage of the latest farm bill brought a sigh of relief for most people involved in agriculture, but for farmers it creates some changes that may require reworking of the farm financial plan.... Thirty days and $1.13 decline in wheat prices Between June 24 and July 23, wheat prices fell from about $8.40 to $7.27. ... California delivers on Olympic athletes’ request for strawberries In a historic step for the California strawberry industry, America’s favorite fruit arrived on Chinese soil for the first time in history on Aug. 5. ... Latest Jobs

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