February 16, 2007
Commentary
Simmering trade issues may come to boil in new Congress
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, Hembree Brandon
While much of the publicity surrounding the new Congress has centered on the war in Iraq and the administration's exercise in budget fiction writing (a...
Issues
Administration's farm bill proposals too complex for words?
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, Forrest Laws
Years ago, I was covering a meeting in Greenwood or Greenville or Grenada or somewhere else in Mississippi when a farmer made a comment that struck me...
Articles
Crawfords of Kennett, Mo. Farm family defined by its members
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
The Crawford family of Kennett, Mo., is a farm family but not because they have a certain gross income or number of acres. Rather, the Crawfords' qualifications...
Greens welcome Bush bill
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff dbennett@farmpress.com
The cheerleading may not have been on a Super Bowl scale, but following the release of USDA Secretary Mike Johanns' new farm bill proposal, environmental...
In Louisiana Diseases remain threat to soybeans
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff dbennett@farmpress.com
The 2006 season was one of the hottest Boyd Padgett can remember since moving back to his home state a decade ago. And the LSU AgCenter plant pathologist,...
Closing dates for insurance programs approaching
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
USDA's Risk Management Agency reminds Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas producers who want to purchase Multi-Peril Crop Insurance for the 2007 crop...
Communications distort precision ag
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
Sunbelt farmers hope precision agriculture technology provides opportunities to improve efficiency but express some dissatisfaction at programs that don't...
Cotton Service Award honors Bruce Heiden
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Bruce Heiden, a former National Cotton Council president and board chairman, is the recipient of the 2006 Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award for...
Bush 2008 agriculture budget targets priorities, deficit cuts
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
It is being billed as a budget that meets USDA's most important priorities while exercising the fiscal discipline needed to meet President Bush's goal...
NCC selects directors for 2007
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
National Cotton Council directors for 2007 were announced at the organization's recent annual meeting. Elected were: Producers Sam R. Spruell, Mount Hope,...
In Mid-South crops: Resistant pigweed major concern
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ford L. Baldwin Practical Weed Consultants, LLC. ford@weedconsultants.com
At the recent Southern Weed Science Society meeting we had an excellent symposium on Palmer pigweed resistance to glyphosate. I commend the weed science...
Farm bill renewal, trade talks tests for cotton industry in 2007
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
Allen Helms turned the National Cotton Council chairman's gavel over to John Pucheu at the conclusion of the council's annual meeting in Austin recently...
In nonirrigated fields Choose right soybean maturity class
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry G. Heatherly Freelance Writer larryheatherly@bellsouth.net
Most soybean acres in the lower Mississippi River Valley or Delta are not irrigated. Nonirrigated soybean production is a high-risk enterprise in this...
Poultry industry slips with export troubles
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Ag Communications
Worldwide, unrealized fears of an avian influenza outbreak hurt exports of Mississippi poultry, bringing the estimated value of the state's largest commodity...
Mid-South's rice seed testing puts industry behind schedule
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff dbennett@farmpress.com
It is a certainty that in early March, if the weather is warm and dry, some Louisiana rice farmers will be planting a crop. Less certain, however, is...
Sen. Conrad calls farm bill proposal good, bad, and ugly
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Sen. Kent Conrad says farmers have been down the road the Bush administration's farm bill proposals would take them before, and they probably don't want...
While world watches corn, could soybeans go to $8.80?
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Richard Brock President, Brock Associates www.breport@brockreport.com
Soybeans at $8.80 sound ridiculous? Maybe so but while the world concentrates on the bull market in corn, the real bull market is taking place in the...
Weed situation sustains need for GMO rice in Mid-South
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bob Scott Arkansas Extension Specialist bscott@uaex.edu
This may not be the most politically correct time to write an article about LibertyLink (LL) rice, but I believe rice producers should be aware of some...
For Arkansas rice farmer: Lower seeding rates boost yields
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
Anytime a farmer can boost yields without increasing inputs, he figures he's done a pretty good day's work. But if he can boost yields and lower production...
State conservationist named for Tennessee
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster has announced Kevin Brown as Tennessee's new state conservationist. Brown has most recently...
At annual meeting NCC tackles cotton quality issues
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
The National Cotton Council has gone on record to improve cotton's flow system and to ensure that fiber quality is maintained from field to mill. Policy...
Hardwick re-elected ACP chairman
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Jon W. Hardwick, a producer from Newellton, La., was re-elected chairman of the American Cotton Producers of the National Cotton Council for 2007 during...
Arkansas' Larry McClendon named NCC vice chairman
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Marianna, Ark., cotton ginner Larry McClendon has been elected vice chairman of the National Cotton Council of America. The move puts McClendon in line...
Spell notes role of agriculture in Mississippi
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Lester Spell, Mississippi commissioner of agriculture and commerce, kicked off the Dixie National Rodeo with the annual Agriculture Round-Up Report at...
NCC group targets slow flow of cotton
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
The shrinking domestic cotton market and the increased dependence on exports to sell as much as two-thirds of the annual U.S. cotton crop puts merchants...
Michael Adams Mississippian will lead CCI in 2007
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Michael M. Adams, a Greenwood, Miss., cotton cooperative official, will serve as 2007 president of Cotton Council International (CCI). He was elected...
NCC elects state unit officers
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
National Cotton Council state unit officers for 2007 were elected at the industrywide organization's recent annual meeting in Austin, Texas. The chairmen,...
Focus on five market factors when selling cotton this year
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
The cotton market requires producers to focus on five factors to be successful in marketing cotton today, according to Mike Stevens, Swiss Financial Services,...
2007 Commodity Classic March 1-3 in Tampa
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Hundreds of exhibitors representing leading agribusiness decision-makers and representatives will showcase state-of-the-art products and technology at...
Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will showcase new equipment
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
More than 400 exhibitors from over 40 states and three foreign countries are signed up to fill more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit space for the...
$6 billion in cuts Groups want farm bill funds restored
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
They aren't your common, garden-variety farm organizations, but the 116 groups that sent a letter to House leaders requesting more money for the new farm...
China in position to become world's largest exporter
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ron Smith Farm Press Editorial Staff rsmith@farmpress.com
By 2009 China will become the world's largest exporter, passing the United States, currently in second place, within the next two years and then overtaking...
Cotton Achievement Award honors William Garrard
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
The late William M. Garrard, the first general manager of Staplcotn Cooperative, is the recipient of the 2006 Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award....
Forests still recovering from '05 hurricanes
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By John Chaney LSU AgCenter jchaney@agcenter.lsu.edu
More than 135 private landowners, loggers and forest industry leaders recently attended the LSU AgCenter's Central Louisiana Forestry Forum to learn about...
Mississippi disease lab helps state's growers protect crops
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Ag Communications
When there is a sick plant in the state, Mississippi State University's state-of-the-art Plant Pathology and Nematology Lab can determine the problem...
Bobwhite quail populations declining across Arkansas
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Kimberly Dishongh Arkansas Extension Service
Bob-white! Bob-white! The call of the bobwhite quail used to be heard loud and often, especially in the rural parts of the state, but it's becoming scarcer...
Berryman East at MSU Institute helps solve human-wildlife conflicts
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM, By Karen Brasher Mississippi State University
Flying low across the water, looking for a good meal, the black-crowned night heron quickly caught the attention of Mississippi catfish producers. Farmers...
Ag Leader adds cotton yield monitoring to Insight display
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Sometimes you have to do a little tinkering with something to keep perfecting it. That's been true with a number of agricultural technology innovations,...
Claas Variant 360 features adjustable bale density
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Claas does it once again, offering engineering excellence by combining design and function to launch the first round baler to allow for adjustable bale...
Raven releases new steering system
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Raven Industries announces the release of their newest assisted steering system, the QuickTrax system. This system offers all the same great features...
Deere introduces 5603, 5625 tractors
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
Adding to an already extensive line of utility tractors, John Deere introduces the new 5603 and 5625 tractors, both rated at 99 engine horsepower. We've...
AGCO Gleaner introduces new combine line-up
Feb 16, 2007 12:00 PM
AGCO Gleaner combine customers can now choose from either axial- rotor or transverse-rotor rotary combines with the introduction of the high capacity...
