March 9, 2007
Commentary
Skyrocketing health care costs: The tail that's wagging the dog
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, Hembree Brandon
The U.S. government pays more, per person, for health care than any government in the world, including Canada, Great Britain, and other countries that...
Issues
Growers keeping wary eye on markets as planters roll
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, Forrest Laws
And so the Mid-South's grand experiment begins. As this is being written, farmers are loading planters to put in what might be the largest corn crop the...
Articles
Allenberg's Nicosia: Corn should help cotton prices
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
Mid-South farmers are finally seeing the price advantage in producing a crop for a big, strong domestic market. While the crop is corn and the market...
Pucheu challenges farm bill
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
The Bush administration's farm bill proposals have attracted a considerable amount of attention from the national media and environmental groups. But...
KSU's Flinchbaugh: Farm bills have done what intended
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Barry Flinchbaugh leaves little doubt where his loyalties lie when the wizened gnome of Manhattan gives one of his two-hour tours de force on the past,...
Weed resistance
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
An article on weed resistance in the March 2 Delta Farm Press said growers can apply glyphosate plus Sequence to control heavy infestations of Palmer...
NCC says Geneva meetings bode ill for U.S. cotton industry
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
National Cotton Council leaders have looked at a schedule of upcoming WTO events and decided they do not bode well for U.S. cotton. The NCC says the WTO...
With 2007 cotton crop: Bale committee emphasizes uniformity
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
The Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee (JCIBPC), conducting its 40th annual meeting in Memphis, has agreed that increased emphasis should...
Variable-rate applications could strengthen cotton profits
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
Variable-rate applications of fertilizer nitrogen on cotton may one day help green up grower pocketbooks, provided producers have a good handle on soil...
With state congressmen Farm bill aired at Louisiana forum
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bruce Schultz LSU AgCenter bschultz@agcenter.lsu.edu
Louisiana farmers aired their concerns at a recent Farm Day Forum called by Congressmen Charles Boustany of Lafayette and Charles Melancon of Napoleonville...
Ag contributes much to Arkansas economy
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
Agriculture accounts for 20 cents of every dollar generated in the Arkansas economy, according to a research report from the University of Arkansas Division...
Two Southern senators outline ideas for writing new farm bill
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff dbennett@farmpress.com
Speaking before a friendly Southern audience at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., U.S. senators Blanche Lincoln and Saxby...
Kellogg's acceptance could boost Jupiter rice
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bruce Schultz LSU AgCenter bschultz@agcenter.lsu.edu
An acreage increase for the medium-grain rice variety Jupiter is likely this year now that it has obtained acceptance by the cereal company Kellogg's....
NCC policy group briefed on federal farm programs
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
At the National Cotton Council's recent annual meeting in Austin, Texas, 12 participants of the NCC Policy Education Program were briefed by Council staff...
Cost per fish Calculate feed for stocker catfish
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Larry Dorman Arkansas Extension Fisheries Specialist
One common practice utilized by catfish producers to increase production is to include some stocker size fish, 0.1 pound and larger, when stocking fingerlings....
Cottonseed meal comes full circle
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
As a burgeoning biodiesel industry continues its binge on U.S. vegetable oil production, including oil pressed from cottonseed, one processor has demonstrated...
NCC lists market access goals for U.S. Trade Representative
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
The National Cotton Council has responded to requests by the US Trade Representative for a list of market access priorities. As follow up to a meeting...
Clearfield 131 rice not allowed to be planted in Arkansas
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Bennett Farm Press Editorial Staff dbennett@farmpress.com
In a continuing effort to purge GM traits from the rice industry, the Arkansas State Plant Board has banned the rice variety Clearfield 131. The measure...
Corn becoming golden crop for many Mississippi farmers
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Ag Communications agcommnews@ext.msstate.edu
Corn has become a very attractive crop in Mississippi, thanks mostly to the growing demand for corn-derived ethanol, an alternative fuel. Erick Larson,...
Jamie Jenkins named Tennessee FSA director
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
Jamie H. Jenkins has been appointed to serve as FSA state executive director for Tennessee. Jamie Jenkins' strong background in education and agricultural...
Demand not being met Opportunity exists for quality beef
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Miranda Reiman Industry Information Specialist Certified Angus Beef
It's a challenge to grow demand when the supply is limited. According to Randy Blach, Cattle-Fax vice president, the beef industry puts its future in...
Questions about CL 131 rice making choices more difficult
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ford L. Baldwin Practical Weed Consultants, LLC. ford@weedconsultants.com
At my age I should not be wishing for time to move faster. However, I certainly will be glad when the upcoming rice crop is in the ground, which, I hope,...
Beltwide recordings
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
Participants in the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences can access conference presentations via the Confex Podium Service. Oral presentations recorded with...
In 2006 crop: Cotton producers improve quality
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
U.S. cotton producers grew a longer, stronger fiber in 2006 and produced the highest percentage in five years at base quality or better, according to...
Scholarship honors Robert Williams
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM
A new endowed scholarship at Mississippi State University honors an agricultural economist with more than 40 years of service to the university and the...
Specialty crop producers take part in farm bill discussions
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Harry Cline Farm Press Editorial Staff hcline@farmpress.com
Modesto, Calif., was the last place Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns expected a standing-room-only crowd for the Bush administration's traveling...
Brazil ramps up investment to improve biodiesel industry
Mar 9, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jose Sergio Osse Freelance writer
Brazil, already a world leader in biofuel usage through its 25-year-old ethanol fuel program, has recently invested an additional $7 billion in the development...
