Wheat experts from the LSU AgCenter say growing conditions are good and diseases are minimal for the 2008 crop....
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has recognized the efforts of nearly 60 USDA employees who volunteered to serve as agriculture advisors in Afghanistan and Iraq....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Few growers remain in the strawberry business in Mississippi, but consumers still like to buy local produce because of its fresh taste....
LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic this year had a record number of visitors — 13,840 — and LSU AgCenter officials are already starting to plan next year’s event....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Founded in the 1940s as part of the Manhattan Project, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is located in east Tennessee. ...
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
Stoneville, Miss.
A multi-state project to reveal genetic markers for some of the Mid-South’s best rice breeding lines in history is underway with the goal to produce a genetic map of about 470 of the most successful rice varieties....
Sorghum producers will have increased funding for research, market development and educational efforts, after USDA approval of a National Sorghum Checkoff. USDA will begin collecting assessments July 1....
The USA Rice Federation is sponsoring its annual National Rice Month (NRM) scholarship contest this September for high school juniors and seniors whose families are directly involved in the rice industry in the six major rice-growing states of Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas....
The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For the last decade, at least, Paul Beck and colleagues have been studying how to best utilize byproduct feeds on cattle operations. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Driving along Highway 61 in the north Delta, you can’t help notice the crops are late. ...
According to USDA’s May 5 crop progress report, 5 percent of the nation’s soybean crop has been planted, which is behind the five-year average of 14 percent....
A study puts a clear dollar figure on the savings from a new Missouri law mandating the use of renewable fuels: ...
Western Farm Press, a Penton Media publication, has been selected to be publisher of the official World Ag Expo magazine and show guide in 2009, according to Jerry Sinift, general manager of International Agri-Center....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
OK, how’s this for a plan: We all go on a buying binge — I’m personally thinking a sporty new $75k Jaguar, a $500k McMansion in an exclusive community, an extended vacation at a ritzy St. Lucia resort from November through February while wintry winds blow, maybe a Rolex or two, a fancy boat, and well, you get the picture....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Communications Specialist
When the flooding along rivers in eastern Arkansas subsides, row crop farmers will likely have something else to worry about in addition to lost planting time and debris cleanup: new weeds, especially herbicide-resistant ones. ...
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi growers are looking forward to the 2008 rice crop because of news of a potential world rice shortage....
In a sign of the ag economy’s growing strength, CoBank, the leading cooperative bank for agribusinesses and rural utilities, said its net earnings rose 45 percent to $149.6 million in the first three months of 2008....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Several Mid-South producers and researchers are hoping to reduce nitrogen costs on corn and increase harvest efficiency in cotton this coming season with variable-rate applications based on on-the-go sensing technology....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Fed up with high fertilizer prices, more and more U.S. farmers are looking at poultry litter to feed their crops....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Ongoing efforts to track Asian soybean rust and minimize its threat to Mississippi soybean acres led researchers to note that some kudzu, a rust host, resists the disease....
By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter
Processing nonfood crops to produce biofuels and value-added chemicals can provide Louisiana with another vehicle for economic growth, according to LSU AgCenter officials....
The 73rd Annual Delta Council Meeting will be held Friday, May 23, 2008, and will include a featured address by political analyst Stu Rothenberg. The Rothenberg Political Report publisher and Roll Call columnist’s address will be at Delta State University’s Bologna Performing Arts Center, in Cleveland, Miss....
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May 9, 2008 10:33 AM
Wheat experts from the LSU AgCenter say growing conditions are good and diseases are minimal for the 2008 crop....
May 9, 2008 10:30 AM
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has recognized the efforts of nearly 60 USDA employees who volunteered to serve as agriculture advisors in Afghanistan and Iraq....
May 9, 2008 10:27 AM
Few growers remain in the strawberry business in Mississippi, but consumers still like to buy local produce because of its fresh taste....
May 9, 2008 10:25 AM
LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic this year had a record number of visitors — 13,840 — and LSU AgCenter officials are already starting to plan next year’s event....
May 9, 2008 10:16 AM
Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report....
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