By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“Now is the winter of our discontent” — those oft-quoted opening words from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” pretty much sum up the mood of the populace as the gray and gloomy season sets in....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agricultural biotechnology is making substantial footholds in small and large countries worldwide and must remain a part of sustainable agriculture so farmers and consumers can reap the benefits....
DeKalb has introduced its 2009 class of 30 new brands to expand its portfolio of top-performing corn seed products. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Seed treatments have been growing in popularity because of their ease of application — no in-furrow boxes to be filled or calibrated, etc. — relatively low expense and effectiveness....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While the fundamentals of the U.S. corn market remain strong, that may be overwhelmed — at least in the short-term — by outside influences....
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program board of directors were sworn in by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Shafer recently in Washington, D.C. ...
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture presented its second annual Book of the Year award to Leon Hesser for The Man Who Fed the World, his biography of Dr. Norman Borlaug....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Why would the Environmental Protection Agency choose to ignore documents that appear to indicate the Yazoo Backwater Project should have been exempt from provisions of the Clean Water Act?...
John Coccaro and Juan Silva’s leadership and outstanding contributions to their fields have earned them 2008 Outstanding Worker Awards at Mississippi State University....
Nathan Stone, Extension specialist-section leader for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, has received a regional Excellence in Extension Award from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges....
By Mark Claesgens
LSU AgCenter Communications
When cooks shop for their Thanksgiving meal, they’ll find the cost of the basic dinner items cost more this year but remain affordable, according to LSU AgCenter family economist Jeanette Tucker....
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi is a national leader in the production of the sweet potato, a holiday favorite and also one of the most nutritious vegetables available year-round....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
In a holiday season that can seem only about getting, many parents are looking for ways to teach their children about giving instead....
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
The holiday season is supposed to lift people’s spirits with joy and wonder, but it sometimes triggers feelings of stress and depression....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The subprime mortgage house of cards that brought chaos to the world’s financial sector is also “going to come home to roost” for farmer borrowers in the form of higher interest rates and tighter credit....
A looming global cotton glut and softening demand for textiles have all but stitched up a tighter supply of cottonseed available for dairy cows in 2009....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sen. Blanche Lincoln says farmers in her state of Arkansas and in others shouldn’t give up their efforts to feed and clothe the nation – and the rest of the world – no matter how unappreciated those efforts might seem at times....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Last week I discussed the importance of controlling barnyardgrass in soybeans as the foundation for a resistance management program in rice....
Anniversaries are exciting times, and peanut farmers will have something special to look forward to when Farm Press Publications and its cosponsors celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Peanut Profitability Awards....
By Tim Pepper
Contributing Writer
Delta farms have become larger and more valuable in the last decade, in the process creating sizeable landowner estates. ...
A soybean plant introduction has been found to show resistance to soybean aphid in Ohio, paving the way to control the insect through new resistant cultivars....
The American Farm Bureau Federation has registered its opposition to an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, asserting it would essentially result in new taxes on livestock operations....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The past year has taught cotton analysts one thing — the weather is easier to predict than the cotton markets....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin has introduced legislation aimed at establishing stronger standards of openness, transparency and integrity in the trading of swaps and other over-the-counter financial derivatives that have helped bring the nation to the brink of the worst recession in decades....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A broad coalition of food industry, environmental and other “grassroot” organizations are calling on President-elect Barack Obama and Congress to enact legislation phasing out subsidies for ethanol production....
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Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM
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Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM
At the long-closed Sack ’n’ Save grocery in our town, the tall, steel pole billboard at their once busy gas station still advertises unleaded gas for $2.14.9 per gallon....
Dec 3, 2008 10:02 AM
By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...
Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM
A Soybean Production and Planning Meeting will be held Dec. 8-9 at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss. ...
Dec 3, 2008 9:56 AM
Asgrow has introduced its 2009 class of 24 new high-performing Elites — its newest soybean products designed to deliver uniform plant health and higher yield potential....
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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
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A free American Society of Agronomy-accredited one-CEU course on spray drift management.
