By Mary Hightower, U of A Division of Agriculture
A wetter-than-normal growing season has cut into Arkansas’ farm receipts by more than $224.8 million as of Nov. 1, according to a preliminary report issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton losses due to record rainfall during September and October in Mississippi totaled $71 million by early November, or nearly half the value of the expected crop, according to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his state’s agricultural interests at the forefront....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Before continuing with my pigweed control articles, I have tried to think of something encouraging to say about trying to get a crop out with the weather we are having. ...
I was greatly disappointed in Morgan Freeman’s recent comments referring to the base stock of this state as a mule-headed bunch of farmers (see Behind the curtain: ‘mule-headed farmers’?). ...
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Mark Keenum became Mississippi State University’s 19th president Jan. 5, he immediately underwent an economic baptism of fire....
By Farm Press Editorial Staff
With the federal deficit growing by billions of dollars daily, Washington observers expect members of Congress to begin taking a much closer look at farm programs in the coming months....
Hurried harvesting of wet corn fields may have a long-term effect on soil compaction, said a University of Missouri Extension agricultural engineer....
The National Cotton Council of America and other agricultural groups filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S Supreme Court seeking reversal of the Sixth Circuit decision in NCC v. EPA....
By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas
Arkansas farmers on Monday were trying to make the most of a rarity: consecutive days of sunshine. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 20-cents per gallon spike in the price of gasoline the week of Oct. 18 (10 cents of that in one day), pushing it to $2.50 per gallon in our area, is yet another reminder of the crumbling ledge on which we stand in terms of dealing with energy costs....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
In last week’s article I wrote that planting LibertyLink soybeans and using Ignite herbicide provide the best opportunity to consistently control glyphosate-resistance Palmer pigweed....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Unlike many other Mid-South crops, Louisiana’s sweet potatoes were planted at the ideal time this year. ...
USDA has named six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas, according to Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain....
By Rick Bogren, LSU AgCenter
After two major hurricanes in 2008, most Louisiana agricultural producers were hoping for a much-improved production environment this year. ...
By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Arkansans are assessing the damage following an Oct. 30 storm system that dumped more than 5 inches of rain in some areas in 24 hours on top of already saturated ground....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
After inquiries from farmers about the status of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program, Delta Farm Press made calls to several state Farm Service Agency offices in the South. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Surely, Halloween cannot be as scary as the 2009 Mid-South growing season....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers and consumers who are trying to figure out what the future holds aren’t getting much help from Washington these days. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
In early October, the Environmental Working Group released a study titled “Crying Wolf” that focused on what a cap and trade system would mean for farmers’ energy costs....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Open cotton is vulnerable to rain damage. Harvest is only 20 percent complete. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The first thought that runs through your mind when you watch Bill Gates speaking at the World Food Prize’s Norman Borlaug Dialogue is “How strange is this?”...
Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
As reports of herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth continue to spread throughout the Southeast, farmers are turning to hand labor to try to keep the pesky weed at bay. ...
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Nov 6, 2009 2:56 PM
A wetter-than-normal growing season has cut into Arkansas’ farm receipts by more than $224.8 million as of Nov. 1, according to a preliminary report issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
Nov 6, 2009 11:13 AM
Cotton losses due to record rainfall during September and October in Mississippi totaled $71 million by early November, or nearly half the value of the expected crop, according to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce....
Nov 6, 2009 11:02 AM
The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his state’s agricultural interests at the forefront....
Nov 6, 2009 10:57 AM
Before continuing with my pigweed control articles, I have tried to think of something encouraging to say about trying to get a crop out with the weather we are having. ...
Nov 6, 2009 10:54 AM
I was greatly disappointed in Morgan Freeman’s recent comments referring to the base stock of this state as a mule-headed bunch of farmers (see Behind the curtain: ‘mule-headed farmers’?). ...
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