Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars 

Nov 6, 2009,

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....

Cotton: a lot on the ground 

Nov 6, 2009,

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....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts 

Nov 6, 2009,

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....

Residuals in LibertyLink program 

Nov 6, 2009,

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. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers 

Nov 6, 2009

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’?). ...

Markets: soybean export opportunities 

Nov 6, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...

Huge cuts in university programs 

Nov 5, 2009,

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....

Crop insurance industry - how healthy? 

Nov 5, 2009,

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....

Wet fields, compacted soils 

Nov 5, 2009

Hurried harvesting of wet corn fields may have a long-term effect on soil compaction, said a University of Missouri Extension agricultural engineer....

NCC appeals Clean Water ruling 

Nov 5, 2009

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....

Forecast prompts harvest hopes 

Nov 3, 2009,

By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas

Arkansas farmers on Monday were trying to make the most of a rarity: consecutive days of sunshine. ...

Economic growth and costly oil 

Nov 3, 2009,

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....

Palmer pigweed: residual herbicides 

Nov 3, 2009,

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....

Sweet potato harvest lags 

Nov 3, 2009,

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. ...

Six parishes disaster areas — USDA 

Nov 3, 2009

USDA has named six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas, according to Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain....

Soaked - Louisiana harvest suffers 

Nov 2, 2009,

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. ...

Damaged crops - cost rising 

Nov 2, 2009,

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....

Ag disaster program – SURE 

Nov 2, 2009,

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. ...

This frightening 2009 season 

Nov 2, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Surely, Halloween cannot be as scary as the 2009 Mid-South growing season....

Where’s the economy headed? 

Oct 30, 2009,

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. ...

Farmers’ cap/trade costs – EWG 

Oct 30, 2009,

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....

Markets: open cotton vulnerable 

Oct 30, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Open cotton is vulnerable to rain damage. Harvest is only 20 percent complete. ...

Gates helping fight hunger among poorest 

Oct 30, 2009,

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?”...

‘Cautiously optimistic’ for ag 

Oct 30, 2009

Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...

Pigweed: plows and covers  

Oct 29, 2009,

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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Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars

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....

Cotton: a lot on the ground

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....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts

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....

Residuals in LibertyLink program

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. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers

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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