News Archive

Mid-South: Wet conditions create crop concerns

Aug 29, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Like many Louisianans, Clayton Hollier is watching Tropical Storm Gustav with a wary eye. ...

Higher farm prices bring new uncertainties

Aug 29, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In the words of that wise old sage, Kermit the Frog, who once lived on the banks of Deer Creek near Leland, Miss., “It isn’t easy being green.” ...

Farm managers, appraisers: Ag Pro Outlook

Aug 29, 2008

The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ Ag Pro Outlook and its 79th annual meeting will be held Nov. 11-14, 2008 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas....

BASF: treatment programs key to top soybean yields

Aug 29, 2008

Ever wonder what it takes to set a world yield record? Record-holder Kip Cullers has some answers and those attending the recent field day at his Stark City, Mo., farm had the opportunity to hear about them....

Catfish producers: ask about government programs

Aug 28, 2008

The following letter — abridged by Delta Farm Press — was recently sent to catfish producers from Ted McNulty, director of the aquaculture division at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture:...

Sustainable Ag conference Jan. 21-24 in Chattanooga

Aug 28, 2008

The 2009 Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference will be held Jan. 21-24, 2009 in Chattanooga, Tenn....

Bill Bradley keynote speaker for AFBF convention

Aug 28, 2008

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley will deliver the keynote address to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th annual convention set for Jan. 11-14 in San Antonio, Texas....

U.S. agriculture dodges Doha bullet

Aug 27, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Talk about your no-win situation. That’s what the Bush administration found in the Doha Round negotiations that collapsed when China and India demanded the United States make “unacceptable” concessions on market access and farm subsidies....

Strong demand, short supply lift cottonseed prices

Aug 27, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It is not without irony that, at a time when cotton acres have fallen drastically and newer varieties have smaller, less-weightier seed, demand for cottonseed is exceptionally strong and prices are high....

Fay compounds wet August for Louisiana farmers

Aug 27, 2008

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay have put Louisiana farmers in a wait-and-see mode. ...

New pest management research funded

Aug 27, 2008

USDA has announced funding for research and training efforts through eight new projects through the Southern Regional Integrated Pest Management grants program....

MU South Farm hosts Beef Day, Sept. 18

Aug 27, 2008

Technology that boosts efficiency in beef production will be highlighted at the University of Missouri South Farm’s third annual beef field day, Sept. 18, at the farm’s Beef Research and Teaching Center near Columbia, Mo....

Hard-hit catfish industry has many positives

Aug 26, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With many Southern catfish farmers losing money and converting acreage to row crops, Roger Barlow might be forgiven a stormy mood....

Inflation new element of farmer’s uncertainty

Aug 26, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

“I was down in the dumps and feeling sorry for myself,” the old story goes, “and my friends told me, ‘Cheer up — things could be worse.’...

Seminar targets women working in agriculture

Aug 26, 2008

Two upcoming seminars will help women who work in farming businesses....

Pioneer: Y Series soybeans ‘step-change’ in yields

Aug 26, 2008

U.S. soybean yields have been rising about one-half bushel per acre or 1 percent per year as farmers have found new and improved ways to grow the “miracle” bean....

Global cooling gains momentum among scientists

Aug 25, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Two weeks ago, after writing about the possibility that the Earth may actually be entering a cooling phase, I braced myself for a torrent of icy missives from the global warming crowd suggesting that the heat must have fried my noggin....

Barnyardgrass puts roots down in too many places

Aug 25, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I have written the previous two articles about the failure to control barnyardgrass in far too many soybean fields. ...

Researchers make ‘elusieve’ dreams happen

Aug 25, 2008,

By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications

What comes first from the processing of corn — the ethanol in the car, the egg in the refrigerator or the enhancements in plastic lumber?...

Waterway system vital to movement of ag products

Aug 25, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The huge increases in U.S. grain production only highlight the need for a strong program for maintaining and upgrading the nation’s systems of locks and dams to facilitate barge transportation on the Mississippi River and inland waterways, says producer-ginner R.D. James, A.C. Riley Cotton Co., New Madrid, Mo....

NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rules

Aug 22, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Despite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying....

Peanut Profitability winners share success

Aug 22, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The 2008 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award winners included one former teacher, but all of the honorees are teachers in a sense, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory and advisor for the program....