From the LSU AgCenter
Louisiana’s agricultural and seafood industries will have a new marketing tool in early 2010 when MarketMaker, a national Internet-driven service, is inaugurated in the state, according to officials with the LSU AgCenter....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A statistical picture of the impact of wet weather on Mid-South crops still has not come into focus, although USDA is acknowledging significant problems with a portion of the Mid-South cotton crop....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Allen Eubanks left Mississippi State University in 1992 with a degree in agricultural economics and returned to his family’s small truck farming operation at Lucedale, Miss. — “30 non-irrigated acres of mostly watermelons, with some peas, butterbeans, and cantaloupes.”...
A new economic study conducted by the University of Tennessee’s Bio-Based Energy Analysis Group has determined that there are significant market opportunities for agriculture if Congress enacts a national renewable energy standard (RES) policy....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
How could anything as benign as an anchovy change the structure of the cotton market?...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
By now, most farmers have heard the story of Norman E. Borlaug, the scientist who saved millions of people from starvation by developing higher-yielding wheat varieties that could be planted in third-world countries....
From the American Soybean Association
Soybean farming has changed dramatically since 1920. But even then, decisions made on Capitol Hill were having a direct effect on the production and profitability of soybean farmers....
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. ...
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM
University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM
Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM
If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
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