By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Aug. 12 corn crop production estimate is likely too low and forecasts for corn use and exports too high, which will add even more bearishness to corn once the information is digested by the market, according to Richard Feltes, an analyst with MF Global, speaking at a CME Group press briefing....
Soybean rust has been found in southeast Arkansas and west-central Mississippi, about 250 miles from southeast Missouri. ...
Farmers may begin applying for Farm Storage Facility loans for corn, grain sorghum, rice soybeans and other crops following USDA’s implementation of the changes required by the 2008 farm bill for the program....
From Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry say cotton plants may look beautiful in private home landscapes but the state must monitor all planted cotton, including those used for ornamental purposes, for boll weevil presence....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mississippi’s south Delta region has been likened to a tub that, when full, is incapable of draining. ...
On Saturday, Aug. 15, Asian soybean rust was confirmed in multiple Mississippi counties. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Uncertainty over the size of the cotton crop in drought-stressed Texas, where over half of the U.S. crop is planted this season, will likely continue well into October, and perhaps November, according to experts speaking at the Ag Market Network August teleconference....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton industry faces a double handful of trade issues in the near future, including an announcement of damages in the Brazil WTO case that could affect the economic well-being of cotton farmers, ginners and others....
From the National Corn Growers Association
USDA’s Farm Service Agency will begin accepting and approving applications for farm storage loans on Monday, Aug. 17....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to “stack the deck” against ethanol and other biofuels?...
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Soybeans ending stock estimates are near 107 million bushels for the current crop. ...
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The issues of renewable fuels and climate change cannot be separated, says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have listened in on a couple of recent conference calls where Rick Cartwright, University of Arkansas plant pathologist, and Ronnie Helms, G and H Associates, have given an excellent overview of the Arkansas rice crop in the field....
Family farming is important for Donald Gant of Merigold, Miss. Over the course of his 39-year career, he started with 300 acres of rented land in the Mississippi Delta and built his operation into an impressive 6,192 acres devoted primarily to row crops....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With cotton futures prices in the deferred months inching closer to 70 cents, and with grain markets substantially off their highs, it’s possible that cotton in the United States could start to win acreage back in 2010, according to Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Two key factors affecting U.S. cotton exports for 2009-10 are how much cotton India will have on hand to export, and how much import quota China will issue, according to Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer, Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
For a month when the TV weather gurus usually have little to do but offer humdrum day-after-day forecasts of “widely scattered showers” for the Mid-South — and farmers who get one of those showers count themselves fortunate indeed — the July just ended has been totally weird....
The last of four soybean grading clinics will be held Aug. 18 at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, 5421 Hwy., 145 South, Verona, Miss. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A record U.S. soybean crop is in the making, and U.S. corn producers are on the way to producing the second largest crop on record, according to USDA’s Aug. 12 Crop Production report. ...
As a child, Orelan Johnson of England, Ark., was kept busy on his family farm hoeing cotton. ...
For many students in rice-growing country, promoting the importance of U.S.-grown rice is the continuation of a family tradition. ...
From the USDA
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder have announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold joint public workshops to explore competition issues affecting the agriculture industry in the 21st century and the appropriate role for antitrust and regulatory enforcement in that industry....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust has been found in extreme southeast Arkansas. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The late-planted portion of the Arkansas corn crop has experienced “quite a bit” of southern rust build-up, according to Scott Monfort, Arkansas Extension plant pathologist....
From the Arkansas Cooperative Extension
When it comes to rice field draining and harvest, bad timing can be costly....
Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | Next
advertisement
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’?). ...
Delta Farm Press News
Southeast Farm Press News
Southwest Farm Press News
Western Farm Press News
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).
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
