By Fred Miller
University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture
A shallow flood in rice fields offers farmers another means of managing rice water weevil, according to research by the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture....
Knowledge of how to plant, manage, and manipulate wetland habitats for the benefit of resident and migratory waterfowl can put hunters and managers ahead of the game. ...
According to very preliminary reports from Louisiana State University Extension Service, revenue losses to Hurricane Gustav exceed $400 million for major crops and aquaculture....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For Louisiana cotton producers, Hurricane Gustav couldn’t have hit at a worse time. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s September crop report may have understated demand for corn, while overestimating average corn and soybean yields, according to analysts at a CME Group press briefing....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have had a lot of interesting comments about my recent articles about barnyardgrass. ...
The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 7-9 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Ark....
Food shoppers eager to support Arkansas growers have a sure sign to spot local produce — the Arkansas Grown logo....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
You can blame some of Arkansas’ agricultural problems this year on two recent hurricanes. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s September crop report forecasts smaller U.S. corn and soybean crops and slightly larger cotton and rice production than last month. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Under a gray sky, the milo field is shoulder-high, lush, and grain-head-heavy....
USA Rice Federation and U.S. Wheat Associates in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has asked that the United States “put aside political concern and ease trade and travel restriction that are denying the Cuban people the relief and assistance so critically needed” in the devastating wake of Hurricane Ike....
The American Farm Bureau Federation has called on Congress to expedite passage of renewable energy tax incentives to benefit farmers, ranchers and all Americans. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
My e-mail inbox can fill up faster than it takes Jamaican sprinter “Lightning” Bolt to humble his competition. ...
USDA has designated Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee and St. Martin parishes in Louisiana as primary natural disaster areas because of losses caused by flooding, excessive rainfall, high winds, hail, lightning and tornadoes that occurred between April 6 and May 16, 2008....
By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter
Louisiana’s farmers are facing lost income from reduced yields and product quality in the neighborhood of $370 million to $450 million as a result of the effects of Hurricane Gustav, according to economists with the LSU AgCenter....
USA Rice Federation Chairman Jamie Warshaw and USA Rice Producers’ Group Chairman Tommy Hoskyn this week urged Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer “to issue the rules and regulations for the new Supplemental Revenue (disaster) Assistance Payments Program (SURE) as quickly as possible so producers in impacted areas have the opportunity to sign up for assistance that this new disaster aid program may provide....
Consumers and foodservice professionals this month are getting their first look at USA Rice Federation’s new “Grown in the USA” logo designed to promote the benefits of buying domestically grown rice....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Rains from Hurricane Gustav significantly affected a diversity of crops in Northeast Louisiana — particularly with parts of Tensas and Franklin parishes getting 19 inches of rain....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Soybean rust is making a late push into west-central Mississippi and southeast Arkansas, but Extension leaders in those states don’t think the outbreak is serious enough yet to warrant blanket sprays....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Farmer Jeffrey Sylvester of Whiteville, La., gazed over a field that looked more suited for water-skiing than growing rice. ...
The Cotton Board approved a $78 million budget for Cotton Incorporated in 2009. ...
LibertyLink soybeans from Bayer CropScience have received final approval from the European Commission for importation into the European Union for food and feed use, allowing the commercial launch of LibertyLink soybeans in the United States for the 2009 planting season....
U.S. rice exports by value in 2008 are 46 percent more than for the same period last year....
Cotton losses in east central Louisiana parishes will be 50 percent in fields that are harvestable and 95 to 100 percent in others following heavy rains from Hurricane Gustav, says Roger Carter of Agricultural Management Services....
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Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM
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Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM
At the long-closed Sack ’n’ Save grocery in our town, the tall, steel pole billboard at their once busy gas station still advertises unleaded gas for $2.14.9 per gallon....
Dec 3, 2008 10:02 AM
By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...
Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM
A Soybean Production and Planning Meeting will be held Dec. 8-9 at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss. ...
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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).
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A free American Society of Agronomy-accredited one-CEU course on spray drift management.
