Shallow flood helps manage rice weevil 

Sep 16, 2008,

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....

Workshop on waterfowl management techniques 

Sep 16, 2008

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. ...

Louisiana cotton: estimated $112 million loss 

Sep 16, 2008

According to very preliminary reports from Louisiana State University Extension Service, revenue losses to Hurricane Gustav exceed $400 million for major crops and aquaculture....

Gustav timing could not have been worse 

Sep 15, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

For Louisiana cotton producers, Hurricane Gustav couldn’t have hit at a worse time. ...

USDA ‘misstates’ corn demand, analysts say 

Sep 15, 2008,

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....

Farmers tuned to barnyardgrass threat 

Sep 15, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I have had a lot of interesting comments about my recent articles about barnyardgrass. ...

USA Rice Outlook Conference Dec. 7-9 

Sep 15, 2008

The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 7-9 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Ark....

‘Arkansas Grown’ logo guarantees local produce 

Sep 15, 2008

Food shoppers eager to support Arkansas growers have a sure sign to spot local produce — the Arkansas Grown logo....

Arkansas crops: bad start and things got worse 

Sep 12, 2008,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

You can blame some of Arkansas’ agricultural problems this year on two recent hurricanes. ...

U.S. corn, soybean crops reduced 

Sep 12, 2008,

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. ...

First-time milo farmer: the benefits 

Sep 12, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Under a gray sky, the milo field is shoulder-high, lush, and grain-head-heavy....

USA Rice: Allow hurricane relief for Cuba 

Sep 12, 2008

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....

AFBF: Pass energy tax incentives 

Sep 12, 2008

The American Farm Bureau Federation has called on Congress to expedite passage of renewable energy tax incentives to benefit farmers, ranchers and all Americans. ...

The power of earthworms, horses and combines 

Sep 12, 2008,

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. ...

Louisiana parishes designated disaster areas 

Sep 12, 2008

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....

Louisiana farms: multimillion-dollar losses 

Sep 11, 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 urges prompt disaster response 

Sep 11, 2008

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....

Grown in the USA rice logo 

Sep 11, 2008

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....

Gustav reaches northeast Louisiana crops 

Sep 11, 2008,

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....

Soybean rust making late push on wet weather 

Sep 10, 2008,

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....

Louisiana: rice losses at 7.6 percent; soybeans, 15 percent 

Sep 10, 2008,

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. ...

Cotton Board approves $78 million CI budget 

Sep 10, 2008

The Cotton Board approved a $78 million budget for Cotton Incorporated in 2009. ...

EU approves LibertyLink soybeans 

Sep 10, 2008

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 export values surge 

Sep 10, 2008

U.S. rice exports by value in 2008 are 46 percent more than for the same period last year....

Gustav sacks Louisiana cotton 

Sep 9, 2008

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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7 revolutions for global sustainability

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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. ...

Soybean meeting Dec. 8 in Greenwood, Miss.

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. ...

Asgrow: New high-performing soybean Elites

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