By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s projected average U.S. corn yield of 152.8 bushes per acre could fall by a couple of bushels before all is said and done, according to Al Kluis, Northland Commodities, LLC, speaking at a Minneapolis Grain Exchange press briefing on USDA’s Aug. 10 supply and demand estimates....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
To optimize production, Mississippi corn farmers like to plant early. This year, there were many early optimizers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers should make sure grain trucks and any other vehicles used to haul agricultural commodities are in compliance with state department of transportation rules and regulations as they begin the 2007 harvest....
The Mississippi Delta rice industry will celebrate National Rice Month with its 17th annual Delta Rice Luncheon Sept. 21 at Cleveland, Miss....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
New cases of Asian soybean rust have popped up in Louisiana (the latest in Grant and Acadia parishes), southern Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas. But the fungal disease seems to have taken a shine to Texas....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A letter from Deputy Agriculture Secretary Charles Conner reminded me of a quote attributed to the scoundrel who was ridden out of town on a rail: “If it wasn’t for the honor of it, I would just as soon have skipped the whole thing.”...
By Gerald W. Alexander
Arkansas Extension
Hempstead County Staff Chair
“Like sands through the hourglass, so go the days of our lives.” Soap opera fans will readily recognize the opening to a popular daytime drama on television. But, this could also be applied to the cyclical events agricultural producers encounter each year....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s August 10 crop production report is projecting a U.S. corn crop of 13.1 billion bushels, a 3-million bushel increase over last month’s projection and the largest corn crop since 1933....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With 75 percent of the American cotton crop moving into the export market, the industry is going to need to step up efforts to increase retail demand for cotton products outside the U.S., particularly in China, says Gary Adams....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Plant bugs and dry weather plagued much of the Mid-South cotton crop this season, but the crop still has the potential to be very good, based on crop conditions and observations from county agents and Extension specialists....
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
High corn acreage and herbicide resistance are affecting crops in the Mississippi Delta, according to research presented at the Agronomic Crops Field Day held at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
According to USDA’s crop progress report for the week ending Aug. 5, a few cotton bolls (1 percent) are just starting to open in Missouri (4 percent) and Mississippi (1 percent)....
Producers and importers who want to vote on whether the Cotton Research and Promotion Program should be continued may request a referendum on the cotton checkoff program this fall....
Producers in the L’Anguille River basin can dispose of old and abandoned pesticides with November collections set for Cross, Lee and St. Francis counties....
Many growers who plant PhytoGen brand cottonseed containing the WideStrike Insect Protection trait will not have to set aside a portion of their acres for a non-Bt refuge in 2008, Dow AgroSciences announced....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ginners may pay thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for a piece of equipment, says John Lewis, but many spend little or nothing on a very important piece of paper — a legal contract....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted Governor Phil Bredesen’s request for federal farm assistance for all 95 Tennessee counties due to drought. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Shortly before heading into August recess, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson spoke to reporters for nearly an hour....
By Bruce T. Brackin and Maci Flautt
Mississippi has seen a tremendous increase in corn production over the past several years. One component that goes with that increased acreage and harvest is commercial and on-farm storage....
Beef herd owners will hear several ways to capture more value from their feeder calves during a field day, Sept. 15, at the University of Missouri South Farm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The House passed a new energy bill that will provide more research on alternative fuels and increase energy efficiency standards for appliances and buildings....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of the biggest short-term threats to the profitability of the U.S. biodiesel industry is the rising price of soybeans, which forces the industry to turn to feedstocks other than soybeans or shut down or slow down operations, according to Kenneth “Pete” Moss of FBA Consulting, Memphis, speaking at the AgTechnology Field Day at Agricenter International, Memphis....
By Ford Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
A lot of rice growers are discouraged by high production costs and rice prices that will not support those costs. There is a lot of talk about a further reduction in rice acres next year....
The National Corn Growers Association is launching a new blog to focus attention on key issues about corn and corn growers. The blog — “Corn Commentary” at corncommentary.com — will provide an informal and interactive perspective, it said....
Don Reed, associate professor at the LSU AgCenter Idlewild Research Station in Clinton, La., and representatives from the Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries will conduct a seminar on Deer Food Plots and Tagging Aug. 16 at the Dave Means 4–H Center in Grand Cane, La., at 6 p.m....
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The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
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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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