By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Too often Mid-South soybean producers aren’t given enough information about basic agronomic practices, said David Lanclos at the recent Terral field day in Greenville, Miss....
Employees of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University were recently recognized for their service to the university and the state....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Expect cotton prices to start trending lower between now and harvest, but watch for December 2008 futures to lead prices higher next spring as producers prepare to plant their 2008 crops....
By Bob Scott, Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist
Performance calls on Newpath and Beyond herbicides in the Clearfield rice system were light again this year. For the most part the herbicides seem to work....
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will manage a new $125 million bioenergy research center....
After receiving weekly data since January on “Bales Made Available for Shipment” reports from USDA, the National Cotton Council has revamped its “U.S. Warehouses Not Complying with Mandatory Reporting” page on its Web site at http://www.cotton.org/tech/flow/whsnotrept.cfm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Was it a tax increase or closing a “loophole” that allows foreign companies to shift U.S. earnings to countries with lower tax rates? Whatever it was, it came perilously close to derailing the “carefully crafted” farm bill the House passed July 27....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Complaints about damage from pesticide drift in Mississippi this season have been sharply lower than last year....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture is losing the public relations battle, says David Waide, and in trying to get support for farm legislation, “every effort needs to be made to turn that around....
“Rice is So in Tune, Healthy Meals Hit a High Note” is the message in USA Rice Federation’s new foodservice ad appearing in the 2007 summer issues of Flavor & The Menu, Restaurant Business, and other major foodservice magazines....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
National Cotton Council leaders say they have not seen details of a WTO interim Panel ruling in the latest case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program. But, if press reports are true, they say, the panel’s findings are contrary to facts in the world cotton market....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Congressman Ron Kind, D-Wis., introduced legislation aimed at overhauling the farm bill during debate on the measure in 2002, his amendment fell just a handful of votes short of passage — 200-216....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust was found southwest Arkansas’ Little River County on July 22. Six days later, the disease was discovered in Hope, Ark., in Hempstead County....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s been a long haul, but this year Mississippi cotton producers may, for all practical purposes, finally hold funeral services for a decades-old nemesis, the boll weevil....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scientists at Ford Motor Company have formulated the chemistry to replace 40 percent of the standard petroleum-based polyol — used to create the foam used in vehicles for seat cushions, seat backs, armrests and head restraints — with a soy-derived material....
New and beginning farmers along with limited resource producers in Tennessee have an opportunity to sign-up for a federal conservation program to help them protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the House of Representatives grapples with how to pass its version of the 2007 farm bill, two Democratic senators have introduced a bill that could replace the House legislation’s commodity programs with a state-based revenue counter-cyclical program....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some people might think cotton farmer J.E. Wray doesn’t need his second crop consultant, and probably pays him too much, too. But J.E. thinks the compensation is just about right — for what is given in return....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
As the harvest of row crops draws near, farmers need to make sure their combines are ready and their GPS and yield-monitoring equipment is properly calibrated to ensure the data are useful, said Dharmendra Saraswat, assistant professor/geospatial engineer for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service....
A USA Rice Federation delegation met this week with officials from the European Commission and representatives of Europe’s grain traders as part of the effort to reopen the EU market to U.S. long-grain rice....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Who is farming America’s land? It’s family farmers for the most part. Data from the USDA show that family farms make up 98 percent of all U.S. farms. Those family farms account for 85 percent of U.S. agricultural production....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Bush administration threatened to veto the House Agriculture Committee’s 2007 farm bill before the full House was scheduled to begin debate and vote on the legislation today (July 26.)...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Louisiana’s cotton crop may have taken a back seat to a huge corn presence this season, but it’s a fine-looking crop nonetheless, according to USDA’s July 23 crop progress update, reflecting conditions as of July 22....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The overall U.S. trade deficit is down 7 percent through the first five months of 2007, but the gap between what the country buys from and sells to China grew by $14.1 billion, according to Commerce Department figures....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
West Arkansas cattle operations — from Texarkana to Fayetteville — have received rain and pastures are “in pretty good shape,” says Tom Troxel, Arkansas Extension beef cattle specialist....
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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’?). ...
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