By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The amount keeps shrinking, but Congress is still trying to pass a comprehensive disaster bill that would provide aid to farmers and ranchers hit by adverse weather conditions over the last two years....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust spores were found in mid-March on soybeans grown in Iowa. While a first for Iowa, the ASR discovery had no market consequences and generated little alarm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Reports of the death of the National Corn Growers Association’s revenue counter-cyclical proposal may be somewhat exaggerated....
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
Research has determined a method to control one of the most common and troublesome weeds of Mississippi rice production — Amazon sprangletop....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton farmers who are switching to corn this spring should feel somewhat at home when it comes to controlling weeds, a University of Missouri Extension weed scientist says....
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
The loss of the Clearfield 131 rice variety, the second rice variety banned for planting this year in the United States, will decrease Mississippi rice acreage and complicate production in 2007....
Registration is open for the National Cotton Ginners Association’s 2007 Ginner Schools....
The Wetlands Reserve Program is near death in Arkansas and other Southern states, according to an official with Ducks Unlimited’s 11-state southern region....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A survey of cotton producers at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show indicates that many of them plan to increase corn acres at the expense of cotton this season, although weather at planting time for corn will play a role in the final tally....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Rice may be competing for acres with other Mid-South crops this spring, but, so far, the other crops appear to be winning, according to one of the nation’s leading experts on the rice markets....
By Jason L. Jenkins
University of Missouri
Consumers won’t see much change in the price of a box of corn flakes or a package of corn tortillas, but growth in U.S. ethanol production — and its increased demand for corn — will push the price of meat, eggs and dairy products higher, a University of Missouri economist said....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
The situation in rice continues to change faster than most can keep up with. My telephone usually does not start ringing frequently until around mid-April. This year, however, it has already started....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On March 14, the USA Rice Federation (USARF) released a statement saying shipments from “several U.S. exporters are being held at the border by Mexican officials who are requiring a GMO-free certificate as a condition of entry into Mexico. This trade disruption was reported to the USARF this morning....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The corn market could challenge new highs until there is more certainty about whether or not the United States has planted enough acres to satisfy demand, says a southwest Minnesota market analyst....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Will Louisiana rice farmers have enough seed to plant their 2007 crop?...
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Louisiana farmers aired their concerns at a recent Farm Day Forum called by Congressmen Charles Boustany of Lafayette and Charles Melancon of Napoleonville in preparation for the upcoming debate on the 2007 farm bill....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports Mexico was the top U.S. rice export destination in 2006. U.S. rice and rice product exports exceeded a record $226 million, more than 23 percent from the previous year....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Arkansas banned Clearfield 131 in early March, some opposed to the move pointed out no restrictions had been placed on the variety in neighboring, rice-growing states. Less than a week later, worries about an uneven playing field were eased when USDA banned planting of CL 131....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. cotton producers grew a longer, stronger fiber in 2006 and produced the highest percentage in five years at base quality or better, according to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Cotton Division....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
An acreage increase for the medium-grain rice variety Jupiter is likely this year now that it has obtained acceptance by the cereal company Kellogg’s....
Agriculture accounts for 20 cents of every dollar generated in the Arkansas economy, according to a research report from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As planting kicks off, expectations for Mid-South corn acreage remain high. And Extension specialists say that’s the case even without late crop shifts....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
And so the Mid-South’s grand experiment begins. As this is being written, farmers are loading planters to put in what might be the largest corn crop the region has seen since growers stopped feeding mules....
By Larry G. Heatherly
Freelance Writer
Seed and seedling diseases will reduce germination and/or emergence of crops. Therefore, using a proper seed treatment fungicide product with high-quality seeds is recommended for early soybean and corn plantings in the Mid-South....
Louisiana catfish farmers who paid assessments on catfish feed between July 1, 2002, and Dec. 31, 2005, can apply for a full or partial refund, says Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Bob Odom....
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Jul 1, 2009 1:06 PM
The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....
Jul 1, 2009 1:04 PM
Agricenter International will again host the biggest field day in the Mid-South for commercial agricultural technology at the 2009 Mid-South Ag-Technology Field Day July 16 in Memphis....
Jul 1, 2009 1:02 PM
The LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station at Crowley, La., is celebrating a century of operation this year, making it the oldest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere....
Jul 1, 2009 1:00 PM
I recently wrote in an article that I would sure like to get called out to a “normal-looking” rice field because I have looked at so many messes this year....
Jul 1, 2009 10:18 AM
We quickly learn in this business that one man’s caviar and Champagne may well be just smelly fish eggs and icky grape juice to another....
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