Brandon: Hard-hit cotton crop 

Aug 15, 2006,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

For Mid-South cotton growers already facing a crop that’s expected to be short as a result of day after day of scorching heat and no rain, it’s scant comfort to know that things aren’t a lot better in other areas....

Arkansas task force to tackle glyphosate drift 

Aug 15, 2006,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Unfortunately, too many Arkansas rice farmers know how damaging glyphosate drift can be to their crop. Now, the state’s Plant Board has set up the Glyphosate Drift Task Force to tackle the drift issue....

Mid-South corn harvest comes early 

Aug 14, 2006,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Mid-South corn harvest began early this year. “We’re at least two weeks ahead of normal,” said Erick Larson, Mississippi Extension corn specialist....

Texas loses 2.2 million cotton acres  

Aug 14, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

According to USDA, Texas cotton growers will harvest only 4.2 million of the 6.4 million acres they planted this year, indicating an abandonment of around 35 percent....

Weather cuts expected soybean production 

Aug 14, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In its first survey-based forecast of the year for corn and soybeans, USDA is projecting smaller production for soybeans than last month and a larger crop for corn....

Laws: Wal-Mart, cotton producers talking 

Aug 14, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Executives from Wal-Mart’s textile group say they’re still learning about sustainability and admit they’ve made some mistakes in the initial stages of the company’s campaign to replace many of its conventionally grown food and fiber products with organics....

USDA expects smaller rice crop 

Aug 14, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA’s first survey-based forecast of the 2006-07 U.S. rice crop is 197.2 million hundredweight, down almost 3 million hundredweight from last month’s projection, and down 26 million hundredweight from 2005-06....

Cotton industry urged to adjust to foreign needs 

Aug 11, 2006,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. cotton is at a crossroads, “and we’re all hoping there isn’t a train wreck,” says Shane Stephens; but “despite all the challenges facing us, I’m optimistic for the future of our industry.”...

Defoliation will be a challenge in variable cotton crop 

Aug 11, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The 2006 Mid-South cotton crop is shaping up as a variable but average crop.The variability is going to create some challenges for defoliation and harvest....

Workshop on energy from biomass 

Aug 11, 2006

A workshop on the potential for producing energy and value-added products from biomass in Arkansas is set for Aug. 24 and 25 in Little Rock....

‘Hot times’ in those cotton fields back home not always the best 

Aug 10, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If cotton — being a desert plant — loves hot, dry temperatures, then Mid-South farmers should have a lot of happy plants these days, right? Well, not necessarily....

Rice researchers on fertilizer, cut-soils 

Aug 10, 2006,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Fertilizer recommendations for Louisiana rice largely come from agronomy research done at the Rice Research Station in Crowley, La....

Finding resistance, combating rice diseases remain focus 

Aug 10, 2006,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

While there are numerous fungicides available to treat rice diseases, they shouldn’t be seen as the ultimate goal in protecting a crop....

USDA, Energy fund bioenergy fuels research projects 

Aug 9, 2006

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced the Departments of Agriculture and Energy have awarded nine grants totaling $5.7 million for research aimed at accelerating the development of alternative fuel resources....

Rice PGRs, new compounds and timing issues 

Aug 9, 2006,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Richard Dunand is studying plant growth regulators — compounds that modify plant growth and development — for rice....

Weevil eradication: Mississippi nearing goal 

Aug 9, 2006,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It has been a long, tough battle, but Mississippi cotton growers are getting in position to deliver a knockout punch to their long-time nemesis, the boll weevil....

Cotton Council International celebrates 50th anniversary 

Aug 9, 2006

Cotton Council International (CCI), the export promotions arm of National Cotton Council’s, celebrated 50 years of increasing exports of U.S. cotton, cottonseed and their products with a reception at Union Station in Washington, D.C....

Penn submits resignation as undersecretary of agriculture 

Aug 8, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Dr. J.B. Penn, undersecretary of agriculture for farm and foreign agricultural services and one of the few members of USDA’s top hierarchy with ties to the Mid-South, has submitted his resignation, effective at the end of August....

Step 2 helps U.S. cotton industry end 05-06 marketing year on high note 

Aug 8, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA’s weekly export numbers show that U.S. cotton merchants shipped 629,200 bales of cotton for the week ending July 27. Those shipments were the second highest ever, eclipsed only by the 715,000-plus bales shipped in mid-July, 2005....

CI creates new Fiber Competition Division for increasing textile mill sales 

Aug 8, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With exports now accounting for 75 percent of U.S. cotton sales, Cotton Incorporated, the producer-funded research and promotion arm of the cotton industry, has developed a new, more export-oriented, Fiber Competition Division....

Is export upside worth 10 percent of safety net? 

Aug 8, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Are U.S. cotton producers willing to give up some of their safety net to harvest more of the upside from uptapped international trade?...

Biofuel growth unprecedented in American agriculture 

Aug 8, 2006,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

For now, there’s not much slowing down the ethanol boom and the good corn prices U.S. farmers are enjoying. So “sit back and enjoy the ride...

Panel to review Turkey-U.S. rice dispute 

Aug 8, 2006

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative said World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy has appointed the three panelists to rule on a complaint by the United States against Turkey’s tariff-rate quota restrictions on imported rice....

Weather pushing U.S. cotton production lower 

Aug 7, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

High temperatures and lack of rainfall have taken a severe toll on U.S. cotton production in the last three weeks, possibly pushing the 2006 crop to as low as 18 million to 19 million bales, a National Cotton Council economist says....

Regulators seeking answers for trend-busting drift complaints 

Aug 7, 2006,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If Mississippi aerial applicators had been able to continue the five-year trend on drift complaints this spring, investigators with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry and the Agricultural Aviation Board would have had little to do....

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