When Paul Neve arrived at the Newport, Ark., research station in mid-July, pigweed was healthy, abundant and herbicide-resistant....
It could be a “harvest and wait” situation if Louisiana farmers growing corn don’t have enough storage capability. Those farmers will have to truck their harvest to local bins for storage or use temporary measures, said David Lanclos, a corn specialist for the LSU AgCenter....
Got stink bugs in soybeans? Jim Heitholt, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, wants to hear from you....
By Forrest Laws and David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson says farmers like the idea of closing a “loophole” that allows U.S. earnings of foreign-owned corporations to be taxed at a lower rate to help pay for the new farm bill....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s the third season that Phil Tacker has overseen the L’Anguille River watershed project and the east Arkansas farmers he’s working with have shifted acreage in a big way....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mid-South farms may mirror the Midwest this year, what with horizon-to-horizon corn, but while that trend is projected to continue for the immediate future, reports of cotton’s demise are premature, industry leaders say....
Persistent rainfall this year has been both good and bad for Louisiana farmers growing corn and grain sorghum. It has helped them produce the crops, but it could be bad if the rain continues and delays a bountiful harvest, experts and farmers say....
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station will host the mid-Missouri community at the 2007 South Farm Showcase Sept. 29....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers concerned about the new payment limit rules in the House version of the 2007 farm bill should not pin their hopes on getting a better deal in the Senate....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
December 2008 cotton futures will have the job of buying back U.S. cotton acreage lost to corn come next spring, so cotton producers can look for some price appreciation around that time, according to Memphis cotton merchant Joe Nicosia, speaking at the Cotton Roundtable at the New York Board of Trade in New York City....
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....
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
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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Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
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Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
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If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
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