By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Even as China was wowing the world with its spectacular showmanship and athletic prowess at the Beijing Olympics, there were increasing indications its long run of prosperity is being throttled by the economic and financial woes of its top customers, the United States and the European Union, and the worldwide impact of skyrocketing oil costs....
By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
It is the time of year when farmers are applying harvest aids....
Rain from Hurricane Gustav across the crawfish-producing areas of Louisiana may cause problems for crawfish producers, according to LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialists Greg Lutz and Mark Shirley....
One thing yield king Kip Cullers preaches is adequate plant population — high enough to maximize yield....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some producers attending this year’s Milan No-Till Crop Production field day told University of Tennessee weed scientist Larry Steckel that the target date of 2013 for commercialization of dicamba-resistant soybeans just isn’t soon enough....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
About 30 percent to 40 percent of the state’s rice crop in southeast Arkansas has been hit hard by remnants of Hurricane Gustav, according to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Linda Foster Benedict
LSU AgCenter
Rice is among the many Louisiana agricultural commodities hurt by Hurricane Gustav, although the majority of the crop had been harvested in the southwest Louisiana rice belt before the storm came through....
World cotton mill use is expected to decline by 1 percent in 2008-09 to 26.2 million tons, due to slower global economic growth and higher prices of cotton relative to polyester, predicts the International Cotton Advisory Committee, an association of governments of cotton-producing and cotton-consuming countries....
The LSU AgCenter has made available a 32-page Storm Recovery Guide to help Louisianans in the cleanup after Hurricane Gustav. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Reached Thursday morning, Chuck Wilson, Arkansas Extension rice specialist, could offer only a preliminary assessment of the damage done to Arkansas’ rice crop by Hurricane Gustav. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After the latest rains courtesy of Hurricane Gustav, extreme southeast Arkansas could float an ark. ...
By Farm Press Editorial Staff
The grand prize winners of the Future of Delta Cotton Student Essay Contest took completely different approaches in describing their visions of tomorrow’s cotton industry. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Matthew Turner learned at an early age that cotton is a very special crop in his family. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Michael Ferro might seem an unlikely person to win an essay contest on cotton production in the Delta. Ferro is a graduate student in the entomology department at Louisiana State University working on a doctorate on beetles in rotting wood....
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi State University took full responsibility for recently letting 35 “dawgs” out on the watermelon farm of two Webster County brothers....
The 18th annual National Rice Month celebration has begun, and many activities are planned for September to promote the U.S. rice industry....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some three years ago, shortly after he’d been hired to run the Arkansas Rice Growers Association, Greg Yielding was offered a trip to China....
The USA Rice Federation is currently assessing the damage from Hurricane Gustav in south Louisiana and southeast Texas, and is monitoring storm-related weather patterns very closely in the rice-growing regions of northeast Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Missouri....
According to USDA’s latest report on crop progress, 12 percent of the nation’s rice crop had been harvested by the end of August, compared to 23 percent at the same time last year and a five-year average of 20 percent. ...
The U.S. seed industry, through the American Seed Trade Association, has developed the Guide to Seed Quality Management Practices to offer general guidance for the development and production of seed products intended for food, feed, fiber or fuel use and for the maintenance of product integrity and purity of both biotechnology-derived seed and non-biotechnology seed....
Fungicides and new herbicides were the focus of a stop at the recent field day at yield maestro Kip Cullers’ Stark City, Mo., farm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to prohibit construction of the Yazoo Backwater Project, a 60-year-old U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan that promised to end decades of flooding in the south Delta of Mississippi....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you choose a rectangular baler to harvest switchgrass in the future, it might be a good idea to cover the harvested bale. ...
The U.S. Grains Council is hosting a team of Japanese journalists and one producer on a tour of U.S. agriculture. ...
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation will issue $82 million in final 2007 counter-cyclical payments to eligible producers with enrolled peanut base acres in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program....
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