By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Nowhere have losses in U.S cotton acreage been as great as they’ve been in the Mid-South and California. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every year, the nearly 7 billion people on Planet Earth — driving their vehicles, operating coal-fired electric generating plants, running heavy industries, and carrying out dozens of other fossil fuel-burning activities — pump an estimated 234 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gases or carbon dioxide equivalents into the atmosphere....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers will benefit from completion of trade agreements, including pending bi-lateral agreements as well as the Doha Round of WTO....
From the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
In an effort to encourage producers to strive for higher yields and higher levels of oil and protein, the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board (KSPB) and the Kentucky Soybean Association (KSA) announce the 2009 Kentucky Soybean Quality and Yield Contest....
As concerns mount while Asian soybean rust continues to spread through the Mid-South, Delta Farm Press has set up a Twitter account...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
On Tuesday morning, Asian soybean rust was confirmed in three Louisiana parishes: West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee and East Carroll....
In the latest issue of Mississippi Crop Situation (Aug. 14, 2009), Darrin Dodds provides information for estimating cotton yields by counting bolls after warning that such counts “can often be misleading as there are a number of factors that can influence final yield.”...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Aug. 12 corn crop production estimate is likely too low and forecasts for corn use and exports too high, which will add even more bearishness to corn once the information is digested by the market, according to Richard Feltes, an analyst with MF Global, speaking at a CME Group press briefing....
Soybean rust has been found in southeast Arkansas and west-central Mississippi, about 250 miles from southeast Missouri. ...
Farmers may begin applying for Farm Storage Facility loans for corn, grain sorghum, rice soybeans and other crops following USDA’s implementation of the changes required by the 2008 farm bill for the program....
From Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry say cotton plants may look beautiful in private home landscapes but the state must monitor all planted cotton, including those used for ornamental purposes, for boll weevil presence....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mississippi’s south Delta region has been likened to a tub that, when full, is incapable of draining. ...
On Saturday, Aug. 15, Asian soybean rust was confirmed in multiple Mississippi counties. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Uncertainty over the size of the cotton crop in drought-stressed Texas, where over half of the U.S. crop is planted this season, will likely continue well into October, and perhaps November, according to experts speaking at the Ag Market Network August teleconference....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton industry faces a double handful of trade issues in the near future, including an announcement of damages in the Brazil WTO case that could affect the economic well-being of cotton farmers, ginners and others....
From the National Corn Growers Association
USDA’s Farm Service Agency will begin accepting and approving applications for farm storage loans on Monday, Aug. 17....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to “stack the deck” against ethanol and other biofuels?...
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Soybeans ending stock estimates are near 107 million bushels for the current crop. ...
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The issues of renewable fuels and climate change cannot be separated, says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have listened in on a couple of recent conference calls where Rick Cartwright, University of Arkansas plant pathologist, and Ronnie Helms, G and H Associates, have given an excellent overview of the Arkansas rice crop in the field....
Family farming is important for Donald Gant of Merigold, Miss. Over the course of his 39-year career, he started with 300 acres of rented land in the Mississippi Delta and built his operation into an impressive 6,192 acres devoted primarily to row crops....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With cotton futures prices in the deferred months inching closer to 70 cents, and with grain markets substantially off their highs, it’s possible that cotton in the United States could start to win acreage back in 2010, according to Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Two key factors affecting U.S. cotton exports for 2009-10 are how much cotton India will have on hand to export, and how much import quota China will issue, according to Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer, Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
For a month when the TV weather gurus usually have little to do but offer humdrum day-after-day forecasts of “widely scattered showers” for the Mid-South — and farmers who get one of those showers count themselves fortunate indeed — the July just ended has been totally weird....
The last of four soybean grading clinics will be held Aug. 18 at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, 5421 Hwy., 145 South, Verona, Miss. ...
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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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