Agribusiness: High yields with Carbon Power products 

Jul 23, 2009

University researchers often say they need three years of testing to determine whether a new product will perform up to expectations....

Arkansas weed resistance field day set for July 30 

Jul 23, 2009,

By Keith Perkins, Lonoke County Extension office

Have you ever wondered what to do if you had a weed resistance problem on your farm? ...

Climate change provokes strong response 

Jul 22, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

If you doubted global warming is a controversial issue all you had to do was look at the comments on the recent article in this space, “Climate change is not an aberration.”...

Beef: Why ‘trade down?’ 

Jul 22, 2009,

By Steve Suther, Certified Angus Beef LLC

Demand for beef is down. Can you blame the recession? Not entirely, but it’s a darned inconvenient coincidence....

TV program for farm women 

Jul 22, 2009

American Agri-Women has received a grant from USDA to produce a television program for farm and ranch women, which is planned to air nationwide in 2009....

Rural tourism summit Aug. 11-15 

Jul 22, 2009

A regional conference focusing on enhancing current tourism resources and creating new ones in rural areas will be held Aug. 11-13 at the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, La....

First 2009 Louisiana equine West Nile virus case confirmed 

Jul 22, 2009,

From the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

A year-old thoroughbred filly in St. Tammany Parish tested positive for West Nile virus in mid-July, according to Mike Strain, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner....

Northeast Arkansas field day Aug. 7 

Jul 21, 2009

The Northeast Arkansas Rice/Soybean Field Day will be held near Weiner, Ark., on Aug. 7. ...

Ultrasound-close look at fish 

Jul 21, 2009,

By Bobbie Crockett, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

On a cold April morning, a group of men gathers at a cluster of catfish ponds. ...

John Deere, Orthman — corn, cotton planters 

Jul 21, 2009

In today’s integral planter market there are a multitude of different seeding applications that require unique planter configurations....

Ag, forest products for biofuels 

Jul 21, 2009

The potential and problems of converting forest and agricultural products into biofuels was the focus of the third Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium July 16-17....

Louisiana agriculture to benefit from $44.5 million in Gustav recovery funds 

Jul 20, 2009,

From the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Louisiana farmers, ranchers and agribusiness professionals are encouraged to attend informational meetings in Lafayette, Lake Charles, Jonesville, Hammond and Bastrop to learn how to qualify for grants and low interest loans to aid in their recovery from Hurricane Gustav....

Climate change bill could push farm costs up 

Jul 20, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Climate change is not just going to make you hot under the collar — if legislation now working its way through Congress becomes law, you’re likely to be paying more to farm, says Tara Smith, congressional relations, American Farm Bureau Federation....

Soybean market volatility increasing 

Jul 20, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer

USDA’s supply and demand report was bearish with harvested acres expected to increase by 1.5 million to 76 million and soybean production expected to increase 65 million bushels to 3.26 billion. ...

LSU AgCenter ‘agritourism’ series 

Jul 20, 2009

The LSU AgCenter is offering a series of educational programs across the state, beginning July 21, to help people get into the agritourism business....

‘Grab and go’ to prevent financial disaster 

Jul 20, 2009

Having an “evacuation box” packed and ready to go with important papers and other items can prevent financial disasters and hardships if a serious storm comes your way, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter....

Agribusiness: Biological herbicide for northern jointvetch 

Jul 20, 2009

Natural Industries, Inc., has announced the release of a post-emergent biological herbicide for control of northern jointvetch, also known as curly indigo, in rice....

Climate change dividing farm groups? 

Jul 16, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The climate change legislation now before the Senate has succeeded in doing something neither the nation’s environmental groups or the Bush administration could do: Create fault lines in the farm bloc....

Myriad problems in Mississippi cotton 

Jul 16, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A late crop and weather adversities are creating problems for the few Mississippi growers who opted to plant cotton this year....

Cotton Roundtable slated for July 24 

Jul 16, 2009

A panel of experts will bring cotton producers up to date on the latest cotton fundamentals and provide a cotton price outlook at the July 24 Cotton Roundtable in New York City....

Just put together a list 

Jul 16, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Lists, we editors are told at seminars by magazine experts, are the thing. ...

Hard-to-control weeds common 

Jul 16, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Recently named LSU AgCenter state weed specialist, Bill Williams has stepped into a “common theme” of harder-to-control weeds, “whether in corn, cotton, soybeans, whatever. ...

Arkansas storms mixed blessing 

Jul 16, 2009,

From the Arkansas Extension Service

Powerful thunderstorms that moved across Arkansas this week were a mixed blessing, according to county extension agents for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Bootheel farmer on NCGA board 

Jul 16, 2009

Mike Geske of Matthews, Mo., has been elected to the board of directors of the National Corn Growers Association. Geske was among five board members elected by delegates from state corn associations and checkoff organizations attending the July Corn Congress in Washington....

Upcoming field days, meetings 

Jul 16, 2009

Check out this feature for events that will help you farm smarter and more profitably and stay in touch with those involved in Mid-South agriculture....

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Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars

Nov 6, 2009 2:56 PM

A wetter-than-normal growing season has cut into Arkansas’ farm receipts by more than $224.8 million as of Nov. 1, according to a preliminary report issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Cotton: a lot on the ground

Nov 6, 2009 11:13 AM

Cotton losses due to record rainfall during September and October in Mississippi totaled $71 million by early November, or nearly half the value of the expected crop, according to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts

Nov 6, 2009 11:02 AM

The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his state’s agricultural interests at the forefront....

Residuals in LibertyLink program

Nov 6, 2009 10:57 AM

Before continuing with my pigweed control articles, I have tried to think of something encouraging to say about trying to get a crop out with the weather we are having. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers

Nov 6, 2009 10:54 AM

I was greatly disappointed in Morgan Freeman’s recent comments referring to the base stock of this state as a mule-headed bunch of farmers (see Behind the curtain: ‘mule-headed farmers’?). ...

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