By Johnny Morgan, LSU AgCenter
Scientists with the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are combining their efforts in an attempt to control giant salvinia — a noxious aquatic weed that is spreading across Lake Bisteneau in northwest Louisiana near Doyline, La....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
At the outset of his talk, Donnie Miller tells those attending the Northeast Louisiana Research Station field day that his presentation will be “a little different.”...
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
The tough time of the season for rice weed control has arrived. ...
An internationally recognized genetics researcher who visited the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station said he is confident that the European Union eventually will accept genetically modified foods. ...
By Mary Hightower, U of A Division of Agriculture
Soybean growers in Jackson County have proven their persistence in the face of rainfall amounts of more than 35 inches since March, Randy Chlapecka, the county Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said Tuesday. ...
In a wood near you, powerful microbes quicken the decay of fallen tree branches. These adroit decomposers perform that essential role by producing specialized enzymes....
The LSU AgCenter now is offering several of its highest-quality publications for sale through its online store....
University researchers often say they need three years of testing to determine whether a new product will perform up to expectations....
By Keith Perkins, Lonoke County Extension office
Have you ever wondered what to do if you had a weed resistance problem on your farm? ...
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.”...
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....
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....
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....
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....
The Northeast Arkansas Rice/Soybean Field Day will be held near Weiner, Ark., on Aug. 7. ...
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. ...
In today’s integral planter market there are a multitude of different seeding applications that require unique planter configurations....
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....
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....
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....
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. ...
The LSU AgCenter is offering a series of educational programs across the state, beginning July 21, to help people get into the agritourism business....
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....
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....
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....
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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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