The LSU AgCenter’s annual field day and open house at the Pecan Research Extension Station will be June 13. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch. ...
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
Weather has been kind to Mississippi’s hay and forage producers, but the economy has not. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
This spring certainly had many Mid-South cotton producers wondering what the fuss about global warming is all about as April and May temperatures often plunged into the 40s or 50s at night and rarely got above the 70s during the day....
A familiar refrain has played in Mid-South crop fields this year. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Allan Mueller of The Nature Conservancy sits in a boat in flooded Arkansas woodland, bundled up in heavy camouflage against the spring chill — waiting and listening. ...
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced that USDA has authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program to be available for hay and forage after the primary nesting season ends for grass-nesting birds....
If your family has a plan for what you’d do in case of a hurricane or other disaster, now is the time to pull it out and review it. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“We’re also urging countries to remove barriers to advanced crops developed through biotechnology. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
You can’t say the Bush administration didn’t go down swinging in its efforts to thwart the will of Congress and 1,000-plus farm organizations on the 2008 farm bill conference report....
By Betsy Ward,
President and CEO
USA Rice Federation
Near panic ensued for almost two weeks as intense media attention about a global rice shortage and the decision by some Sam’s Club and Costco stores to limit rice purchases for their customers caused shoppers in some areas in the United States to clear the shelves of rice....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I’ve missed a meal or two from time to time, mostly from a tendency to sleep late on weekends or to forego lunch on the river when the fish are biting. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The secret to Frank Melton’s longevity in farming becomes obvious once he’s in his pickup truck bumping along turn rows looking at his crops — he just plain loves his job....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Members of the U.S. cotton industry testifying before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in April said U.S. futures markets should get away from a “one size fits all” approach and require more transparency for index fund trades....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While extreme volatility and the threat of bank-busting margin calls is receiving much of the attention for today’s commodity market problems, lack of convergence is also a sticking point, according to farm leaders....
Researchers from the USDA are creating new eco-friendly uses for natural glycerine, a by-product of biodiesel production, which could be used in place of petroleum-based glycerine in everything from disposable razors to credits cards....
Cost-share programs and best management practices for cattle operations will headline the topics to be discussed at the 2008 Beef and Forage Field Day June 12 on the grounds of the University of Tennessee East Tennessee Research and Education Center - Blount Unit....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Just as he’d promised for weeks, on May 21, President Bush vetoed the near $300 billion farm bill that Congress passed in a landslide vote....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In mid-May, with the farm bill still unfinished and President Bush promising to veto the latest version, several prominent agriculture economists gave the new legislative proposals a quick study. ...
As prices for gasoline and diesel fuel have climbed to record levels, Louisiana farmers have had to face the increased cost of irrigating their crops....
An LSU AgCenter tomato field day is scheduled for 5 p.m., June 11, at the Waterproof Ridge Farm at 3719 Bayou Black Drive in Houma, La....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Carl Anderson described the much-needed wet weather in the greater Lubbock, Texas, area as $100 million rains that will surely put Texas growers on target for a good crop this year....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Any doubts that farm organizations supported the 2008 farm bill conference report were laid aside Wednesday when more than 1,000 of them sent a letter to the House and Senate urging them to override the president’s veto....
By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
When Clearfield rice and Newpath herbicide were first being developed, two other technologies offered the promise of red rice control in a growing rice crop — Roundup Ready rice and LibertyLink rice....
Farmers growing wheat in Missouri should think twice before spraying fungicide on their fields. ...
The Memphis-based Cotton Board has promoted Charles B. “Brad” Robb from director to vice president of communications, reporting directly to Drayton C. Mayers, president and CEO....
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Aug 29, 2008 10:57 AM
South Arkansas — especially Chicot and Ashley counties in the extreme southeast — has had “buckets of rainfall in August,” says Jason Kelley, Arkansas Extension corn and grain sorghum specialist. ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:06 AM
Is another bull market in the running for corn despite bearish news from USDA for higher ending stocks and production? ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:04 AM
Corn with improved resistance to aflatoxin and soybeans that won’t lose quality from Louisiana’s heavy rains are two of the crop breeding goals of an LSU AgCenter researcher at the Dean Lee Research and Extension Station in Alexandria, La....
Aug 29, 2008 10:02 AM
The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences is set for Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, Texas....
Aug 29, 2008 10:00 AM
A wall of exotic corn varieties — some towering, some odd-looking — was the backdrop for a stop at the recent field day on Kip Cullers’ Stark City, Mo., farm....
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