By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer
Overview: Hog herds are shrinking, reducing demand for feed grains. Increasing stockpiles of grain and oilseeds are becoming a market concern....
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
More than 10 years ago, when Farm Press first approached Marshall Lamb about helping to establish a peanut awards program honoring production efficiency, he was “intrigued” by the possibility....
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
This past year was probably the most interesting year growers have seen in the history of peanut production, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Without fail, when we write about alternative energy for vehicles — whether it be ethanol, hydrogen, electric, natural gas, whatever — we get e-mails (1) congratulating us on our insight and astuteness and predicting that oil’s ready for the scrap heap of history, or (2) telling us that, however distasteful, we’re going to be shackled to imported oil for a long time to come....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....
Agricenter International will again host the biggest field day in the Mid-South for commercial agricultural technology at the 2009 Mid-South Ag-Technology Field Day July 16 in Memphis....
By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter
The LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station at Crowley, La., is celebrating a century of operation this year, making it the oldest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I recently wrote in an article that I would sure like to get called out to a “normal-looking” rice field because I have looked at so many messes this year....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
We quickly learn in this business that one man’s caviar and Champagne may well be just smelly fish eggs and icky grape juice to another....
By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The adoption of biotechnology, export expansion, and supplier reliability are crucial components to further bolster the U.S. wheat industry — a $16.5 billion economic powerhouse in 2008....
Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genome of an invasive parasite called Nosema ceranae that can kill honey bees and is one of the many suspects in the mysterious ailment known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)....
With their sweet, refreshing juices and succulent interior, watermelons are a favorite summertime treat, especially around July 4th. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA may have estimated record soybean acreage for 2009, but the estimate was actually a million acres less than what the trade was expecting, according to analysts speaking at a CME Group press briefing on USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage report....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA pegged U.S. rice plantings at 3.018 million acres for 2009, a slight increase over the 2.995 million acres planted in 2008. ...
By Tom Merrill, LSU AgCenter
During a hurricane, you need some supplies just to survive. ...
The Obama administration has begun naming individuals to serve as state executive directors for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers planted a record-breaking soybean crop this spring, according to USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage report....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
During climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, June 1-12, developing countries like India and China insisted that the United States and other industrialized countries shoulder the burden of cost in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ...
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite its naysayers, the U.S. cotton industry creates a positive environmental footprint worthy of bragging rights....
The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing a phase out plan for first generation Bollgard that includes provisions on how cottonseed containing Bollgard will be allocated, stored, tested and shipped to cotton growers for the 2010 season....
By Ray Nabors - Contributing Writer
Crop prices are beginning the annual meteorological reaction. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After robust debate Friday, June 26, the House of Representatives passed cap and trade legislation by a narrow margin, 219 to 212....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Greenhouse gas emission legislation will be either a boon to agriculture or a nightmare to farmers and ranchers....
A new rice batter product developed and patented by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is now being marketed by a Maryland company under an exclusive license from ARS. ...
From the National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association has commended House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson for his negotiations on pending climate change legislation, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act....
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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....
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....
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....
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. ...
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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