By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Investors with little idea of cotton fundamentals continued to bully the cotton market into unheard of volatility and the biggest price swings in recent memory. The question for panelists at the Ag Market Network’s March 13 teleconference, is when supply and demand will calm the tempest....
By Chris Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite present troubles, the future of the biofuels industry remains bright. Speaking at the recent Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn., Tommy Foltz, president of Foltz Co., and 15-year veteran of the alternative energy industry, analyzed current trends in biofuels and offered direction for future success....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I will sure be glad when farmers get in the field and the phone starts ringing. I am not too much of a worrier, because I am usually too busy. However, I sit around when things are slow and worry about our dollar, fuel prices, inflation, recession and all sorts of related things....
Future rice industry leaders recently participated in an extensive leadership session meeting with government, regulatory and rice industry officials in Washington, D.C., during the fourth and final session of the two-year Rice Leadership Development Program....
The deadline for U.S. farmers to turn in agricultural census forms has been extended until June 1, according to Carol House, National Agricultural Statistics Service deputy administrator. She says the extension from Feb. 4 is because a large number of the census forms have not been returned....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Mid-South wheat crop is large, and through late March it appears headed towards a bountiful conclusion. But leaf rust is building in Louisiana fields and will likely soon necessitate a region-wide fungicide application on susceptible varieties....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As members of Congress return to D.C. from Easter break, the trudge towards a new farm bill will begin anew. Before heading home — with claims that Congress and the Bush administration were $4 billion apart on a farm bill deal — the lawmakers did find time to extend current law through April 18....
By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center
Stoneville, Miss.
The distressed Mississippi catfish industry received a small boost in January as state producers were granted $8.1 million in disaster assistance for losses sustained in the hot summer of 2006....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. peanut farmers need to increase acreage by as much as 20 percent in 2008 to meet demand and shellers have offered contract prices as high as $500 a ton to compete with corn, cotton, wheat and milo for available land....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A prolonged drought curtailing Australian grain production might compel that country to import more U.S. dried distillers grains (DDG) in the future, according to the U.S. Grains Council. The action would be necessary to help keep Australia’s livestock industries going, said USCG Chairman Dale Artho, a Texas grain producer....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ever since cotton farmers began drawing pictures of module-building cotton pickers on their shop floors, they’ve speculated about how much the new machines could save in equipment and labor costs....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A team of University of Arizona researchers claims that Bt-resistant populations of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, have evolved in more than a dozen crop fields in Mississippi and Arkansas....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers have been promised a new farm bill. However, it remains a mirage while Congress is on Easter break and the Bush administration continues its hard-line approach to funding....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
April 18 is shaping up to be a red-letter day for many farmers. For openers, it’s the new expiration date of the current farm bill. It’s also the date eligible farmers can begin signing up for a new round of Conservation Security Program enrollments....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Four Mid-South ginners have earned certification by the National Cotton Ginners Association, after completing a comprehensive training program and examination....
USA Rice Federation joined Cuba’s Ministry of Agriculture, ALIMPORT and Foreign Ministry officials in recent visits to seed rice production areas and a tour of a renovated rice mill in one of Cuba’s western provinces about 90 minutes from Havana....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The late George B. Franklin Jr., producer/ginner at Holly Ridge and Rayville, La., has been honored by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association with a scholarship award in his memory....
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
The Mississippi State University Extension Service has launched a one-stop information shop on the MSUcares.com Web site focusing on imported fire ants....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will launch a newly redesigned Web site April 4. Users will find the new site at the same Internet address as the current site — http://www.ams.usda.gov....
By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter
Intermittent rains didn’t stop commercial tomato growers from viewing outdoor exhibits and touring the greenhouse tomato operation during a recent tomato field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Red River Research Station in Bossier City, La....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Johnsongrass, the latest entry to the lengthening list of glyphosate-resistant weeds — in both Arkansas and Mississippi — was announced in mid-March. It is the first glyphosate-resistant warm-season grass found in the United States....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While the farm bill is the foremost legislative concern among Southern farmers, Abner Womack says the recently passed energy bill is more likely to have the bigger impact. In fact, the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) senior economist says the effect of energy needs on agriculture already has been huge....
By Steve Linscombe
Rice Research Station
LSU AgCenter
In general, fairly early planting of rice is desirable for maximizing yield and quality, as well as increasing the potential for a successful second crop in the southern part of Louisiana. Sometimes, however, planting can be too early....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The high stakes poker game between Congress and the Bush administration over the farm bill is enough to put the fear of the Almighty into even the most hardened gambler. And the spectators who will be most affected by the outcome, the nation’s farmers and ranchers, can do little but watch and send representatives to offer opinions....
The LSU AgCenter will bring the “magic” of agriculture back to its Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge this spring as it presents its annual “AgMagic” event April 21-27....
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Jul 3, 2008 12:08 PM
After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Mid-South farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation....
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As Jack Black looks on in the afternoon’s fading light, a flock of guinea fowl fords tall pasture grass pecking at insects and weaving through 30, or so, multi-hued goats. ...
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Strong market prices and the ability to cope with less moisture than most crops have Mississippi’s peanut growers expanding their acreage again this year....
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The LSU AgCenter’s annual Northeast Louisiana rice field day will be held July 21 at the Elliot Colvin farm and the Rayville Civic Center in Rayville, La....
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