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....
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....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Lists, we editors are told at seminars by magazine experts, are the thing. ...
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. ...
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....
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....
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....
Agricultural weather is about as easy to predict as how much U.S. cotton China will import this season, but there are identifiable trends for both which could help the decision-making process for farmers....
The Obama administration has begun naming individuals to serve as state executive directors for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA....
The USA Rice Millers’ Association has announced that Bobby Hanks, CEO, Louisiana Rice Mill, and Mark Denman, VP sales, RiceTec Inc., were elected the new chairman and vice chairman respectively during the RMA Convention held recently in Amelia Island, Fla....
By Bob Curtis, Associate Director, Agricultural Affairs, Almond Board of California
Minimizing the potential for aflatoxins in almonds is an industrywide effort, beginning in the orchard by managing navel orangeworm, which is associated with the Aspergillus fungus and aflatoxin. ...
By Rep. Marion Berry
As a lifelong farmer, I’ve spent decades working together with my friends and neighbors on the problems we face throughout the agricultural community. ...
Four soybean grading clinics will be held this summer to provide hands-on training and education for elevator inspectors on the grading process for Mississippi soybeans. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. corn and soybean crops grew larger, while rice production shrank from last month, according to USDA’s July 10 Crop Production Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new roster of chairmen and members announced by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and ranking member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., for its subcommittees today contains some old faces and some new....
By Robert Coats, Brad Watkins and Jeffrey Hignight*
ign-up for FSA’s new optional Counter-Cyclical program, the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), program ends Aug. 14....
By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer
Soybean export sales of 1.25 million tons exceeded market expectations by 25 percent. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
According to WikiAnswers.com, the longest human burp ever recorded lasted a bawdy 45 seconds and was witnessed by at least one person, who probably was ready to leave the room at the 5-second mark. ...
Southeast Missouri farmers and agricultural advisors are invited to a field day Friday, July 24, to see the results of tools and techniques that may help save and even make them money....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has promoted Jonathan Coppess to be administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency after Doug Caruso resigned from the post, citing philosophical differences with the Obama administration....
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Fewer cotton acres in Mississippi mean less demand for cotton ginning, and whole communities in the Mississippi Delta are feeling the impact of the loss of their livelihood....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
At this point in the season, things continue to get more complicated. ...
Mississippi State University research and Extension experts will provide information and demonstrations about agronomic research activities July 14 when the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station hosts its annual Research and Demonstration Tour....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The writing and passage of the 2008 farm bill was hardly a smooth ride. ...
Details of the $44.5 million Louisiana Farm and Agribusiness Recovery Grant and Loan Program were unveiled at the recent annual Farm Bureau convention in New Orleans....
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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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Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
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