By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s kinda like an economic version of Alice in Wonderland — while U.S. financial empires are crumbling, public confidence in the economy is spiraling downward, ominous mutterings about recession and even depression are heard, and the Fed desperately attempts to shore up the banking system, most major agriculture sectors are enjoying unprecedented favor....
Cotton and other natural fibers will be celebrated around the globe following a declaration by the United Nations General Assembly proclaiming 2009 the International Year of Natural Fibers....
By Howell Medders
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
“Just a bunch of briars, but some sophisticated ones at that,” John R. Clark likes to say about the blackberry varieties developed in the breeding program he directs for the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture....
The 2008 LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station’s Rice Cam will show a number of images of a seed production field planted in the Catahoula variety. ...
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Well before planting time, the fight against Asian soybean rust is already under way in Mississippi as sentinel plots are planted and genetic resistance to the disease is being developed....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
US. catfish sales totaled $445 million in 2007, down 8 percent from $484 million the previous year, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana accounted for 94 percent of the total U.S. sales....
The ups and downs of late winter and spring-like weather have made things difficult for Arkansas beef cattle producers....
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a public meeting April 22 in Washington, D.C., to “discuss recent events affecting the agriculture markets — including the lack of convergence between the futures and cash prices, higher margin requirements and the impact on market participants, and the role of speculators and commodity index traders.”...
U.S. retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Market Basket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the first quarter was $45.03, up about 8 percent or $3.42 from the fourth quarter of 2007....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The squeeze on the nation’s soybean seed supply is not loosening....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. producers, taken aback by high nitrogen costs and spurred on by good soybean prices, intend to plant 18 percent more soybean acres this spring, according to USDA’s March 31 Prospective Plantings Report. The higher acreage comes mostly at the expense of corn, down 8 percent from last year....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Farmers along the Arkansas River, its tributaries and other rivers on the eastern side of Arkansas are waiting nervously for the floodwater covering their wheat to drain away....
The Arkansas Agriculture Department is accepting grant applications from Arkansas catfish farmers who suffered feed losses from natural disasters during the period from Feb. 28 through Dec. 31, 2007....
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is informing landowners in middle Tennessee that they may be eligible for the Conservation Security Program. Farmers and other landowners living in the Red River and the Upper Duck River watersheds may apply for funding through NRCS....
The 11th annual Louisiana 4-H Foundation Golf Tournament will be held April 4 at the Tamahka Trails Golf Club in Marksville, La....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In the coastal areas southwest of New Orleans, La., Asian soybean rust is likely to pop up anywhere each and every spring. It’s up to Blaine Viator, a Plattenville, La., consultant, to make sure that the disease does not cause economic damage for his clients....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee — and chair of the Production, Income Protection and Price Support Subcommittee — Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln has been in the thick of crafting a new farm bill. When she spoke with Delta Farm Press on March 20, the Democrat expressed frustration with the seeming “snail’s pace” in the bill’s final phase of deal making. However, she said good legislation was still possible by mid-April. Among her comments:...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The investment now taking place in alternative energy sources “is phenomenal,” but agriculture’s role in that picture is still being determined, says Kater Hake, Cotton Incorporated vice president for agricultural research....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It has become fashionable of late for big city reporters to beat up on ethanol and other renewable fuels with “doomsday” articles. (Ever notice how the national media seem to travel in packs on these?)...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn growers — and to a lesser extent, cotton, soybean and wheat producers — have a public perception problem, and the National Corn Growers Association, industry and environmental groups are joining together to try to do something about it....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Recent rains and flooding have many Arkansas farmers cooling their heels. They would like to be preparing their land for planting corn, but weather-related problems have delayed tillage operations....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers could plant fewer acres of corn than in 2007 but more acres than analysts are expecting them to put in the ground in 2008, the president of the National Corn Growers Association said....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The differences remaining between the Bush administration and Congress in the 2007 farm bill could be worked out within the next few weeks, predicts Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer....
The Mississippi Peanut Growers Association is seeking peanut producers interested in serving on the National Peanut Board....
Richard Fontenot, a farmer from Ville Platte, La., was named the 2008 Louisiana Farmer of the Year at the 11th annual awards program and banquet held March 7 at White Oak Plantation in Baton Rouge, La....
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Jul 23, 2008 10:21 AM
This year, there are some 1.4 million acres of rice in Arkansas. Given the new chemistries available, researchers say it’s surprising that growers continue to find more fields of propanil-resistant and Facet-resistant barnyardgrass....
Jul 23, 2008 10:18 AM
The National Cotton Council has closed the doors on one era and opened the doors to another. ...
Jul 23, 2008 10:15 AM
Another well-known Mid-South brand will soon disappear into the new world of corporate mergers. ...
Jul 23, 2008 10:10 AM
Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry commissioner is challenging the residents of his state to eat local for one week....
Jul 22, 2008 9:45 AM
After years of being primarily a horticultural pest, Japanese beetles are emerging as a threat to field crops across Missouri, said Wayne Bailey, University of Missouri Extension entomologist....
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