New mathematical models developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists and colleagues could eventually help farmers use climate patterns to predict corn yields....
Honey bee colony losses nationwide were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A few hours after brokering a deal on the House climate bill, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, explained why compromise was necessary, how the controversial indirect land use provisions will be handled and repeatedly commented on the mutual distrust between agriculture and the EPA....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 11th annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference is scheduled for July 12-14, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla....
From the Arkansas Soybean Association
Arkansas soybean producers are urged to enter “The Race for 100” yield contest, with a prize of $50,000 for the first soybean producer in Arkansas to achieve 100 bushels per acre....
Biotechnology offers a realistic means to not only improve important seed components, but also to boost the overall nutritional quality of seeds, according to a recently published book edited and partly written by Hari B. Krishnan, an Agricultural Research Service scientist....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Representative Colin Peterson, D-Minn., and chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, would like to slow the pace of the debate over the Waxman-Markey bill that would put carbon cap and trade legislation in place....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Equal opportunity for plants — that’s what Glenn Mast and his son, Rodney, say they provide their crops when they band fertilizer under the row....
By Robert C. Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
Spring rains not only delayed soybean planting, but have also put many growers behind the eight ball in terms of weed control....
The early-entry deadline for the National Corn Yield Contest is Wednesday, July 1, the National Corn Growers Association reminds growers....
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will host its annual Region One Young Farmer Summer Leadership Meeting July 9 in Cleveland, Miss., at the Warehouse Restaurant....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Deere’s 7760 cotton picker with on-board module builder had a slightly higher efficiency and picking capacity than its Case IH ME 625 counterpart and conventional picking systems, according to a study by Mid-South agricultural engineers. ...
Furrow diking not only saves water, but reduces irrigation costs to a point where it makes economic sense, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists....
Responding to growing interest in the issue of agricultural sustainability, the USA Rice Federation board of directors has established the USA Rice Federation Sustainability Task Force....
Mississippi aquaculture producers who were adversely affected by high feed costs in 2008, will be able to qualify for assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With hearings on biofuels coming fast and furious, the Renewable Fuels Association has offered a preview of its approach to the EPA proposed rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If the situation wasn’t so serious, it would almost be funny....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
June: Week 4 — The value of our dollar relative to other world currency is affecting grain, oilseed and cotton export potential....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
When I commented in an earlier article that this was a throw-the-book-out year for rice, I did not realize how much of an understatement it would turn out to be....
For the first time, results from the Census of Agriculture have been published at the watershed level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mother Nature gives no warning. One week, we were wondering if the thunderstorms and cool temperatures would ever end, the next, summer imposed its will on the Mid-South and another spring was history....
By Robert C. Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
For several years now we have looked at numerous herbicides applied in the fall for residual weed control. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The states east of the Mississippi River, and particularly those in the Southeast, could play an increasingly important role in food production in years ahead, says J. Scott Angle....
Mid-South soybean associations, the American Soybean Association, and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, are seeking applicants for the 2010 Young Leader Program....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Weather extremes have forced higher-than-expected abandonment and prevented plantings in cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas so far this spring....
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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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