By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Earlier this year, more than 80 growers from Mississippi’s three major peanut-growing areas gathered in Hattiesburg, Miss., for the second annual Mississippi Peanut Growers Association meeting and short course....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of the biggest benefits to growing peanuts in Mississippi has been the relative lack of disease pressure compared to other more established growing regions of the Southeast....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Noting that other countries are showing no signs of reducing their export subsidies, USDA has announced the initial round of allocations under the Dairy Export Incentives Program for the period July 1 through June 30, 2010....
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....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Weldon Shook has always wanted to farm. He grew up on a farm near Seagraves, Texas, and told his dad early on that he wanted to pursue that career....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Producing 5,700 pounds of peanuts per acre is just part of the success story of Suffolk, Va., farmer John Crumpler — the 2009 Peanut Profitability Award winner for the Upper Southeast....
Corn farmers have until Friday, July 10, for early entries in the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest....
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. ...
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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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Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
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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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