By Bob Scott
Ryegrass can be a very difficult weed to control in a burn-down situation if you do not spray early. Before it reaches the reproductive stage, it can be controlled with glyphosate...
By Forrest Laws
Notice from USDA to countries that aren’t too well heeled but would like to try to negotiate a new free trade agreement with the United States: Don’t bother....
By Forrest Laws
Net cash farm income is expected to decline by $18 billion or nearly 22 percent in 2006 because of higher crop stocks, lower crop prices and a modest decline in livestock and livestock product receipts compared to 2005....
Dana Brooks, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau, will be the lead-off speaker at a Farm Bill Forum at the Ann Marks Performing Arts Center, 127 Grand Avenue, in Brownsville, Tenn., on March 20....
By Forrest Laws
House Appropriations Committee members voted along party lines to reject an amendment that would have provided $3.4 billion in assistance to farmers who experienced losses due to hurricanes, droughts or other weather disasters in 2005....
By David Bennett
For a decade, at least, small grain breeding in the South has been withering. ...
By Elton Robinson
The confluence of WTO issues and budget-cutting in Washington could end up exposing growers to more price risk in the future, creating a bigger role for grower price risk management....
By Elton Robinson
Today’s farming and ranching operations will need new financial solutions to take advantage of forces re-shaping U.S. and world agriculture, according to a report by the Farm Credit Council....
To encourage and reward students who pursue knowledge on water resources, YMD has established a scholarship program for 12th grade students in the 17 Mississippi Delta counties it serves....
By Hembree Brandon
With the fervor of an old-time tent revivalist exhorting his audience to resist Satan’s wiles, Billy Moore tells farmers they can be triumphant in the battle against Asian soybean rust....
By Elton Robinson
The highest returns for nitrogen applications on corn occur when soil color is used to create management zones for variable-rate applications, according to a Colorado State University study. ...
By Forrest Laws
ARLINGTON, Va. -- If the United States wants to remain a global economic superpower, it should stop treating rural America like a stepchild. That may not have been exactly what Robert W. Lane said at USDA’s 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum, but that was the message that came through from the chairman and CEO of Deere & Co....
By Elton Robinson
TUNICA, Miss. -- Twin-row soybeans can provide the same yield advantage as 30-inch soybeans without significant changes to wide-row equipment, according Trey Koger, agronomist at the USDA/ARS, Stoneville, Miss....
By Milo Hamilton
The Rice Marketing Prize is not a green Emmy or an agricultural Oscar, but it is perhaps the survival money skill of the next five years for U.S. rice producers....
By Wayne Capooth
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The other day I met some folks — Frank Cox, Larry Rea, Dr. Cliff Higgins, Dave Norval, Barney and Mike Davison — trying to do some good in this world by helping those less fortunate than us....
HELENA, Ark. -- Grain producers in the northwest Mississippi/east central Arkansas areas now have a new market for their crops with the reopening of the ADM Grain facility on the Mississippi River at Helena....
By David Bennett
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Could a water pollution dispute between Oklahoma and Arkansas have long-lasting consequences for state’s rights? Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe certainly believes so and warns farmers they’re especially vulnerable....
By Hembree Brandon
It has been called by some, “the worst law ever to be enacted by Congress,” taking control of private lands out of the hands of owners, wreaking economic hardship for agriculture, timber, and other industries, and hamstringing the construction of schools, hospitals, and other facilities....
By Forrest Laws
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — You could tell something was wrong as soon as the waitress sat the plate down. Instead of being piled high with crawfish, the plate had six or seven tiny crustaceans hiding in the etoufee. The cook had laid on an extra large serving of green beans to try to compensate, but it wasn’t the same....
By Elton Robinson
VANDUSER, Mo. -- Missouri farmer John Engram wanted the higher efficiency and yield he could get with narrow rows, but he didn’t want to change his equipment spacing or lose irrigation efficiency due to difficulty of maintaining narrower beds. He found a way to accomplish both goals with twin-row planting....
By David Bennett
LIGHT, Ark. -- As it’s the off-season, Kin-Co Ag Aviation’s large, clean hanger is jammed full of planes, spare parts and tool lockers. A helicopter, parked just outside the operation’s office door, will be joined by another any day now. One gets the sense things are about to start hopping....
By Hembree Brandon
Mississippi growers will plant “a lot less corn” this year, but cotton acres will see an increase, Extension specialists said at recent area meetings in the northwest Delta....
By Hembree Brandon
What has the potential to increase from one to several million in just a few days? If you answered spider mites, you know all too well the reproductive capability of the pest that plagues many Delta cotton growers....
By Elton Robinson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- U.S. prices for medium and long grain rice “have run up about as high as they’re going to go for now,” according to Carl Brothers, senior vice president, Riceland Foods, Stuttgart, Ark....
By Elton Robinson
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The nation’s transportation industry is in a capacity crunch, congested and stressed, and looking for ways to increase efficiency without significantly adding to or improving infrastructure. According to Ken Eriksen, vice president, transportation services, Informa Economics (formerly Sparks Companies) in Memphis, the time for change is “beyond the crossroads.”...
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
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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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
