By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
This spring, not only did Parkin, Ark. — a town about 35 miles northeast of Memphis — get an abundant dose of rains but the area also drains excess water from the north. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A Purdue University scientist who was born in a one-roomed thatched hut in Ethiopia and went on to become one of the world’s leading experts on sorghum has been named the recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I like challenges but not when they come at the expense of a farmer. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 is a contract with producers, and USDA should not be allowed to add or subtract from that contract to meet short-term budget objectives, a leading agricultural senator says....
Travis Satterfield, a rice and soybean producer from Benoit, Miss., who has long been a leader in a number of Delta and Mississippi agricultural organizations, will serve as the 74th president of the Delta Council in 2009-10....
Cotton Incorporated recently launched a new sustainability-oriented Web site (http://CottonToday.cottoninc.com) chronicling the continuing environment related research advances within the cotton industry....
John Ferrell, a native of Iowa and graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, has been appointed deputy undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at USDA....
The following letter was recently sent to Arkansas aquaculture producers from Ted McNulty, director of the aquaculture division at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture:...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Nearly a week after Asian soybean rust was located in south Louisiana and Alabama soybeans, the fungal disease hadn’t been found elsewhere. ...
By Jody Falletta-Carman
USA Rice Federation Director
Latin America and Caribbean Programs
Internationally acclaimed celebrity, Chef Pepin, known for his thousands of appearances on the Spanish-language television channel Univision, has helped USA Rice Federation begin changing the profile of rice in Guatemala City, Guatemala....
Farmer and rancher candidate nominations are under way for local Farm Service Agency county committees. ...
Mississippi State University researchers and Extension Service specialists will explain current studies that could help farmers of agronomic crops at a July 16 event in Stoneville, Miss....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Forget the fanciful “24.” Americans should know that the nation’s farmers — their livelihoods and yields in the balance — really do face frequent, ticking time-bomb situations....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Wheat growers in Mississippi watched what was a very good crop in early spring turn into a major disappointment by harvest....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
June: Week 3 — USDA expects world feed grains to decline 23 million tons. Stock markets continue to assert a major influence over grain, oilseed and fiber market prices....
From USA Rice Federation
Brown rice will be included in 95 percent of state food packages when the new Women, Infants and Children program takes effect Oct 1....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A study by the University of Arkansas indicates that shifting from 38-inch rows to twin-row, 15-inch or to twin-row, 7.5-inch configurations in cotton won’t negatively impact lint yield and quality....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
We are finally getting a break from the rain and a lot will be happening. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite two hurricanes that caused considerable flooding in Vermillion, St. Mary, and Iberia parishes, Louisiana’s 2008 sugarcane yields were good....
Two days in June are dedicated to educating those in the dairy industry about key issues in a time when producers are struggling to maintain profitability....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited the Delta Center in Portageville, Mo., recently for a rural community forum to discuss USDA plans to revitalize and rebuild rural America....
Grass and other perennial plants may be just what the doctor ordered for farmers facing the uncertainties of climate change....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for rice and corn, respectively, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report....
The information you receive as a commodity producer can be a little like a spring rain — a lot of the time you’re getting way too much of it to do much good....
To list your organization’s special event in the Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events...
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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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