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....
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. ...
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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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