CI survey key for research and promotion program 

Jul 17, 2008

Cotton Incorporated has launched an online survey it says may be the most important one U.S. cotton producers will ever be asked to participate in....

Tri-state pecan growers meeting in Vicksburg 

Jul 17, 2008

Pecan growers will have the opportunity to see exhibits on every production aspect at the 2008 Tri-State Pecan Trade Show and Convention coming up July 24-25 in Vicksburg, Miss....

Mid-South soybeans: late but not shut out 

Jul 17, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Mississippi soybean producers were waiting on rainfall to finish planting wheat-beans as the July 4 holiday rolled around, and some farmers along the Mississippi River from Natchez to Vicksburg were still trying to get their full-season crop in, having been hit by floodwaters three times....

Centrum crowd scapegoat for high prices? 

Jul 16, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Well, as it turns out, we have somebody to blame for high gas prices and skyrocketing food costs: it’s all us AARP card-carrying senior citizens....

Rice just starting near the finish line 

Jul 16, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I usually look back at old articles this time of year and see what I have written about in the past. ...

$202.5 million more for conservation programs 

Jul 16, 2008

An additional $200 million will be made available through the 2008 farm bill to help farmers and ranchers nationwide to solve natural resource problems through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, according to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer....

NRCS, Irrigation Association extend partnership 

Jul 16, 2008

The Irrigation Association and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service have extended their partnership originated by a 2003 memorandum of understanding which recognizes IA-certified irrigation designers with a specialty in sprinkler, surface and/or drip-micro meet certification criteria to provide technical assistance to producers on behalf of USDA....

USDA trims cotton by 500,000 bales 

Jul 16, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA is projecting smaller crops for U.S. cotton, corn and soybeans, and larger production for rice in its July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Regulators urged to rein in commodity speculators 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It’s not often that the CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines and the leaders of some of the biggest cotton merchandising firms come down on the same side of an issue....

Are commodity funds skating on thin ice? 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

David Einhorn is one of those people Americans love to hate. ...

Mississippi soybeans at production crossroads 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications

Challenged by rains throughout the planting season, Mississippi’s soybeans now face make-or-break conditions as they await uniform showers to complete their growth and fill out beans....

Race for 100 entry deadline approaches 

Jul 15, 2008

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....

AFBF: Truck weight laws burdensome to farmers 

Jul 15, 2008

Farmers and ranchers hauling their own goods to market across relatively short distances should not be held to regulations intended for commercial long-haul drivers, according to Mike Spradling, president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau....

Buy-in for supplemental disaster assistance under way 

Jul 14, 2008

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) will allow producers who would otherwise be ineligible for the new disaster assistance programs to become eligible by paying a fee as required by the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Act)....

Dryland crops need rain soon: Louisiana 

Jul 14, 2008

Only several thousand acres of east central Louisiana farmland received enough rain last week to benefit crops, according to Roger Carter of Agricultural Management Services....

Aug. 1 deadline for 2008 National Corn Yield Contest 

Jul 14, 2008

The cutoff date for entry forms for the National Corn Growers Association’s 2008 National Corn Yield Contest is Aug. 1....

North Mississippi Research and Extension Center field day Aug. 14 

Jul 14, 2008

The biennial North Mississippi Research and Extension Center Agronomic Row Crops Field Day will be held at the Lee County Agri-Center, Magnolia Conference Center south of Verona, Miss., on Aug. 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m....

Late crops, and soybean seed quality issues 

Jul 14, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Chuck Farr tilts his ball cap back and points to a small Ziploc bag of soybean seed on his desk. ...

Good marketers need good information 

Jul 11, 2008

The information glut looms large for producers trying to get a handle on today’s volatile commodity markets. But the fact is, successful producers usually zero in on only a few important factors....

USDA increases 2007 crop year sugar marketing allotments 

Jul 11, 2008

In response to a tightening domestic refined sugar market, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has increased the 2007 crop year sugar Overall Allotment Quantity by 500,000 short tons, raw value....

NRCS chief to outline 2008 conservation programs 

Jul 11, 2008

Arlen Lancaster, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service chief, will address the USA Rice Producers’ Group Conservation Committee Saturday, July 12, during a committee meeting in Dallas....

LSU AgCenter sugarcane field day July 16 

Jul 11, 2008

A new sugarcane variety released earlier this year will be featured at the annual sugarcane field day July 16 at the LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel, La....

Corn revenues too good to ignore 

Jul 11, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Five late model cotton pickers are lined up outside Brian Fyfe’s Lyon, Miss., office....

Corn markets starting to ration supply? 

Jul 10, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

While the corn market might show some short-term ill effects from higher-than-expected stock numbers released in late June, producers shouldn’t count out the possibility of another bull market in light of the potential for further yield and acreage losses in the Midwest, market analysts say....

Cyclone damaged rice acreage in Myanmar 

Jul 10, 2008

GIS maps and flood classification data show that the areas of Myanmar originally inundated by Cyclone Nargia on May 2 account for approximately 1.7 million hectares of rice, 24 percent of the national rice area, or roughly 2.5 million tons of rice production on a milled basis....

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7 revolutions for global sustainability

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By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...

Soybean meeting Dec. 8 in Greenwood, Miss.

Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM

A Soybean Production and Planning Meeting will be held Dec. 8-9 at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss. ...

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