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...
Responding to President Obama’s directive to expedite and increase the production of biofuels, USDA met its 30-day deadline to help produce more energy from homegrown, renewable sources, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Millions of viewers saw Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves cross the finish line first at the Indianapolis 500 a couple of weeks ago....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Robert Wisner says he’s never seen the kind of drop that occurred in grain production in South America this spring. ...
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is the new chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit....
USDA will provide nearly $42.3 million in additional funding to 14 states to improve water quality, increase water supply, decrease soil erosion, and improve fish and wildlife habitat while creating jobs in rural communities as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009....
From the Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Due to producer and consumer opposition to the National Animal Identification System, USDA will be holding a listening session on NAIS at the Truman Hotel and Conference Center in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The ailing economy hasn’t only clobbered housing, banking, and the automotive sectors — a lot of agricultural Extension, research, and education programs face sharp cutbacks in the proposed fiscal 2010 federal budget and from major declines in tax revenues at the state level....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Rain delays and changes in planting decisions are forcing a later than ideal start for Mississippi’s soybeans....
By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter
Asian soybean rust has been found in a soybean sentinel plot maintained by agricultural consultant Blaine Viator in St. Martin Parish near Coteau, La., according to LSU AgCenter plant pathologist Clayton Hollier....
By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer
June: Week Two —Fear of inflation is driving investor dollars into commodity markets. ...
There will be a special presentation on the outlook of the 2011 Mississippi elections by two noted political commentators — Mississippi political author Jere Nash and Sid Salter of The Clarion Ledger — before the 74th Delta Council Annual Meeting June 12 at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After last year’s rains, floods and early-season problems, Roger Gipson didn’t think “we’d face anything on that scale again. ...
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have looked at a lot of fields lately where I have almost been afraid to recommend what I really thought it was going require to clean it up due to the cost. ...
A review of new sugarcane varieties and field tours on weed control, insect management and disease management will be featured at the annual sugarcane field day July 15 at the LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel, according to Kenneth Gravois, resident coordinator at the station....
EPA has issued a Section 3 registration for Credit Xtreme herbicide, a new high-load glyphosate formulation, according to Nufarm Americas, Inc....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the Mid-South leaves a wet spring and heads into summer with an abundance of late-planted soybeans, what’s going on with Asian soybean rust?...
From USA Rice Federation
Fifty farm, forestry, conservation, and environmental associations this week wrote letters to House and Senate agriculture appropriations subcommittee leaders requesting them to fully fund the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (farm bill) conservation programs at the levels Congress mandated in the 2008 statute and to increase conservation technical assistance funding....
The Cotton Museum in downtown Memphis, Tenn., will launch a new Front Street mp3 walking tour Saturday, June 6, made possible through the History Channel’s Save Our History Grant, with a day of guided walking tours and presentations by local history experts....
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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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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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If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
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