Delta Council honors top graduates 

Jun 2, 2009

For the eighth consecutive year, Delta Council will recognize high school graduates in the Mississippi Delta at Delta Council’s annual meeting, Friday, June 12, at the Bologna Performing Arts Center....

Mills note preferences for bales 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Foreign textile mills prefer cotton bales wrapped in cotton bagging, while domestic mills prefer theirs secured with PE (polyethylene) film, according to surveys conducted in 2008 with the help of the National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International and the National Council of Textile Organizations....

Rice staggers out of wet May 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications

An unusually wet May is causing some Mississippi farmers to plant rice late, but the crop still has time to develop into a good one for the Delta....

Lower pH for rice herbicides 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter

Rice growers heard advice from a range of LSU AgCenter experts during the recent southwest rice field. ...

Soy rust not in Mississippi 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications

Soybean rust is active on kudzu in Alabama and Louisiana, but the disease has not made it to Mississippi, although rains are creating ideal conditions for its development....

304-bushel corn — in 1955? 

May 28, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

He was the rock star of corn....

‘Forestry-friendly’ farm bill 

May 28, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Despite the cutbacks in many federal and state agriculture programs, a number of incentive and cost-share programs are still available to farmers and other landowners for planting trees....

Invasive plants affect lake health 

May 28, 2009,

By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications

Some scientists researching invasive water plants look at the direct effects of these plants and others assess different control methods....

Interstate 69 to avoid Pecan Station 

May 28, 2009

The LSU AgCenter Pecan Research-Extension Station in Shreveport, La., will not be affected by the alignment of Interstate 69 in southern Caddo Parish after all, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)....

Rabobank acquires Farmer Mac portfolio 

May 28, 2009

Rabobank has purchased a $354 million portfolio of agricultural loans from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)....

Farm loan total growing 

May 28, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Last fall’s reports of the near-collapse of the banking system notwithstanding, the nation’s farm banks increased their lending to farmers in 2008, according to the ABA Center for Agricultural & Rural Banking’s Farm Bank Performance Report....

Waterlogged corn and yield losses 

May 28, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As he works with northeast Arkansas growers and their waterlogged crops, Roger Gipson is being asked many questions about lost yield potential. ...

Red River field day June 18 

May 28, 2009

The LSU AgCenter’s Red River Research Station will hold a field day June 18 at the station in Bossier City, La. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 9 a.m....

Preserving plants for future needs 

May 28, 2009,

From the Agricultural Research Service, USDA

When the Russian wheat aphid spread to the United States in 1986, all of the country’s commercial wheat was susceptible to it....

Ready for hurricane? 20 questions 

May 28, 2009,

By Tom Merrill
LSU AgCenter

Are you ready for a hurricane? LSU AgCenter housing specialist Claudette Reichel offers a 20-question quiz to help you determine just how prepared you are....

Algae for bioenergy 

May 27, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

About the time former presidential hopeful Al Gore was picking up his Nobel Peace Prize for scaring the bejeebers out of people about global warming, he was being criticized in Tennessee for the huge amounts of energy being consumed by his mansion in the exclusive Belle Meade subdivision of Nashville....

Ducksalad aggressive in rice fields 

May 27, 2009,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

To say this is a “throw the book out” year in rice weed control is an understatement....

Scientists unite behind biodiesel 

May 27, 2009

An ongoing effort asking scientists from around the world to pledge their support for biodiesel is getting quick results....

USA Rice talks with Cuban officials 

May 27, 2009

Marvin Lehrer, USA Rice Federation senior adviser on Cuba, is in Havana this week to discuss opportunities for U.S. rice exports to Cuba with ALIMPORT, Cuba’s food-buying agency....

Cotton Council sets P.I.E. tours 

May 27, 2009

The National Cotton Council has scheduled dates and locations for the 2009 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) program....

Stepping away from gas pumps 

May 26, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Almost 40 years after the Arab oil embargo that nearly brought this country to a standstill, and following a week in which prices at the gas pump surged 20 cents or more despite a world petroleum glut, it appears steps are finally being taken to loosen the stranglehold of foreign suppliers....

Weather slows Mississippi corn crop 

May 26, 2009,

By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications

Mississippi farmers finished planting their estimated 630,000 acres of corn on time, but the continuing effects of rain, standing water and cool soil temperatures have slowed the crop’s development in many areas of the state....

New food safety Web site 

May 26, 2009

The newly-created White House Food Safety Working Group has launched a Web site to provide information about the group’s activities and progress....

Arkansas’ fish detectives 

May 26, 2009

Call them fish detectives. Using high-tech equipment, staff and students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff examine fish to make sure they’re not carrying any significant viruses or unwanted hitchhikers....

MSU grain storage/safety meeting 

May 26, 2009

Mississippi State University Extension Service, in partnership with Delta Rice Services, is announcing a seminar on stored grain management and safety training to be held June 12 at the Community House and Delta Rice Services in Webb, Miss....

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Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars

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....

Cotton: a lot on the ground

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....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts

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....

Residuals in LibertyLink program

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. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers

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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