National Agriculture Day takes place on the first day of spring as a way to celebrate American agriculture and the farmers who help provide the food, fiber, shelter, energy and other materials we use on a daily basis....
Soy technology is popping up everywhere you look, and the United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff are working with companies to commercialize soy-based products....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After years of seemingly endless ministerial meetings, position papers and, yes, posturing by participants, the Doha Round of the World Trade Organizations seem to be taking a turn for the worse for U.S. cotton....
The broad impact of energy on agriculture will be the focus of a special seminar Saturday at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show at the Memphis Cook Convention Center....
Louisiana’s Lucky Clover: A Century of 4-H, a half-hour TV documentary, will be broadcast for the first time on Louisiana Public Broadcasting and its affiliate stations on March 12 at 7:40 p.m....
By Fred Miller
University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture
A researcher at the University of Arkansas’ statewide Division of Agriculture is investigating an imported pest less than .01 inch in length that may pose a new threat to Arkansas rice crops. The panicle mite has been found in farm fields in Texas and Louisiana, but not in Arkansas, said entomologist Ashley Dowling....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Southeast Missouri farmer John Engram didn’t consider himself a twin-row corn producer when he first started experimenting with it in 1993. Instead, he was trying to find the optimum raw spacing for ultra-narrow-row corn on beds....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton and shrimp — you’re not likely to see it as a surf ’n’ turf special on the menu at your favorite restaurant, but the unlikely combination may hold promise for alleviating hard-to-treat wounds....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The National Corn Growers Association announced a group of scientific organizations and private companies has completed a draft of the corn genome, the first mapping of the corn genome in the world....
A chance for a firsthand inspection of two hot new cotton pickers and seminars on marketing and energy are among the highlights of the 56th annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Friday and Saturday at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. corn acreage is expected to climb back to around 90 million acres after a short-term shift to wheat and soybeans, according to USDA Agricultural Projections to 2017, released Feb. 12, 2008. The report also projects strong prices for most crops due primarily to ethanol demand....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you think that giant clucking sound you’ve been hearing is Congress and the White House playing chicken with the farm bill, you might not be far off the mark....
South Korea has purchased the country’s first shipment of biotech corn for food purposes. As of late February, the Korean Corn Processing Industry Association has bought 697,000 metric tons, 27.44 million bushels, of genetically modified corn for April — August shipment at $318.23 — $337.33 per metric ton, cost and freight. Most of the corn will be shipped from the United States, according to the exporters and KCPIA officials....
Three LSU AgCenter scientists were honored at a recent international gathering of rice researchers....
Early results of soybean seed tested at Mississippi’s State Seed Testing Laboratory have shown levels of low germination and lack of consistency in seed quality, said Lester Spell, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce....
By Howell Medders
University of Arkansas
Plant breeders who develop improved rice varieties are getting new tools to speed up the process of combining genes for higher yield, disease resistance, better quality and other desirable traits in new commercial varieties....
Roll with the Changes is the theme of the 24th annual Ark-La-Tex Forestry Forum to be held March 13, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Airport Financial Plaza in Shreveport, La....
Dennis Gardisser, professor and associate head of the Biological and Engineering Department for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, was honored for his contributions to aviation at a recent meeting of aviation enthusiasts....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Richard Brock, one of the nation’s leading market analysts, will discuss marketing strategies for today’s wild times at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, Feb. 29 — March 1, at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The annual LSU AgCenter-sponsored sugarcane survey does more than keep track of acreage. It also points researchers to areas of needed study. Partially as a result of the survey, fertility in sugarcane has recently been under more scrutiny. LSU has updated fertilizer recommendations and researchers have been touting those during winter producer meetings....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
The Clearfield rice system is great for controlling a lot of troublesome weeds besides red rice. I believe that is why it continues to take acres as fast as the seed supply will allow....
Three of every four soybean farmers in America support their checkoff, according to a recent soybean checkoff-funded survey, information vital to farmer-leaders serving on the United Soybean Board....
Commodity Classic, the tradeshow and convention of the U.S. corn, soybean and wheat producers, announces the National Sorghum Producers will be part of the annual event for agriculture when it meets in Grapevine, Texas, in 2009....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Helping Congress write a farm bill the president can sign remains the top priority, but the federal government should be looking beyond the traditional safety net of farm programs to make U.S. agriculture competitive, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Arkansas’ winter wheat growers are spending their spring wrangling with ryegrass, wild garlic, onions and higher fertilizer prices. The state’s farmers planted an estimated 870,000 acres of wheat, up 50,000 acres from last year....
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Jul 18, 2008 9:29 AM
Promising new rice varieties are being developed and scrutinized at the LSU Rice Research Station in Crowley, La. Catahoula, an early semi-dwarf long-grain “has very good yield potential,” said Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder and station manager, at the recent field day in Crowley....
Jul 18, 2008 9:27 AM
The USA Rice Federation board of directors has elected James W. (Jamie) Warshaw to be its next chairman....
Jul 18, 2008 9:23 AM
Al Montna, USA Rice Federation board chairman, was presented with a plaque in recognition of his dedicated service throughout his two-year term as board chairman. ...
Jul 18, 2008 9:21 AM
The LSU AgCenter’s Iberia Research Station at Jeanerette, La., will host the St. Mary and Iberia parishes sugarcane field day starting at 4:30 p.m. on July 24....
Jul 18, 2008 9:18 AM
More than $4 million will be awarded to the University of Georgia to study the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder and other diseases affecting bee populations, whose pollination is valued at $15 billion annually to U.S. agriculture....
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