By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Random musings as we hurtle headlong into stifling, steamy summer:...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee says world cotton production could decline 3 percent to 117 million bales in the 2008-09 marketing year, raising world cotton prices by nearly 10 cents per pound....
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Summer Rice Grower Meeting is scheduled for July 18 at the Bolivar County Extension Service Auditorium in Cleveland, Miss....
President Bush has nominated USDA Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Mark Keenum to be a Farm Credit Administration board member until May 2014....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers in Iowa and other states affected by flooding should not be “penalized” for having to make decisions dealing with crop losses that could come back to haunt them when USDA finishes writing regulations for the new farm bill....
By Trey Koger
Extension Soybean Specialist
Mississippi State University
With much of Mississippi’s April-planted full-season soybean crop approaching the critical stage for fungicide applications, it’s time to discuss the factors that determine when to apply a fungicide....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mid-South producers are reporting good starts to their cotton crops this season, according to USDA’s June 30 crop progress report. ...
Missouri farmers have a new tool to help monitor and manage disease in their soybean fields this growing season....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its rice stocks report yesterday showing that rough rice stocks in all positions on June 1 totaled 53.4 million hundredweight (cwt)....
Monsanto Company has announced it has submitted documents and extensive research data for SmartStax, a new insect-protection and weed control platform in corn, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In late June, some non-Bt cornfields in Arkansas were hosting massive, first generation corn borer populations. ...
By Scott Monfort
Arkansas Extension Plant Pathologist
At the end of June there had been very little change in the development and spread of soybean rust from the previous week in Louisiana and Texas....
Gov. Haley Barbour and EPA have authorized the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and Commissioner Lester Spell to assume the responsibility of regulating aerial applicators effective today....
Coronet fungicide seed treatment from BASF recently received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on brassica, bulb, cucurbit and legume vegetables and cotton....
By Chris Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With over 50 years in farming, Leon Parker possesses a deep-rooted knowledge of cotton....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Midwest corn producers are reporting losses of around 1.2 million acres to extensive rains and flooding in June, according to USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage Report....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One crop seems to handle adversity better than any other for Newport, Ark., farmer Malcolm Haigwood — grain sorghum....
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says the supplemental spending bill passed by Congress late last week includes $479 million for emergency conservation efforts for areas affected by the Midwest floods....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of my brothers has worked in the trucking industry for years. When diesel prices began their meteoric rise, I asked him if higher fuel costs weren’t affecting his business?...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
You know the crop is late when, in mid-June, there are still full-season soybeans to be planted, never mind a hefty double-crop acreage....
Cotton growers looking for broad-spectrum control of tough insect pests now have a new option for fast knockdown and long-lasting residual control, according to FMC....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Keep an eye on five things listed below, and you might gain some insight about cotton prices over the next two years. But before you get too excited, remember the key word here is might.
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By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new farm bill — which the Bush administration opposed for many months — wasn’t completed until June 18. Although displeased with the legislation, the USDA realized a tidal wave of congressional support for the bill meant its passage was inevitable....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Harvest has arrived in south Arkansas’ tomato-growing counties and, so far, it’s shaping up to be a good one. The harvest window for the area usually opens the first week of June and closes in mid-July....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Most of the calls I am getting now are about typical big grass or grown-up weed messes. There are, however, a lot of clean fields....
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Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM
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