EPA: MSMA remains for cotton 

May 18, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

EPA has also revised certain provisions of the 2006 Re-Registration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the organic arsenical pesticides — which include MSMA....

Cotton weather it’s not 

May 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In the Mid-South, spring weather has been more suited for catfish than cotton, with heavy and frequent rains thwarting every effort to shift planting into high gear....

Cotton producers ‘pace the floor’ 

May 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Arkansas cotton producers “are wearing holes in their shop floors from walking back and forth. We haven’t planted anything for almost a week and a half now,” Extension specialist Tom Barber said this week....

Farm worker bill re-introduced 

May 15, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The U.S. economy stands to lose $5 billion to $9 billion in sales to its foreign competitors over the next two years if Congress does not take steps to help solve the nation’s ongoing agricultural labor shortage....

More funding for aquafeed 

May 15, 2009

The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for aquaculture research that could increase demand for soybean meal in aquafeed, has the support of American Soybean Association officials....

Cotton market ‘biding time’ 

May 14, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sit back and enjoy the ride. That’s basically the advice marketing experts were giving producers this morning now that cotton futures have risen out of the 40s and 50s and into the low 60-cent range....

Court ruling burden on farmers 

May 14, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

You just received some disturbing news. ...

Grain basis revisited 

May 14, 2009,

By H. Scott Stiles
Extension Economist
University of Arkansas

For much of 2007 and 2008, wheat, corn and soybean basis levels in eastern Arkansas were historically weak. ...

Dairymen watch cottonseed supply 

May 14, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Lower expected U.S. cotton acreage for the coming year may not necessarily result in less cottonseed for dairy feeding....

EPA rules against carbofuran 

May 14, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

FMC Corp. officials said they strongly disagree with and will file objections to EPA’s decision to revoke all U.S. food tolerances for carbofuran, the active ingredient in the company’s Furadan pesticide....

Pegg new AMS administrator 

May 14, 2009

Rayne Pegg, legislative and policy adviser for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, has been appointed as the new administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service....

Corn crop off slightly 

May 13, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. corn production for 2009-10 is projected at 12.1 billion bushels, down 11 million bushels from 2008-09 as lower plantings more than offset higher expected yields....

Soybean production to rise 

May 13, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. soybean production is projected at 3.2 billion bushels, up 236 million from 2008-09, according to USDA in its May 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Biodiesel — make your own 

May 13, 2009

The LSU AgCenter is hosting a two-day comprehensive workshop on how to make biodiesel fuel from used vegetable oil on June 2-3 at the Callegari Environmental Center, Baton Rouge, La....

Evangeline Parish Field Day 

May 13, 2009

Rice farmers can get the latest information on new varieties and agronomic practices at the Evangeline Parish Rice Field Day May 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m....

Obama’s biofuel initiative 

May 12, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Obama administration has announced a major, concerted push by the USDA, Department of Energy and EPA to support the development and expansion of domestic biofuels....

World cotton stocks to shrink 

May 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. and world ending stocks for cotton are expected to shrink in 2009-10, according to USDA’s first assessment of U.S. and world supply and demand for the new marketing year....

Rice production to increase 

May 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. rice production is projected at 224 million hundredweight, 10 percent above 2008-09....

Wheat crop down 19 percent 

May 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Total U.S. wheat production is projected by USDA at 2 billion bushels, down 19 percent from last year....

Calling all insect scouts 

May 12, 2009

The Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service will conduct Insect Scout Schools for cotton, soybeans and corn at three locations around the state beginning May 22....

USDA: why rice prices soared 

May 12, 2009,

From USA Rice Federation

A U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service report, Factors Behind the Global Rise in Rice Prices in 2008, attributes the sharp increase in rice prices last year to trade restrictions imposed by major suppliers, panic buying by several large importers, a weak dollar, and record oil prices among other causes....

Obama budget riles farm groups 

May 11, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Obama administration is continuing to push for a $500,000 cap on direct payments, a new limit on total farm program payments and elimination of cotton storage credits in its budget proposals for fiscal year 2010....

Ag subsidies common worldwide 

May 11, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ask an American living in the city about U.S. agricultural subsidies and he or she is sure to go on and on about how U.S. farm policy is destroying the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world....

Scout rice for barnyardgrass 

May 11, 2009,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

A lot of Arkansas rice has been planted between writing last week’s article and this one. ...

Management for Mid-South tomatoes 

May 8, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

One of the joys of summer, if not life, tomatoes hold sway over home gardeners and commercial producers alike. ...

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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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