Eligible farmers who suffered quality losses to their crops in recent years can enroll in the Crop Disaster Program 2005-2007 (CDP) at local FSA service centers, says USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Teresa Lasseter....
Nufarm Americas, Inc., has acquired the global trademarks, registrations and assets of the following DuPont products: Mepex and Mepex Gin Out cotton plant growth regulators, as well as CottonQuik and FirstPick harvest aids....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As areas of the Midwest struggle with flooding, Mid-South growers wonder what will happen when those floodwaters head south. Only those with crops on the riverside of the Mississippi River levee need to worry, said Jim Pogue, press liaison with the Army Corps of Engineers Memphis office....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Five years ago, it would have been somewhat unpleasant to mention “green revolution” in the same breath with Mid-South agriculture. But today, most of agriculture seems to be embracing it, from Cotton Incorporated’s promotion of cotton as a natural fiber to the excitement surrounding biofuel as a renewable replacement for petroleum....
Signup for the USDA 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) has begun. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said the programs help deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment. Contracts are available at USDA Service Centers and signup will continue until Sept. 30....
Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during May 2008 was 82,653 tons, down 23 percent from May 2007, but up significantly from the previous month. ...
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
April’s cold snap may have slowed watermelon production in Mississippi, but growers are still in great shape to cash in on the Fourth of July....
FMC Corporation is introducing Managed Maturity, a new, late-season cotton management practice that utilizes low rates of Aim herbicide to reduce unproductive top growth, in order to concentrate moisture and nutrient transport into the maturing crop. Benefits for cotton growers, says FMC, are additional management control and earlier harvest of maximum-yielding, high-quality cotton fiber....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn prices have the potential to break all-time record highs on the heels of USDA’s June 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates which indicate significantly lower U.S. production and ending stocks....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Warm weather has given a welcome boost to the Mid-South cotton crop, according to the USDA weekly report on crop progress through June 22....
Farm-raised catfish processed during May 2008 totaled 45.7 million pounds round weight, up 18 percent from May 2007. ...
Rice researchers will share details of their ongoing work during the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station Field Day at Crowley, La., on July 2....
The American Soybean Association and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, are seeking applicants for the 2009 Young Leader Program. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Hi! And welcome to the college of corn, where your challenge will be to master the know-how for producing a top-yielding crop — at least 300 bushels per acre....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 eliminates the three-entity rule for farmers, it also makes it easier for a spouse to become eligible for payments....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The idea of “persistence” — a regional weather pattern that holds and repeats until somehow being wrenched from it — gets a lot of attention among climatologists....
Net export sales of U.S. cotton for the week ending June 12 were 44,800 bales (480 pounds)....
Farmer and rancher candidate nominations for local Farm Service Agency county committees will be accepted through Aug. 1. Elections take place this fall....
Ron Harkey was elected president of the Cotton Growers Warehouse Association at its annual meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Harkey is president and CEO of Lubbock, Texas-based Farmers Cooperative Compress....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Malcolm Haigwood made a fall herbicide application in one of his fields near Newport, Ark., last fall, he never dreamed the field would be under 16 to 18 feet of water before he could plant it in corn this spring....
The oldest corn in east central Louisiana will be harvested within two weeks, according to Roger Carter of Agricultural Management Services....
Southeastern Missouri has reported its first intensive cutworm capture, say University of Missouri entomologists....
There are many weed messes in Arkansas rice fields. In a lot of situations treatments were delayed one to two weeks because of high winds. Then it got extremely dry in a lot of areas. A lot of fields that needed moisture to make herbicides work were at an in-between stage — the rice was not big enough to flood but too far along for the farmer to want to flush with high-priced fuel....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s sorta like a combination Willie Nelson song and The Wizard of Oz: the world’s spinning out of control and nobody seems to know who’s behind the curtain turning the knobs and pulling the strings....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton production in the two top-producing states is off to a slow start, which could result in a significantly smaller 2008 U.S. cotton crop this fall of between 12 million and 13 million bales, according to market analysts. USDA has projected a U.S. cotton crop of 14.5 million bales....
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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
A free American Society of Agronomy-accredited one-CEU course on spray drift management.
This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
A free American Society of Agronomy-accredited one-CEU course on spray drift management.
