Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
I have been taking part in a series of industry-sponsored meetings, talking to rice consultants about the need to rotate chemistries for barnyardgrass control in rice. ...
Cattle management and hay production seminars will be of interest to cattle producers attending the 2009 UT Beef and Forage Field Day....
By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter
Louisiana farmers planted less wheat than last year, but early herbicide applications and disease control can aid producers, LSU AgCenter experts said at a recent wheat and oat field day at the Macon Ridge Research Station....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
More than a third of rural Americans live in areas with a shortage of health professionals. ...
By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
Last year two hurricanes caused many rice fields to shatter across the Mid-South, a problem we have faced before. ...
Texas Tech’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art fabric laboratory to help researchers continue creating products that can protect both military and civilian populations....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Joyce Whaley, a farmer’s wife in Marshall County, Miss., called me one afternoon in January with disturbing news impacting her, her husband, David, and dozens of other Mid-South farmers. ...
More than 70 percent of U.S. farmers and ranchers have taken steps toward implementing sustainable agriculture practices, a survey by one of the nation’s largest agricultural lenders has found....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. peanut growers need to reduce acreage by 35 percent this year to bring production in line with demand....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Controversy continues to swirl around the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a USDA/APHIS-controlled registry for livestock and land where they are kept....
BASF and Monsanto Company have announced a new joint-licensing agreement to accelerate the development of the next-generation of dicamba-based weed control chemistry products....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the world’s wheat varieties....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Declining U.S. cotton acreage means the United States is doing its job to reduce cotton surpluses in the world, according to cotton market analysts speaking at the Ag Market Network’s April teleconference....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Spider mites are the insecticide “budget busters” in Mid-South cotton because of the costly — and often unexpected — sprays growers have to make to control them, according to Mississippi Extension entomologist Angus Catchot....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A three-year study by the Crop Protection Research Institute has found that for every dollar spent by farmers on insecticides, $19 is returned....
Funded in part by Cotton Incorporated, Texas A&M University’s Agricultural Food Policy Center (AFPC) has developed a decision aid for producers considering the new farm program ACRE....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A few weeks ago, I was traveling through north Louisiana to a conference. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn ethanol had a minimal impact on higher food prices in 2007-08, according to a study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Just when you think things can’t get any weirder, invariably they do. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The recent loosening of several trade and travel sanctions against Cuba (see Cuba trade/travel policy shift) has not produced a consensus of opinion for the Obama administration....
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
Many South Mississippi farmers have rotated peanuts with corn, soybeans and other crops to get through tough times, and word is spreading that this strategy can work for their counterparts in the northeast part of the state....
By Martha Snyder Taggart
USA Rice Federation
Cubans have a saying, “No hay comida sin arroz,” that means, “Without rice, there’s no meal.” ...
In a move that will surely excite the U.S. agriculture community, President Barack Obama has decided to loosen restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Historic rises in farm input costs and falling wheat prices will likely add up to reduced profits and further declines in U.S. wheat acres, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service....
By Steven H. Scott
Scott & Associates, Agricultural Marketing, Inc.
As our historic bull market rumbles to a possible end, producers find themselves traveling down two very different marketing paths. ...
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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....
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....
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....
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. ...
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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