By Scott Stiles
Extension Economist
University of Arkansas
Basis is the difference between a cash or local price for a commodity and the futures price of a particular commodity on a given futures exchange. ...
By Linda Foster Benedict
LSU AgCenter
A new insect has joined the population of pests in Louisiana that can potentially destroy an agricultural crop. It’s the Asian citrus psyllid and its target is any kind of citrus tree....
A National Cotton Council leadership team is visiting China to see its cotton industry development and continue building a relationship with U.S. cotton’s No. 1 customer....
By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter
Control of insects is essential for profitable pecan production, said Mike Hall, LSU AgCenter entomologist at a recent field day at LSU AgCenter’s Pecan Research/Extension Station in Shreveport, La....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In an unusual case of farm bill déjà vu, Congress voted yesterday to override President Bush’s second veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act....
The Durand rice and crawfish farm in St. Martin Parish, La., has realized considerable savings by converting diesel pumps to electric units. ...
The National Corn Growers Association Corn Board has elected Darrin Ihnen, Hurley, S.D., to the position of first vice president for fiscal 2009, which begins Oct. 1....
An informational meeting on the potential of mint species as a new high-value crop for Mississippi will be held June 23 at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center, 5421 Highway 145 South, Verona, Miss....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A tiny grub — often small as a pinhead — is busy denuding large chunks of central Arkansas rice fields. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Six years ago, fewer than 4,000 acres of peanuts were planted in Mississippi, hardly worth a mention by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. ...
By Duane Dailey
University of Missouri
Government biofuel policies affect fuel and farm commodity prices, but the price of a barrel of oil can have even larger effects....
Missouri corn and soybean producers should scout hard for brown sting bugs and bean leaf beetles. ...
The rising cost of fertilizer has many growers looking for ways to become more efficient in nitrogen placement, and that’ll be one of the timely topics covered during the Delta Research and Extension Center’s 2008 Agronomic Crops Field Day, scheduled for July 17 in Stoneville, Miss....
In what may be only the tip of the iceberg, crop condition ratings for the U.S. corn crop continue to slide incrementally....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Farmers know what it’s like to roll the dice and hope for good weather, low costs and high profits, but the stakes this year for corn producers are higher than usual....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Pete Nelson and Hillary Spain are looking for a few good west Tennessee farmers — 25 to be exact — to participate in a new initiative to connect farmers to new and developing bioindustries....
A delegation of Chinese soybean buyers which included Chinese vice-premier Wang Qishan has signed an agreement to purchase an estimated $4.5 billion of U.S. soybeans....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It may seem counterintuitive that, coming off last fall’s record-high U.S. corn production, supplies of corn and other feed grains are extremely tight. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If Pan Gen Global’s plans are carried out, Arkansas rice straw and hulls will soon be the feedstock for ethanol and silica sodium oxide. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The squeeze on world grain stocks will continue at least for several years. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Pascal Lamy, the World Trade Organization director-general, says the U.S. Congress passed a bad farm bill, one that sends the wrong “signal.” ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The ink isn’t dry on the final version of the 2008 farm bill (President Bush was expected to veto the full bill passed by the Senate June 4 within a few days, and the House and Senate were expected to vote to override once again.)...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In 2006, after honeybees abandoned hives in massive numbers, beekeepers began sounding an alarm that gained volume in 2007 when the mass exodus and die-off of bees picked up speed. ...
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
To say that a shortage of Newpath early into the rice growing season was a frustrating thing for a lot of people would be a gross understatement. ...
USA Rice Federation will provide industry members with an overview and explanation of key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 at three educational meetings scheduled June 18 and 19 in south Louisiana....
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Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM
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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.
