By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In late April, with corn planting already hindered due to a soggy spring, many Mid-South producers are facing forecasts calling for rain through the first week of May....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Farmers in Arkansas are ready to begin planting an estimated 520,000 acres of cotton. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
What a difference a year makes — unless you’re a grocery manufacturing company or oil conglomerate CEO. ...
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
The American Soybean Association sent out a news release dated April 2 announcing acceptance by the Korean Food and Drug Administration of both the Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans and Bayer’s LibertyLink soybeans....
From the NCC
The National Cotton Council says India’s cotton subsidies coupled with its failure to notify the World Trade Organization of those subsidy levels is a major impediment to cotton trade....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Maguire says the money spent on farm bill programs is, by almost any measure, a good deal for the American people as well as the U.S. economy....
From the USDA
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the appointment of Doug Caruso as administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency....
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). ...
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
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University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
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