Louisiana rice farmers look forward to next crop 

Feb 6, 2008,

By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter

Rice farmers are looking forward to the 2008 growing season as prices continue to rise, but the uncertainty of a pending farm bill remains....

USDA sets Biopreferred Biobased Product Showcase 

Feb 6, 2008

USDA will hold its first BioPreferred Biobased Product Showcase and Training in conjunction with the 2008 General Services Administration Expo, April 21-24, 2008, in Anaheim, Calif....

Senate names members of farm bill conference committee 

Feb 5, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin and ranking member Saxby Chambliss announced 11 senators — six Democrats and five Republicans — will serve on the House-Senate farm bill conference committee....

Harkin: President needs to ‘bend a little’ on farm bill 

Feb 5, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The clock is ticking, says Sen. Tom Harkin, and the Bush administration needs to show a little more flexibility if it wants farmers to have a new farm bill by the time the extension of the current law expires on March 15....

Arkansas Rice Council honors Morrison, Gairhan 

Feb 5, 2008

Carl Morrison III of Earle, Ark., and Wayne Gairhan of Trumann, Ark., were honored for their years of service to the Arkansas rice industry during the Arkansas Rice Council/Arkansas Rice Producers’ Group annual meeting in Brinkley, Ark....

Asian soybean rust resistance found 

Feb 5, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

While Asian soybean rust hasn’t become the monster some feared, the specter of an ASR epidemic still looms over the United States. So far, the only thing to combat the disease has been fungicides....

NCC annual meeting Feb. 7-11 in Memphis 

Feb 4, 2008

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and newly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will address the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) 70th annual meeting, set for Feb. 7-11 at The Peabody Hotel, site of the NCC’s organizational meeting in November 1938....

World cotton stocks continuing decline 

Feb 4, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The International Cotton Advisory Committee is projecting that world ending stocks will decline to 52.5 million bales by the close of the current marketing year (July 31) as world consumption continues to outpace production....

Bollworm/budworm still top cotton pest 

Feb 4, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The bollworm/budworm complex retained its position as the nation’s No. 1 pest in cotton production in 2007, reducing yields by 0.91 percent, a slight increase over 2006, according to the publication, “Cotton Loss Estimates — 2007,” presented at the 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Nashville by Michael Williams, entomologist, Mississippi State University....

U.S. cotton spent year battling for respect 

Feb 4, 2008,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Rodney Dangerfield got more respect than the U.S. cotton industry has received over the past year from so-called friend and foe....

Louisiana soybean seed supply short of demand 

Feb 4, 2008,

By David Y. Lanclos
LSU AgCenter Specialist

The 2008 Louisiana soybean season is still a couple of months away from getting under way, but the conversation statewide is that the soybean seed supply and variety background situation is still uncertain....

Lenny Hensgens loved to farm rice — and talk it too 

Feb 4, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I first met Lenny Hensgens on a very cold, fall morning in Lafayette, La., in the early-1990s. He rapped gently on my hotel door at 6 a.m. He was a big, friendly fellow and possessed a bone-crunching handshake that I was still feeling an hour later....

Mother Nature — in ’08 send rain, hold bugs 

Feb 1, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The battle lines are already drawn in Mid-South cotton this coming season. Cotton acreage will fight other crops for acres. Producers will search for the Flex variety that fits, worry about glyphosate resistance and battle plant bugs and spider mites....

Will there be enough soybean seed to go around? 

Feb 1, 2008,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

Soybean prices are soaring to record levels, and farmers are excited about the prospects for 2008. Unfortunately, a shortage of seed may dampen their enthusiasm....

House, Senate farm bills face veto 

Feb 1, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Neither the House nor the Senate farm bill proposal veers far away from current policy, but each includes payment limitations and each faces the likelihood of a presidential veto....

Research program supports Arkansas wine industry 

Feb 1, 2008,

By Fred Miller
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Per capita wine consumption in the United States is overtaking that of Europe, spurring interest in new winery startups in Arkansas and neighboring states, said Justin Morris, food scientist for the University of Arkansas System’s statewide Division of Agriculture....

Soybean producer ‘plants for crop to come up’ 

Jan 31, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Of the many decisions he makes every year when growing soybeans, J.K. Bordelon says variety choice ranks at the top. This year, he’s also worried with the tight soybean seed supply....

No referendum for cotton research and promotion 

Jan 31, 2008

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service said a continuance referendum of the 1991 amendments to the Cotton Research and Promotion Order is not needed based on the number of grower and importer signatures received from Sept. 3 through Nov. 30, 2007....

Revolutionary cotton pickers at the Farm & Gin show 

Jan 31, 2008

Two of the most-talked about machines in the cotton industry will be on display at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, giving farmers a first-hand look at the “next revolution” in harvesting technology....

Stewart Seeds donates combines for UA field research 

Jan 31, 2008,

From the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

The donation of two research plot combines by Stewart Seeds, Inc., to the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture will help preserve valuable research data in eastern Arkansas, said Fred Bourland, director of field research units at Keiser and Marianna....

Completing Doha Round top Bush priority 

Jan 30, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

President Bush said he would make the “successful” conclusion of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization negotiations a top priority of his administration during his last year in office....

Gin-run cottonseed markets move upward 

Jan 30, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The stars are lined up for higher gin-run cottonseed prices — already over $300 for some end users and climbing, according to Cotton Incorporated’s Tom Wedegaertner, Cary, N.C....

Ed Schafer confirmed to head the USDA 

Jan 30, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ed Schafer is the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture....

Don’t forget spring wheat weed control 

Jan 30, 2008,

By Bob Scott
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist

It is not too late to take care of some troublesome weeds in wheat....

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program sign-up for Tennessee 

Jan 30, 2008

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Tennessee announces that agricultural producers who want to apply for 2008 funding for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) should do so by Friday, Feb. 8....

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Harkin, Lugar introduce ethanol pipeline measure

Jul 24, 2008 10:31 AM

Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Richard Lugar of Indiana have introduced legislation aimed at addressing one of the valid criticisms of ethanol production — the lack of an economical way to move the renewable fuel to major markets....

U.S. offers new cap on supports at WTO talks

Jul 24, 2008 10:28 AM

U.S. negotiators this week announced a new offer of a $15 billion cap in the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on the broadest level of U.S. farm supports called overall trade distorting support or OTDS, according to a report from USA Rice Federation....

Damaging herbicide drift can travel far

Jul 24, 2008 10:22 AM

Every year, Eric Webster receives many calls on Newpath and Roundup drift. “The glyphosate drift is primarily in northeast Louisiana,” said the LSU AgCenter weed scientist at the recent field day at the Rice Research Station in Crowley, La....

What happened to the bollworms?

Jul 24, 2008 10:18 AM

Several weeks ago, traps showed large numbers of bollworm moths in Arkansas — including one in Jefferson County with more than 1,000 moths — but egg and worm numbers haven’t developed in cotton as expected, according to Scott Akin, Extension entomologist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Farm Bureau backs change in trucking regulations

Jul 24, 2008 10:15 AM

A bill that will relieve farmers and ranchers from undue burdens and regulations when they transport their crops and livestock across state lines has the support of the American Farm Bureau Federation....

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