By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Although rising grain prices are the source of great excitement to many commodity producers, two industries could be crushed by them....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
The global economy will strengthen after 2011 as America enters what could be “an amazingly dynamic economic period, a period unlike any ever experienced in world history,” said Bobby Coats, an Extension agricultural policy analyst with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It may not be on the catwalk, but Paul Neve does plenty of modeling. His latest work isn’t aimed at the couture crowd, unless your idea of high fashion is a pair of jeans and work boots....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agricultural investments by the nation’s 1,000 private and public pension funds account for about 5 percent of the funds’ total investments....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture’s voice should ring loud and clear in the years to come — in schools, in Washington and from the farm — if FFA has anything to do with it....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. ending stocks for wheat declined further from last month due to higher exports, although the market for some classes appear to have stalled, according to Tom Willander, analyst for Country Hedging, speaking at a Minneapolis Grain Exchange press briefing on USDA’s March 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A growing ethanol industry is sure to have a significant impact on land use and availability in the United States, according to researcher Harold Collins, USDA-ARS, Prosser, Wash....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I attended most of the winter grower meetings that Riceland held around Arkansas and they reminded me all over how much I like working with farmers —especially when they are in a good mood....
By Bob Scott
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist
Starting off with a good burn-down program in soybeans is a must these days. In many systems and areas it is the most important weed control decision that is made for the whole year. Weeds have evolved, especially in reduced tillage systems that are complicating many burn-down scenarios....
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International, has announced a campaign to help farmers and ranchers in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky clean up and re-build following damage from tornadoes which struck Feb. 5....
The Senate passed an extension of the 2002 farm bill to give its and House Agriculture Committee leaders more time to try to reach an agreement with the White House on a new farm bill....
If you’re a college student and love Delta cotton, Delta Farm Press and Syngenta Crop Protection want to hear from you....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Having a week earlier promised that Congress was preparing “a final range” of funding for the farm bill (see http://deltafarmpress.com/farmbill/harkin-negotiations-0305/), at a March 6 press conference Senate Agriculture chairman Tom Harkin announced a figure of $10 billion above baseline had been agreed upon....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agricultural biotechnology is moving into a new era next season in four Midwest states where the USDA Risk Management Agency has agreed to reduce crop insurance premiums for dryland growers who plant at least 75 percent of their acreage to transgenic corn varieties....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Whether you farm crops, wildlife, or both, the objective is the same, according to wildlife biologist Jody Pagan and crop consultant Ronnie Helms. Find the highest and best use for each field on the farm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ethanol may be losing some of its luster as a renewable fuel — in part because of media attacks purporting to portray the dark side of the alternative fuel’s impact on food prices. But the U.S. ethanol industry produced 32 percent more of the corn-based fuel in 2007 than in 2006, according to year-end data recently released by the U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A recently released survey by The Center for Food Integrity shows an alarming number of U.S. consumers are oddly unaware of the role farmers play in providing food to the world. The findings may bolster those claiming agriculture must do a better job of getting its positive message to the masses....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I recently returned from the Rice Technical Working Group meeting. As the name would imply, it is a meeting where scientists working on all aspects of rice production and processing meet to exchange information....
Clark Carter, Associated Producers Gin, Rolling Fork, Miss., has been elected 2008 president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association....
Mid-South cotton producers and consultants are urged to reserve a seat at either of two special workshops aimed at increasing their awareness of best management practices....
The United Soybean Board announced winners of its Outstanding Achievement Award and Excellence Award at the recent Commodity Classic in Nashville, Tenn. Through the awards USB recognizes the commitment of individuals and companies who have made an outstanding, positive impact on the soybean industry....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It all sounds so positive and forthright — the promises the candidates are parroting as they try to persuade voters to give them the job of running the country....
From the LSU AgCenter
Most crawfish producers don’t check oxygen levels of their water, but that step can help improve production, according to an LSU AgCenter aquaculture expert....
By John Chaney
LSU AgCenter
Fifty forest landowners and industry leaders learned about the potential of using low-grade wood products to produce biofuels during the recent Beauregard Forestry Association annual meeting at Deridder, La....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. cotton industry could be headed for a big fall in 2008, unless weather patterns begin to turn more favorable in the weeks ahead....
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Aug 29, 2008 10:57 AM
South Arkansas — especially Chicot and Ashley counties in the extreme southeast — has had “buckets of rainfall in August,” says Jason Kelley, Arkansas Extension corn and grain sorghum specialist. ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:06 AM
Is another bull market in the running for corn despite bearish news from USDA for higher ending stocks and production? ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:04 AM
Corn with improved resistance to aflatoxin and soybeans that won’t lose quality from Louisiana’s heavy rains are two of the crop breeding goals of an LSU AgCenter researcher at the Dean Lee Research and Extension Station in Alexandria, La....
Aug 29, 2008 10:02 AM
The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences is set for Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, Texas....
Aug 29, 2008 10:00 AM
A wall of exotic corn varieties — some towering, some odd-looking — was the backdrop for a stop at the recent field day on Kip Cullers’ Stark City, Mo., farm....
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