One of the challenges facing Louisiana agriculture in 2009 is the loss of income caused by the 2008 hurricanes, Mike Strain, commissioner of agriculture and forestry, said at the 2009 Ag Outlook Conference held in Baton Rouge....
The LSU AgCenter’s Audubon Sugar Institute is presenting a two-day practical short course for specialists involved in the areas of sugars, sweeteners, renewable energy, foods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and water treatment June 1-2 in Baton Rouge....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The direction for December 2009 cotton futures could hinge on when and how much rain falls on the state expected to plant the most cotton acreage — Texas, said market analysts at the Ag Market Network’s March teleconference....
By Robert C. Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
In 2008 I had complaints about glyphosate drift on rice than I have had since starting with the Extension service back in 2002. ...
On March 19, the Arkansas State Plant Board announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had granted a crisis exemption for Cruiser as farmers battle grape colaspis. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scan agricultural Web sites and it’s quickly apparent the new farm bill’s ACRE (Average Crop Revenue Election) program has not received a multitude of positive reviews. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After a procession of natural disasters over the last few years, Louisiana agriculture is still trying to find its footing. ...
The same basic sugar program has been in effect for around 25 years. ...
Sixteen Mid-South cotton gins have won the Southern Cotton Ginners Association’s highest award for their safety programs....
Palmer amaranth, also known as Palmer pigweed, has always been tough to control all season long. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Thomas Jefferson’s vision of a prosperous nation largely made up of family farms is increasingly untenable. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Deere recently introduced a new 120-foot planter that can seed from 90 to 100 acres per hour. ...
Can new winter wheat varieties and improved agronomic practices result in more ducks flying south in the fall? ...
President Barack Obama has announced his intention to nominate James W. (Jim) Miller to be under secretary of agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and Dallas P. Tonsager to be under secretary of agriculture for Rural Development....
National Cotton Council state unit officers for 2009 were elected at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C....
David Boyd has been re-elected to a second term as president of the Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. ...
Cotton growers were first able to take advantage of a “natural refuge” for Bollgard II cotton in 2008. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“When are we going to have a Secretary of Agriculture who is for agriculture?”...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Because Arkansas is “prime real estate” for bioenergy crops, the recent announcement of a joint U.S. Department of Energy/University of Arkansas research effort is most welcome, says Chuck West....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Criticism continues to rain down on the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce government spending by phasing out direct payments to agribusinesses with more than $500,000 in annual sales, capping payments to individual farmers at $250,000 and ending cotton storage payments....
A letter co-signed by 39 other agricultural and related organizations and sent to congressional leaders expresses “strong opposition to the more than $16 billion in cuts to the farm safety net proposed in President Obama’s fiscal 2010 budget.” ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite the economic turmoil swirling around the globe, Greg Simpson is “pretty calm” going into the new cropping season. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton market could take a bullish turn once the world recession starts to lift, and textile mills suddenly have to start refilling pipeline supplies of cotton, says Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Mid-South Farm and Show’s ag update session....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Gene Reagan, LSU AgCenter entomologist, has been doggedly studying the Mexican rice borer’s spread northward from the Rio Grande Valley for almost 30 years....
By Fae Holin
Managing Editor
Hay & Forage Grower
Cellulosic ethanol is being hailed as the biofuel that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent, reduce U.S. dependence of foreign oil and won’t take prime ag land away from food production....
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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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