With a hot medium-grain rice seed market in the Mid-South — and the potential that California varieties are being considered to fill a supply gap — Mid-South growers are being warned of several dangers....
Clyde T. Sharp, a Roll, Ariz., cotton producer, will serve as 2009 president of Cotton Council International. CCI is the National Cotton Council’s export promotions arm and carries out programs in more than 50 countries globally under the Cotton USA trademark....
Hay production and beef cattle management will be topics covered in a field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Iberia Research Station, Jeanerette, La., March 21....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Government regulatory agencies in South Korea have given approval to imports of two new biotech-enhanced soybean varieties — Roundup Ready 2 Yield from Monsanto and LibertyLink from Bayer CropScience — from the United States....
“I’ve never seen farmers so undecided about what they intend to plant this late in the season.”...
By Roy Smith
The first impression I get looking at this year’s crop insurance decision is that not much has changed. ...
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell has announced Environmental Protection Agency approval of exemptions on two pesticides that will help rice and corn producers throughout the state protect crops from damaging pests....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If young minds are indeed shaped forever by the age of four or five, it makes sense to instill as many traditional values in them as soon as possible....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Worldwide medium-grain rice supplies are extremely tight and, understandably, Mid-South growers would like to take advantage. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA analysts are projecting 2009 U.S. cotton plantings at 8.5 million acres, which is slightly higher than the 8.11 million acres projected by the National Cotton Council’s Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey, released Feb. 13....
Farmers are expected to plant fewer acres not only in the United States but in the rest of the cotton-producing world in 2009-10, economists with the International Cotton Advisory Committee said....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
This week I have some general comments on soil residual herbicides. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Two of the top Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are praising President Obama’s new “honesty in budgeting” approach....
The second annual student essay contest sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and Farm Press Publications is upping the ante and expanding into more states....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Working in a hot spot for soybean diseases keeps University of Tennessee plant pathologist Melvin Newman on his toes most of the time....
The United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff have announced the organization of a second annual See for Yourself tour. ...
To combat rice water weevil, Dermacor X-100 has received a state crisis exemption label for use on rice in Arkansas between March 3 and March 17. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is trying to sell commodity groups on the idea of replacing traditional farm programs with so-called green payments or carbon credits....
As the biotechnology companies prepare to introduce eight-way and even higher combinations of genetic traits, industry members have been trying to figure out how to handle all the “clutter” from the brand names that will be involved....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With a humid climate, a plethora of connected waterways and cornucopia of flora and fauna, Louisiana — like Florida and Hawaii — seems particularly inviting to invasive species. ...
The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) elected its officers for 2009 at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
An ambitious bill to tighten regulations and oversight on financial markets passed the House Agriculture Committee Feb. 12....
By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers and others in agriculture now find themselves in an agronomic “perfect storm,” says Paul Fixen of the International Plant Nutrition Institute....
Jay Hardwick, a Newellton, La., cotton producer, was elected chairman of the National Cotton Council for 2009 at the organization’s annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. ...
Increasing exports of distiller’s dried grains with solubles is critical to the continued success of the U.S. ethanol industry, said Dan Keefe, U.S. Grains Council manager of international operations for DDGS....
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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....
Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM
University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM
Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM
Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM
If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
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