Check out these upcoming events scheduled for the Mid-South and other parts of the nation:...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
New Bt corn technologies coming out over the next few years will help southern growers reduce refuge acres and manage resistance, but the jury is still out on what yield benefits might be expected....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Farmers at a mid-February hearing told U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana and Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, that large areas of cropland may not be planted this year along the coast because of salt water remaining from Hurricane Ike....
By Trey Koger
Extension Soybean Specialist
Mississippi State University
Selecting the appropriate seeding rate for a soybean production system can affect optimal yield potential, economical net returns, as well as some negative factors including potential for lodging....
By Robert Coats
Professor/Extension Economist
University of Arkansas
Two questions I’m often asked: What is the price outlook for long grain rice? ...
On Thursday, Feb. 26, a free workshop on soils, poultry manure and biosolids will be held at the University of Arkansas Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna. Pre-registration is encouraged....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The channeled apple snail is hardly the only invasive species to be found in Louisiana in the last few years. ...
By Shawn Wade
Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
Growers contemplating changes in the structure of their farming operations as a result of newly announced commodity program eligibility and pay limit rules should strive to have such changes in place before finalizing their 2009 crop insurance policies....
An article on Page 12 of the Feb. 20, 2009, issue of Delta Farm Press displayed incorrect information regarding criteria for selecting seeding rates. ...
Kathleen A. Merrigan is President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of the Department of Agriculture. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers are generally perceived as a conservative lot, unwilling to take chances on anything less than a “sure thing” in the tough economic times they face today....
USA Rice Federation in a letter with 10 other national and regional farm groups, told Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack they continue strong support for the 2008 farm bill’s safety net. ...
Vegetable growers can learn the latest about greenhouse tomato production at the LSU AgCenter’s 13th annual Greenhouse Tomato Seminar on Feb. 27 at the Red River Research Station in Bossier City....
DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and MapShots have announced Pioneer will acquire controlling ownership of MapShots Inc., a privately owned agricultural data management company that develops and sells proprietary crop management software....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The biggest question for cotton producers and one that Joe Nicosia hopes to answer Friday, Feb. 27, at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show is the impact of global recession and demand destruction on the cotton industry....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For several years, U.S. honeybees — key for good crop yields — have been dying off or abandoning colonies en masse, resulting in fears for the pollination of U.S. crops. ...
The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will hold four workshops to recruit, educate, and increase participation for new beekeepers in Mississippi....
LSU AgCenter crawfish researchers urged producers to wait patiently for this year’s crawfish crop, which has been later than usual....
Bayer CropScience has added CSI Safener 500FS to complement its lineup of sorghum seed treatments....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I will continue to discuss soil residual herbicides in future articles on Roundup Ready, LibertyLink and conventional soybean weed control programs....
By Steven H. Scott
Scott & Associates Agricultural Marketing, Inc.
Grain buyers and cotton buyers are sending a clear message to producers: “We are no longer willing to hedge price risk like we used to. ...
More fertilizer doesn’t always mean more profit. ...
Bill Richardson, LSU AgCenter chancellor, updated the Louisiana Cotton Producers Association on the status of budget cuts he recently presented to the LSU System....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the government must begin to look at new ways to support farmers — including the use of “green payments” — because of the impact of the recently passed economic stimulus package on the federal deficit....
By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter
Asian soybean rust has been found in Louisiana kudzu in Washington, East Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa, Iberia and St. Mary parishes, but weather conditions will be the telling factor for the disease outlook in 2009, according to Boyd Padgett, LSU AgCenter plant pathologist....
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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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