The power of earthworms, horses and combines 

Sep 12, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

My e-mail inbox can fill up faster than it takes Jamaican sprinter “Lightning” Bolt to humble his competition. ...

Louisiana parishes designated disaster areas 

Sep 12, 2008

USDA has designated Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee and St. Martin parishes in Louisiana as primary natural disaster areas because of losses caused by flooding, excessive rainfall, high winds, hail, lightning and tornadoes that occurred between April 6 and May 16, 2008....

Louisiana farms: multimillion-dollar losses 

Sep 11, 2008,

By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter

Louisiana’s farmers are facing lost income from reduced yields and product quality in the neighborhood of $370 million to $450 million as a result of the effects of Hurricane Gustav, according to economists with the LSU AgCenter....

USA Rice urges prompt disaster response 

Sep 11, 2008

USA Rice Federation Chairman Jamie Warshaw and USA Rice Producers’ Group Chairman Tommy Hoskyn this week urged Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer “to issue the rules and regulations for the new Supplemental Revenue (disaster) Assistance Payments Program (SURE) as quickly as possible so producers in impacted areas have the opportunity to sign up for assistance that this new disaster aid program may provide....

Grown in the USA rice logo 

Sep 11, 2008

Consumers and foodservice professionals this month are getting their first look at USA Rice Federation’s new “Grown in the USA” logo designed to promote the benefits of buying domestically grown rice....

Gustav reaches northeast Louisiana crops 

Sep 11, 2008,

By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter

Rains from Hurricane Gustav significantly affected a diversity of crops in Northeast Louisiana — particularly with parts of Tensas and Franklin parishes getting 19 inches of rain....

Soybean rust making late push on wet weather 

Sep 10, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Soybean rust is making a late push into west-central Mississippi and southeast Arkansas, but Extension leaders in those states don’t think the outbreak is serious enough yet to warrant blanket sprays....

Louisiana: rice losses at 7.6 percent; soybeans, 15 percent 

Sep 10, 2008,

By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter

Farmer Jeffrey Sylvester of Whiteville, La., gazed over a field that looked more suited for water-skiing than growing rice. ...

Cotton Board approves $78 million CI budget 

Sep 10, 2008

The Cotton Board approved a $78 million budget for Cotton Incorporated in 2009. ...

EU approves LibertyLink soybeans 

Sep 10, 2008

LibertyLink soybeans from Bayer CropScience have received final approval from the European Commission for importation into the European Union for food and feed use, allowing the commercial launch of LibertyLink soybeans in the United States for the 2009 planting season....

U.S. rice export values surge 

Sep 10, 2008

U.S. rice exports by value in 2008 are 46 percent more than for the same period last year....

Gustav sacks Louisiana cotton 

Sep 9, 2008

Cotton losses in east central Louisiana parishes will be 50 percent in fields that are harvestable and 95 to 100 percent in others following heavy rains from Hurricane Gustav, says Roger Carter of Agricultural Management Services....

China’s Olympics happy face obscures problems 

Sep 9, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Even as China was wowing the world with its spectacular showmanship and athletic prowess at the Beijing Olympics, there were increasing indications its long run of prosperity is being throttled by the economic and financial woes of its top customers, the United States and the European Union, and the worldwide impact of skyrocketing oil costs....

Harvest aids often needed, sometimes overused 

Sep 9, 2008,

By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas

It is the time of year when farmers are applying harvest aids....

Hurricane rains problem for Louisiana crawfish 

Sep 9, 2008

Rain from Hurricane Gustav across the crawfish-producing areas of Louisiana may cause problems for crawfish producers, according to LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialists Greg Lutz and Mark Shirley....

Pioneer: find right corn plant populations 

Sep 9, 2008

One thing yield king Kip Cullers preaches is adequate plant population — high enough to maximize yield....

Dicamba-resistant soybeans by 2013 

Sep 8, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Some producers attending this year’s Milan No-Till Crop Production field day told University of Tennessee weed scientist Larry Steckel that the target date of 2013 for commercialization of dicamba-resistant soybeans just isn’t soon enough....

Gustav will cost some rice farmers dearly 

Sep 8, 2008,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

About 30 percent to 40 percent of the state’s rice crop in southeast Arkansas has been hit hard by remnants of Hurricane Gustav, according to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Gustav: major problems for Louisiana rice  

Sep 8, 2008,

By Linda Foster Benedict
LSU AgCenter

Rice is among the many Louisiana agricultural commodities hurt by Hurricane Gustav, although the majority of the crop had been harvested in the southwest Louisiana rice belt before the storm came through....

ICAC: Small decline in world cotton mill use expected in 2008-09 

Sep 8, 2008

World cotton mill use is expected to decline by 1 percent in 2008-09 to 26.2 million tons, due to slower global economic growth and higher prices of cotton relative to polyester, predicts the International Cotton Advisory Committee, an association of governments of cotton-producing and cotton-consuming countries....

‘Storm Recovery Guide’ from LSU AgCenter 

Sep 8, 2008

The LSU AgCenter has made available a 32-page Storm Recovery Guide to help Louisianans in the cleanup after Hurricane Gustav. ...

Arkansas’ rice crop, post-Gustav 

Sep 4, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Reached Thursday morning, Chuck Wilson, Arkansas Extension rice specialist, could offer only a preliminary assessment of the damage done to Arkansas’ rice crop by Hurricane Gustav. ...

Gustav pounds Mid-South crops 

Sep 4, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

After the latest rains courtesy of Hurricane Gustav, extreme southeast Arkansas could float an ark. ...

Essay winners lay out cotton’s future 

Sep 4, 2008,

By Farm Press Editorial Staff

The grand prize winners of the Future of Delta Cotton Student Essay Contest took completely different approaches in describing their visions of tomorrow’s cotton industry. ...

For Cotton’s Future: Open mind, technology muscle 

Sep 4, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Matthew Turner learned at an early age that cotton is a very special crop in his family. ...

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Oct 6, 2008 10:30 AM

Early-season and late-season weather-related disasters badly impacted Mid-South growers. ...

U.S. seeks monitoring of Chinese textile imports

Oct 6, 2008 10:27 AM

Cotton Belt congressional members joined their colleagues and the U.S. cotton and textile industry in a call to broaden a key textile import monitoring program....

Rice protein moderates resistance to infectious disease

Oct 6, 2008 10:25 AM

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified a plant protein that is a key player in moderating resistance to infectious disease. ...

Alternative crops conference Nov. 12-13 in Memphis

Oct 6, 2008 10:21 AM

AgBioworks, an initiative of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture are sponsoring an alternative crops conference at the Fogelman Executive Conference Center at the University of Memphis, Nov. 12-13, 2008. ...

Becker Underwood: will expand inoculant production capacity

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