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....
The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) elected its officers for 2009 at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. ...
Farmers attending this year’s Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will not only be able to check out more than 400 exhibits of the latest equipment, products, and services, they’ll also be offered several educational sessions with information critical to this year’s decision-making, and they’ll have the opportunity to interact with other farmers and their families....
The LSU AgCenter will host the 2009 Agricultural Outlook Conference Feb. 26 in Baton Rouge. ...
Trimble has acquired the assets of privately-held Rawson Control Systems based in Oelwein, Iowa. ...
America’s dairy farmers are facing incredibly difficult circumstances due to the global economic recession driving down demand here and overseas. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Many producers believe rotating cotton and corn will help them increase cotton yields. ...
By Robert C. Scott
Extension Weed Specialist
University of Arkansas
It seems as though truly new technology does not come along very often anymore. ...
By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter
Don Boquet, an LSU AgCenter faculty member, was named Cotton Researcher of the Year at the recent National Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference in Marksville, La....
SOURCE: Alabama Cooperative Extension System
A simple nod, followed by a firm handshake, is how many farmers and landowners arrange short-term land rental agreements. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that Secretary Tom Vilsack will deliver the keynote address for the 85th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, “Global Agriculture & Rural America in Transition,” Feb. 26, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va....
The Monsanto Fund, a private foundation and the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, has made an $18,600 grant to support the FARMY Program. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Steve Stevens says the first time his employees heard about the new irrigation program he wanted to try on his farm they weren’t exactly thrilled at the prospect....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I hope my last article and my continued remarks regarding soil residual herbicides will be taken in the positive vein in which they are intended....
By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter
Falling futures prices for farm commodities combined with a general economic effect on demand and the leftover effects of hurricanes Gustav and Ike will put Louisiana farmers in a bind for 2009, according to economists in the LSU AgCenter....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every six months or so, as I drive along the main drag pre-dawn, the siren call of dough deep-fried in artery-clogging fats and coated with sugar reaches out to ensnare me, and ever so guiltily I wheel in for a couple of glazed donuts....
The LSU AgCenter will host the 2009 Agricultural Outlook Conference Feb. 26 in Baton Rouge, La. ...
Ceres, Inc., has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
This isn’t your grandfather’s commodity market, where bears and bulls play tug-o-war with a sturdy rope of supply and demand, and future price direction can be graphed with some degree of confidence....
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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....
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University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
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Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
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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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