Minimize stand diseases in 2009 

Feb 11, 2009,

By Laura Sweets
Plant Pathologist
University of Missouri

It is difficult at this point in the year to know what conditions will be like during the upcoming planting season. ...

Boustany to host Farm Day Forum 

Feb 11, 2009

U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany Jr., R-La., will host the third annual Farm Day Forum. ...

Louisiana citrus resumes some interstate sales 

Feb 11, 2009

USDA has expanded the federal quarantine on the Asian citrus psyllid to include the entire states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain told Plaquemines Parish citrus growers gathered at the Saxon Becnel and Sons Citrus Farm in early February....

More conventional soybean acres? 

Feb 10, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Since mid-2008, Trey Koger has noticed a serious uptick of growers interested in conventional soybeans. ...

Crop rotations: plan, manage time 

Feb 10, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The fact less continuous cotton is being grown is a good thing, as rotations break up nematode and disease cycles. ...

Senate stimulus bill may miss the mark 

Feb 10, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

For weeks, every economist worth his salt has been saying Congress needed to be bold in crafting the stimulus package needed to revitalize the economy....

Mississippi agritourism conference Feb. 21 

Feb 10, 2009

A Mississippi conference for agritourism entrepreneurs and those thinking about opening an agritourism business has been scheduled for Feb. 21 at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum in Jackson, Miss....

USA Rice: Amend payment limit, AGI rule 

Feb 9, 2009,

SOURCE: USA Rice Federation

USA Rice Federation leaders have strongly urged USDA to amend its interim final rule for the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 in time for the 2009 crop year to conform to congressional intent and to limit it to “that which is necessary to implement the specific statutory changes….”...

Vilsack to speak at USA Rice conference 

Feb 9, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will address rice producers, millers, merchants, and allied industry leaders during USA Rice Federation’s Government Affairs Conference general assembly Feb. 10 from 9 to 10 a.m....

Missouri governor: full funding of biodiesel 

Feb 9, 2009,

From the Missouri Soybean Association

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon unveiled his plan to balance the state’s budget and maintain funding for several key initiatives during his first State of the State address in late January. ...

‘Buy American’ still in stimulus package 

Feb 6, 2009,

SOURCE: American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition

By a vote of 65-31, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment offered by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that would have stripped the requirement to buy American for all spending covered by the stimulus package now being considered by Congress....

Pest management training Feb. 10 

Feb 6, 2009

Agriculture specialists will address management of pests in peanuts, grains, pine trees, cattle, blueberries and landscapes during a day-long workshop on Feb. 10 in Raymond, Miss....

Producers face shortened marketing season 

Feb 6, 2009,

By Steven H. Scott
Scott & Associates Agricultural Marketing, Inc.

On May 21, 2008, seven soybean futures contracts were traded at the Board of Trade in Chicago. ...

Rice crop base acres apportionment 

Feb 6, 2009,

SOURCE: USA Rice Federation

USDA’s Farm Service Agency has issued guidance for the 2009 crop year apportionment of long- and medium-grain rice base acres for counter-cyclical payment purposes....

UT Cotton Focus Feb. 12 

Feb 6, 2009

The University of Tennessee’s Cotton Focus will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, in Jackson, Tenn....

Program to benefit Illinois River watersheds 

Feb 6, 2009,

From USDA

In late January, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation and the state of Arkansas have entered into a new Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) agreement to reduce nutrient, bacterial and sediment loading in the Illinois River Watersheds....

Pre-emergence herbicides for soybeans 

Feb 5, 2009,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

There is renewed interest in several areas of soybean weed control. ...

Crop insurance deadlines near 

Feb 5, 2009

Mid-South producers are being reminded by USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Jackson, Miss., regional office that final sales closing dates for 2009 Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) are approaching....

Arkansas crop production meeting 

Feb 5, 2009

The White County, Ark., Crop Production meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 at Eagleview, Ark. ...

Planting transferability pilot project 

Feb 5, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that a new pilot project will permit producers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin to plant such vegetables as cucumbers, green peas, lima beans, pumpkins, snap beans, sweet corn, or tomatoes for processing on base acres under the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP)....

Farm labor workshop Feb. 16 

Feb 5, 2009

A workshop to help producers better manage farm workers is set for Feb. 16 at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service office in Little Rock....

Court finds for USA Rice  

Feb 4, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

On Jan. 12, the Circuit Court of Pulaski County in Arkansas agreed with the Virginia-based USA Rice Federation (USARF) and USA Rice Council that the organizations are exempt from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. ...

Computerized rice program provides answers 

Feb 4, 2009,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

Brooks Davis, who has a rice farm east of Stuttgart, Ark., uses the DD50 computerized rice program “hot and heavy” during rice season, simply because “it keeps anything from sneaking up on us.”...

New pickers at Gin Show 

Feb 4, 2009

In addition to getting a firsthand, up-close look at the cornucopia of new ag equipment, products, and services available for 2009, farmers attending the 57th annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will have access to a wealth of useful information going into the new cropping season....

Obama should overturn lands rule 

Feb 3, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With snow from a mid-January dusting of Mid-South crop fields lingering on the ground and the inauguration of a new president still fresh on our minds, it’s no surprise what people are thinking. ...

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Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars

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....

Cotton: a lot on the ground

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....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts

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....

Residuals in LibertyLink program

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. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers

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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