The White County, Ark., Crop Production meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 at Eagleview, Ark. ...
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)....
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....
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. ...
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.”...
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....
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. ...
By Robert Coats
Professor and Extension Economist
University of Arkansas
USDA is seeking comments on six Natural Resources and Conservation Service programs, giving producers and others the opportunity to provide input into shaping the 2008 farm bill’s conservation programs....
By Bruce Shultz
LSU AgCenter
The Obama administration could restore full trade with Cuba, the president of the USA Rice Federation said at the annual joint meeting of the Louisiana Rice Council and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association....
SOURCE: Weed Science Society of America
Recent developments and trends in weed management are the focus of an upcoming joint meeting of two of the nation’s leading weed science organizations....
I read with interest the article (Delta Farm Press, Dec. 12, 2008) about glyphosate-resistant weeds. ...
The 15th annual Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference will be held Wednesday, Feb. 11 in the ASU Fowler and Convocation Centers in Jonesboro, Ark....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The rapid decline in U.S. cotton acreage means one thing to Mid-South entomologists and producers — the cotton dinner table is even more crowded with sucking insects....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On the day Barack Obama was taking the oath of office as the nation’s 44th president, the U.S. stock market was tanking big-time....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
After this article, I’ll let you rest awhile before I pound you again about weed resistance issues in rice....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The $819 billion stimulus package passed by the House on a party line vote contains at least one provision that could prove helpful to cotton producers and other segments of the U.S. cotton industry....
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is releasing 96 new Pioneer brand corn products to growers across North America for the 2009 planting season....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Stink bugs are the leading pest in Louisiana soybeans and becoming a much worse problem in neighboring states. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton producers have had to look hard to find a silver lining in the dark clouds that have hung over their industry in recent months. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of the most positive messages coming out of the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio was the preliminary report on the Cotton Incorporated Natural Resource Survey that, based on responses from 1,300 U.S. cotton producers across the Cotton Belt, indicates sustainability is standard operating procedure for the vast majority of growers....
By Elizabeth Fortune
Arkansas Extension Communications
It’s estimated that more than 50 percent of Arkansas’ 18.7 million forested acres is owned by private landowners. ...
DuPont and Athenix have announced a research collaboration to improve insect control in corn and soybeans....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. and global economy will get better, perhaps as soon as the fourth quarter of 2009....
The Commodity Credit Corporation will make $490 million available in partial 2008 Counter-cyclical Program (CCP) payments to eligible producers with enrolled upland cotton base acres in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP)....
An Avicta brand seed treatment nematicide from Syngenta Seed Care recently was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on corn....
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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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