Arkansas 4-H to hold volunteer leaders forum 

Nov 8, 2007

Hundreds of 4-H volunteers from across Arkansas will meet to share ideas for their local programs during the Arkansas 4-H Volunteer Forum Nov. 9-10 at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center. ...

Lugar amendment evokes emotional response 

Nov 8, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Vivyan Adair was on welfare when she entered North Seattle Community College in 1986. Although she was a high school dropout and the single mother of an infant daughter, Adair persevered, eventually earning a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1997....

Consultants keep it in the family 

Nov 7, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

When Danny and Eddie Dunigan retire from their northeast Arkansas crop consulting business in a few years, they’re not going to worry about a drop off in service for the farmers they serve. They’ve been training their own replacements for 20 years....

FRESH Act would be massive overhaul of farm bill 

Nov 7, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The senator who helped give U.S. farmers Freedom to Farm is introducing legislation that would once again overturn most of the counter-cyclical payment and marketing loan provisions of the 2002 farm bill....

Annual cotton short course Dec. 11-12 

Nov 7, 2007

Mississippi cotton growers can mark their calendars for the Mississippi State University Extension Service’s 24th annual Cotton Short Course to be held Dec. 11-12....

Bermuda hay producers’ contest 

Nov 7, 2007

Benton County, Ark., bermuda hay producers will host their 10th annual Quality Forage contest with an open invitation to producers from throughout Arkansas and neighboring states to submit hay samples....

House votes to override veto of water resources bill 

Nov 7, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The House voted to override President Bush’s veto of the $23-billion Water Resources Development Act of 2007 by a vote of 361-54. It was the president’s fifth veto since taking office and the first to be overturned by the House....

Wheat/sugarcane rotation could be hot in south Louisiana 

Nov 6, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Wheat prices are high, so farmers in south Louisiana are curious about pairing the grain with sugarcane....

Commodity-specific provisions in farm bill 

Nov 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The new average crop revenue (ACR) option and a permanent disaster program may be attracting much of the attention, but the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee has plenty of other features....

Louisiana sugarcane harvest promising 

Nov 6, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Several weeks into Louisiana’s sugarcane harvest, there are reports of good yields but lower sugar content....

Dorgan-Grassley ‘last chance for reform,’ groups say 

Nov 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Calling it the “last chance for real farm bill reform,” 71 conservation, environmental and anti-poverty groups sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, urging them to vote for the Dorgan-Grassley payment limit amendment when the farm bill comes to the floor....

Corn could pressure Louisiana’s cotton infrastructure 

Nov 5, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Curious to see what impact the shift from cotton to corn has had on Louisiana, several LSU AgCenter economists have been scouring and studying data. Their formal findings are expected soon in a peer-reviewed paper....

Arkansas will remember 2007 corn, sorghum 

Nov 5, 2007,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

Many Arkansas corn and grain sorghum farmers will look back on 2007 with fondness. And why not? Prices were something to smile about, and yields were nothing short of remarkable....

Kentucky rural biorefinery project approved 

Nov 5, 2007

A Kentucky company has received incentives for a rural community biorefinery project integrating feed, food and fuel production....

‘Reform’ groups make major push on payment limits 

Nov 2, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With the Senate expected to take up a new farm bill the week of Nov. 5, farmers were growing hopeful the legislation could be enacted in time for them to incorporate it into their plans for the 2008 crop year....

Mid-South cotton yields surprise and disappoint 

Nov 2, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Mid-South cotton yields have been disappointing for some and surprising for others so far this harvest season....

Farmer of year award celebrates best of agriculture 

Nov 2, 2007,

By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It’s farm bill time again, a time when organizations like the Environmental Working Group trot out their one-trick pony telling us that just 10 percent of America’s largest and richest farms are collecting three-fourths of federal farm subsidies, and that most of those cash payments are promoting harmful environmental practices....

Idling away an autumn afternoon 

Nov 2, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

On a recent stunningly beautiful, deliciously pleasant autumn afternoon, I did something I haven’t done in a long, long while — absolutely nothing....

Rice cultivar selection for 2008 

Nov 2, 2007,

By Nathan Buehring
Mississippi Extension Rice Specialist

As the 2007 rice crop comes to an end, cultivar selection decisions for 2008 are at the forefront. The number of rice cultivars to choose from is small compared to soybeans and corn, but cultivar selection and placement are key components in maximizing yields and returns....

Harkin thinks direct payments may be target 

Nov 1, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sen. Tom Harkin says he expects at least one more attempt will be made to divert money from direct payments to conservation, rural development and nutrition programs when the Agriculture Committee-passed farm bill goes to the Senate floor....

North Dakotan next secretary of agriculture 

Nov 1, 2007,

By Forrest Laws and Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

President Bush has nominated former North Dakota Gov. Edward T. Schafer to be secretary of agriculture, once again reaching outside mainstream agriculture to select a relative unknown to be the administration’s chief agricultural spokesman....

Cotton season begins with Beltwide conferences 

Nov 1, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

For many Mid-South cotton producers, the growing season begins in early January, in the meeting rooms and halls at the annual Beltwide Cotton Conferences, where new technologies and cultural practices are discovered and discussed, where farmers exchange ideas and friendships are made and renewed....

NCGA thankful for abundant corn harvest 

Nov 1, 2007

As America’s corn farmers harvest the largest crop in history, the National Corn Growers Association and its state affiliates have launched a new Web site and video contest to thank them for their efforts....

Large Louisiana wheat crop under way 

Oct 31, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Since late summer, Ed Twidwell has been busy answering Louisiana farmers’ wheat-related questions....

Can Congress find more cuts in farm bill spending? 

Oct 31, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

“Buy federal crop insurance.” For years, that’s been the mantra of the ag committees in Congress. If farmers could be persuaded to buy enough coverage, the argument went, Congress would no longer have to pass ad hoc disaster assistance bills....

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Harkin, Lugar introduce ethanol pipeline measure

Jul 24, 2008 10:31 AM

Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Richard Lugar of Indiana have introduced legislation aimed at addressing one of the valid criticisms of ethanol production — the lack of an economical way to move the renewable fuel to major markets....

U.S. offers new cap on supports at WTO talks

Jul 24, 2008 10:28 AM

U.S. negotiators this week announced a new offer of a $15 billion cap in the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on the broadest level of U.S. farm supports called overall trade distorting support or OTDS, according to a report from USA Rice Federation....

Damaging herbicide drift can travel far

Jul 24, 2008 10:22 AM

Every year, Eric Webster receives many calls on Newpath and Roundup drift. “The glyphosate drift is primarily in northeast Louisiana,” said the LSU AgCenter weed scientist at the recent field day at the Rice Research Station in Crowley, La....

What happened to the bollworms?

Jul 24, 2008 10:18 AM

Several weeks ago, traps showed large numbers of bollworm moths in Arkansas — including one in Jefferson County with more than 1,000 moths — but egg and worm numbers haven’t developed in cotton as expected, according to Scott Akin, Extension entomologist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Farm Bureau backs change in trucking regulations

Jul 24, 2008 10:15 AM

A bill that will relieve farmers and ranchers from undue burdens and regulations when they transport their crops and livestock across state lines has the support of the American Farm Bureau Federation....

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