By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Among the hopes being pinned on the Obama presidency is one by American farmers and agribusiness that, at long last, meaningful steps can be taken toward easing the almost half-century-long standoff with Cuba....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Hot, dry, windy and smoky or cold, rainy, wet and cloudy — you name it, the 2009 U.S. rice crop experienced it in some form or fashion in 2008....
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Agricultural economists are predicting Mississippi’s 2008 crop values will reach a record $5.9 billion, but cost-of-production increases have dampened most year-end celebrations....
Cynthia Dawso Van Druff, foodservice director for Upper Moreland Middle School in Willow Grove, Pa., is the winner of the USA Rice Federation’s 2008 school foodservice “Healthy Rice Bowls Contest.”...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For much of 2008, corn, soybean and wheat farmers were on the receiving end of a continuous barrage of bad publicity from a campaign that appeared to be mounted by the Grocery Manufacturers Association....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The only good news in cotton these days seems to be that the price has managed to hold its ground despite a very bearish USDA crop report in December....
A new field tool developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists applies poultry litter to fields in shallow bands, reducing runoff of excess nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen....
A microscopic biological sensor that detects Salmonella bacteria in lab tests has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service scientist and university colleagues. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
You probably received — as I did — a lot of requests for donations during the holidays. ...
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
The LSU AgCenter has approved a new variety of aromatic rice to compete with foreign imports. ...
A new pest has migrated into the western Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry....
The Capps Center in Indianola, Miss., will host the Mississippi Women in Agriculture seminar Feb. 24-26. ...
Knowing what nutrients are in your soil and what nutrients are needed is a basic step towards good plant health. ...
From the NCGA
The National Corn Growers Association has updated information for corn growers concerned about the status of pending contracts with the bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun....
From the LSU AgCenter
Southwest Louisiana rice farmers making plans for their 2009 crop can get help with their decisions at a series of LSU AgCenter-conducted meetings Jan. 6 through Jan. 15....
Producers from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi will have an opportunity to hear the latest information about soybean research and production at the 53rd annual Tri-State Soybean Forum Jan. 9 in Oak Grove, La....
At its online farm bill page, USDA has updated information for Direct Countercyclical Payments and for the Milk Income Loss Contract. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has requested consultations under the World Trade Organization dispute settlement process to try to force Chinese officials to end their government’s “Famous Brands” export subsidy programs....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I recently had a busy week for a retired guy. ...
Tickets for the North Louisiana Agri-Business Council’s Ag Expo 2009 are on sale. ...
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has begun signup for the Milk Income Loss Contract program....
Slated for Jan. 15, the 92nd annual meeting of the Arkansas Seed Growers Association will be held at the Brinkley Convention Center, Brinkley, Ark....
BASF is strengthening its wheat portfolio with TwinLine, a cereal fungicide powered by pyraclostrobin, the active ingredient in Headline fungicide and a unique triazole....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Water and energy are the two most fundamental resources of modern civilization and demands for each are increasing at what may be an unsustainable rate....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
U.S. rice industry leaders met recently for the USA Rice Federation Outlook Conference with one eye on the economy and the other peering at the prospects for the 2009 crop....
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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....
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....
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....
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. ...
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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