Feed cost is the major expense in beef cattle production. Overfeeding or underfeeding results in inefficient beef production and reduced profit....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton gin across the way from our office finally cranked up this week. In previous years, by this point in late September, the whole area was already a night-and-day, 24/7 beehive of activity, with modules coming in, then being moved into the gin....
The executive committee of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees has approved a business partnership between the university and cellulosic biofuels pioneer Mascoma Corporation to establish Tennessee as a biofuels industry leader....
By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter
“Good plants gone bad” is how an LSU AgCenter forester describes plants that have invaded the Louisiana landscape and created problems for farmers, forest owners and homeowners....
Farmers interested in non-typical funding to help their bottom lines should check out Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education (SARE) producer grants, says Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not offer penalty-free early releases from Conservation Reserve Program contracts, says Acting Secretary Chuck Conner....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Deteriorating crop conditions in Australia, lower than expected production in Europe and strong global demand set the stage for aggressive buying by end users in mid-September, which pushed wheat prices close to $9 a bushel....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Extensive testing of the 2007 Southern rice crop has turned up no evidence of the LLRice601 or other LibertyLink transgenic events that have caused turmoil in the U.S. rice industry for more than a year....
A new program should help universities, small businesses and large companies develop sound management practices to enhance compliance with regulatory requirements for field trials and movements of genetically engineered (GE) organisms, says acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner....
In cooperation with Cotton Incorporated and the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Mulch & Seed Innovations, LLC, has developed two all-natural cotton-fiber hydromulch products that help control soil erosion — GeoSkin cotton hydromulch (used for semi-flat terrains) and HydraCX2 high-performance cotton hydromulch (used for steep slopes)....
Each year, Gerald Alexander receives numerous calls from landowners who have aquatic plant problems in their farm ponds that they can’t control....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton Belt members of Congress have been telling the Bush administration they would oppose any Doha Round WTO agreement that singled out U.S. cotton for “special treatment.”...
High prices for grain on the boards of trade don’t necessarily show up at local elevators. Farmers harvesting record yields this fall are finding cash prices well below futures prices, said Melvin Brees, University of Missouri economist....
A rainy weather pattern has soaked fields, wet cotton fiber and slowed the cotton harvest in the central and northeast parts of Louisiana....
A timber tax expert, who has assisted in saving an estimated $12 million in taxes through deductions for participants of her Timber Tax Fundamentals Short Course, will be teaching her tax short course to landowners, foresters and accountants....
A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has issued a report finding Turkey’s restrictions on market access for U.S. rice violate WTO rules, according to U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A new Government Accountability Office study says farm program payments and federal crop insurance have played a major role in the opening up of new farm land in the upper Midwest. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ron Litterer may be having second thoughts about becoming president of the National Corn Growers Association next month. Litterer hasn’t become a poster boy for farm policy critics the way some farm group leaders have in recent years. ...
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC
While I was driving to look at some rice fields that were suspected to have glyphosate on them, Bob Scott, University of Arkansas weed scientist, called and asked, “Where are these glyphosate calls coming from all of a sudden?” ...
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Many questions remain unanswered about a new pest that has been found in rice in Louisiana called the panicle rice mite. But work is ongoing to learn more about it. ...
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
Management plans that include alternative feeding strategies for livestock and horses will be the key to survival for producers facing severe hay shortages this year. ...
By Chris Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
They were here, they were there, they were all around. ...
By Scott Stiles
University of Arkansas Extension Economist
I’m getting a number of questions about planting wheat this fall. Wheat futures prices have helped many growers forget about this year’s late freeze. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Adverse weather conditons ranging from floods to droughts are forcing Europe’s livestock and feeders and food processors to increase their imports of feed grains, the U.S. Grains Council reports. ...
Weather patterns in recent years have forced livestock producers to consider alternatives for their winter-feeding programs because of short hay supplies and depleted pastures....
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Jul 3, 2008 12:08 PM
After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Mid-South farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation....
Jul 3, 2008 12:06 PM
As Jack Black looks on in the afternoon’s fading light, a flock of guinea fowl fords tall pasture grass pecking at insects and weaving through 30, or so, multi-hued goats. ...
Jul 3, 2008 12:04 PM
Strong market prices and the ability to cope with less moisture than most crops have Mississippi’s peanut growers expanding their acreage again this year....
Jul 3, 2008 12:02 PM
The LSU AgCenter’s annual Northeast Louisiana rice field day will be held July 21 at the Elliot Colvin farm and the Rayville Civic Center in Rayville, La....
Jul 3, 2008 12:00 PM
By popular demand, the LSU AgCenter will host another set of one-day workshops on how to make your own biodiesel. ...
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