Spring best time to apply phosphorus to rice 

Oct 12, 2007,

By Robert H. Wells
Delta Research and Extension Center

Waiting until spring to make phosphorus applications can mean a nearly 10 percent increase in rice yields, according to new research by Mississippi State University....

USDA hall of fame inducts Johnie N. Jenkins 

Oct 12, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Johnie N. Jenkins, an internationally acclaimed scientist whose knowledge of the cotton plant’s natural ability to resist insects helped make Bt cotton a reality, has been inducted into the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Science Hall of Fame....

National organization honors MSU professor 

Oct 12, 2007

A national organization is honoring a Mississippi State University associate professor for outstanding contributions to teaching....

U.S. negotiators asked to seek balance in Doha cuts 

Oct 11, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Every time you think the Doha Development Agreement is about to just go away someone comes along with yet another idea for resuscitating the long-running world trade negotiations....

Long waits at elevators slow harvest 

Oct 11, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Mid-South farmers are complaining that harvest of their grain crops has dragged on too long this season, and they blame most of the problem on slow unloading at grain elevators. Some producers say waits have been as long as five hours....

Volunteer corn a problem for planting wheat 

Oct 11, 2007,

By Bob Scott
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist

A lot of farmers have called to ask how to remove unwanted volunteer corn prior to planting wheat this fall. Since about 90 percent of our corn in Arkansas is Roundup Ready, using a burndown treatment of glyphosate is usually not going to work....

Mid-South producers explore California rice industry 

Oct 11, 2007

Rice producer from the Mid-South were part of the leadership development class that received an overview of rice marketing, production practices, specialty product development, clean water and air issues and observed the rice harvest in California in late September....

Seminar targets women working in agriculture 

Oct 11, 2007

Women who work in farming businesses are often the sole decision makers, and a new three-day program has been created to help them make the best choices....

Energy problems need more solutions, less spin 

Oct 10, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Spin has become big business, and big business is spending a lot of millions buying a lot of spin. It’s hard to know who’s spending more — the energy companies, the health care industry, or Wal-Mart....

Alternative energy company looking for farmers 

Oct 10, 2007

An alternative energy company met recently with about 20 farmers at the LSU AgCenter extension office in Abbeville, La., to discuss growing crops to be converted into ethanol....

USA Rice Outlook Conference Dec. 2-4 in Orlando 

Oct 10, 2007

The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 2-4, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Fla....

Rice eaters are healthy eaters 

Oct 10, 2007

People who eat rice have more nutritious diets that are higher in 12 essential vitamins and minerals, including folic acid, potassium and vitamin C and lower in saturated fat and added sugar, than the diets of non-rice eaters, according to a new study presented at the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo 2007 in Philadelphia....

Delays continue to snag Senate farm bill 

Oct 9, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The Senate Agriculture Committee was scheduled to meet shortly after the Senate Finance Committee passed its $16-billion agricultural tax package to consider a new farm bill....

World reaps benefits from U.S. demand-building 

Oct 9, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The insistence by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy that U.S. cotton subsidies have driven cotton producers around the world to poverty and despair ignores one very powerful notion — without the U.S. cotton industry, there wouldn’t be a strong world market for cotton in the first place....

What satellites can see 

Oct 9, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Can satellites see what people can’t? The answer to that question could become clear as soon as this Friday when USDA’s October estimate of crop production is compared to a crop production report released yesterday that is based on satellite imagery....

Consumers await a bumper Mississippi pecan crop 

Oct 9, 2007,

By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications

Mississippi’s pecan growers had to overcome a lot in recent years, but 2007 looks like the year their hard work and patience might pay off....

APHIS rice investigation leaves unanswered questions 

Oct 8, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says it has been unable to identify the exact mechanism for the introduction of trace amounts of genetically engineered LibertyLink rice into two commercial rice varieties, Cheniere and Clearfield 131....

ED poll: Public favors conservation spending over subsidies 

Oct 8, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A nonprofit environmental group says the results of a public opinion poll shows taxpayers would rather spend money on conservation programs than on farm subsidies. The poll says respondents would have a more favorable view of Congress if its members made such a switch....

Chinese corn harvest down by 256 million bushels 

Oct 8, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Significant production declines in several key provinces have reduced the Chinese corn crop by about 256 million bushels, to approximately 139 million metric tons, or 5.5 billion bushels, according to Todd Meyer, U.S. Grains Council senior director in China....

Infrared tool screens hybrid ethanol potential 

Oct 8, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A seed company is using an infrared tool to evaluate the ethanol yield potential of its corn hybrids. According to Joe Foresman, senior marketing manager for quality traits for Pioneer, the result of the screenings are so-called high total fermentable (HTF) hybrids, which can produce more ethanol per bushel than hybrids without the characteristic....

Finance Committee passes tax package to help fund farm bill 

Oct 5, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate Finance Committee has adopted an agricultural tax package that would fund a standing disaster relief program and create new conservation, rural development and energy-related tax credits....

Technological advances helping improve efficiency, trim costs 

Oct 5, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I couldn’t help but think, as we were putting together our twice-yearly special section on agricultural technology and irrigation (included in this issue), just how far we’ve come....

Rice has role in fighting resistant weeds 

Oct 5, 2007,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

Throughout my career I have always had a tough time adjusting when the weed control season is over. The demands on my time are extremely heavy during the growing season and that is what I am geared to. When the season ends and the telephone abruptly goes quiet, I find myself thinking, “Why aren’t people calling?”...

LSU AgCenter’s Dean Lee Station wins conservation award 

Oct 5, 2007

The LSU AgCenter’s Dean Lee Research and Extension Station in Alexandria, La., has been awarded the 2007 Soil and Water Conservation Society of Louisiana “Good Land Use Award.”...

Recognize extraordinary farmer or rancher with $10,000 award 

Oct 5, 2007

Nominations are now being accepted for American Farmland Trust’s 2008 Steward of the Land Award. The annual $10,000 prize honors farmers and ranchers who best exemplify AFT’s mission of halting the loss of productive farmland and promoting farming practices that sustain a healthy environment....

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Weed resistance issues increasing

Jul 23, 2008 10:21 AM

This year, there are some 1.4 million acres of rice in Arkansas. Given the new chemistries available, researchers say it’s surprising that growers continue to find more fields of propanil-resistant and Facet-resistant barnyardgrass....

National Cotton Council moves headquarters

Jul 23, 2008 10:18 AM

The National Cotton Council has closed the doors on one era and opened the doors to another. ...

Deltapine soybeans to transition to Asgrow

Jul 23, 2008 10:15 AM

Another well-known Mid-South brand will soon disappear into the new world of corporate mergers. ...

Strain challenge: eat local Louisiana

Jul 23, 2008 10:10 AM

Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry commissioner is challenging the residents of his state to eat local for one week....

Late Missouri corn most at risk to beetles

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After years of being primarily a horticultural pest, Japanese beetles are emerging as a threat to field crops across Missouri, said Wayne Bailey, University of Missouri Extension entomologist....

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