President Barack Obama has nominated Islam A. Siddiqui for the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). ...
Almost daily rainfall from Sept. 8 until Sept. 26 has caused significant damage to row crops in many areas of the state. ...
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain is supporting a national proposal to address the critical economic saturation of American dairy, pork and poultry products, while simultaneously providing much-needed nutritional assistance to Americans facing hunger due to job loss and other economic hardships....
By Roger Haldenby, Plains Cotton Growers
This morning was chilly across the Texas High Plains, with some weather stations in the Panhandle and northern counties reporting temperatures at or near freezing. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the decades pile up for those of us who’ve made it to senior citizen status, one of the ongoing sadnesses of life is bidding farewell to those who have in one way or another been a part of our time on the stage: long-ago classmates, parents, family members, friends, co-workers....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Tariffs on Chinese poultry imports are damaging our commodity export potential to China. ...
By Scott Crumpecker, USDA-NRCS RC&D Coordinator
Producers in Southeast Missouri who have participated in the Conservation Security Program will see its successor being promoted over the duration of the new farm bill. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you want to control Italian ryegrass next spring, the time to attack is this fall, research on the weed in Mississippi indicates....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I ended the last article on pigweed control in conventional soybeans re-stating the need for residual herbicides but pointing out the need for a postemergence follow-up program....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Reduced acreage, lower production and fewer imports mean a significant decline in Cotton Incorporated operating funds and a $14 million budget cut for 2010....
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation
Changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would impede the growth of the U.S. biofuels industry, limit opportunity for American farmers and ranchers to grow their businesses and hinder American energy independence, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
You have a $2-million loan at a local bank. You and your lender are on good terms, or as good as that type of relationship normally allows....
By Larry Fugate, University of Arkansas
Arkansas’ wheat acreage may fall to near 2006 levels because of problems associated with this year’s higher than normal rainfall and low commodity prices, according to an agricultural economist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas
The return of sunshine has farmers harvesting as fast as they can, trying to beat the rain that’s expected on Thursday....
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation has announced the initial fiscal 2010 allocation of the overall sugar marketing allotment among domestic sugar beet and sugarcane processors....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
During their August recess, members of the Senate toured their home states, facing heated questions about pending health care reforms. ...
Download Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials published by the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station....
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation has announced loan rates for 2009-crop sugar as required by the 2008 farm bill. ...
USDA has extended by 30 days (to Oct. 28) the public-comment period for the Conservation Stewardship Program’s (CSP) interim final rule (IFR). ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The authority to regulate every pond and puddle — that’s how many agricultural interests see proposed changes in the Clean Water Act....
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Nearly 80 percent of Mississippi’s corn crop is safely in storage, and the remaining acres are ready for harvest but stuck in wet fields getting rain-drenched for days....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Crop water use in the Delta and Mid-South has dropped below 0.1 inch, telling us that crops are drying down. ...
Ben L. Pryor, who for nearly 20 years was a member of the Farm Press editorial staff, died Sept. 21 following a long illness....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
After passing the House, a cap and trade bill continues to be hotly debated in the Senate. ...
By Mary Hightower, Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Estimated yield losses for Arkansas cotton are growing each day rain continues to fall, Tom Barber, Extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said Thursday....
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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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