USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments....
Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., has urged both USDA and the state of Mississippi to act swiftly in gathering information necessary to provide farmers with much-needed disaster relief....
The unseasonably cool, wet weather much of the Corn Belt experienced this year has led to delays in harvest, the National Corn Growers Association said this week, commenting on new reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that growers are 22 percentage points behind the five-year average for corn acreage harvested at this time....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Extremes of weather throughout the growing and harvest seasons have prompted USDA to lower projections for the 2009 U.S. cotton crop. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Gebisa Ejeta says the world will have to increase its production of food more in the next four decades than it has since the dawn of civilization....
Strong export and crush demand and a tighter-than-expected supply report from the Agriculture Department on Oct. 9 should mean an improving price picture for soybeans, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation....
A University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture weed scientist is asking farmers to do a little research until fields are dry enough to harvest....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Aside from the intensely polarized debate about health care reform, perhaps no issue raises more hackles nowadays than climate change legislation....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Boy, what a year! I thought last year was the year of all years that everyone wanted to get behind them. In many ways this year has been worse....
By Karen Templeton, MSU Ag Communications
Biodiesel production has created a new market for soybean oil, and although the demands for this alternative fuel fluctuate, the industry remains strong....
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting amateur and professional photographers to enter their best poultry or pet bird photos in the Biosecurity For Birds calendar photo contest....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The thorny issue of immigration reform may get pricklier before it gets better, and Congress may have a narrow window of opportunity to make meaningful changes in a system that has not worked well for years before the cycle of national elections makes passing any contentious issue even more difficult....
Mississippi agriculture will enter new territory when the first certified peanut seed grown in the state becomes available to growers in spring 2010....
The 13th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference, Southern Corn and Soybean Conference, and the Southern Precision Agriculture Conference will be joined in 2010 by the newly-organized Southern Field Crop Alliance....
The agricultural appropriations bill now pending in the Senate would provide nearly $150 million in child nutrition initiatives aimed at fighting hunger and promoting health among children in Arkansas and around the country, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Excessive rainfall in September is eroding yield expectations for Mid-South corn and cotton crops, according to USDA’s Oct. 9 Crop Production Report....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
China bought over 800,000 tons of a million tons of soybeans sold last week. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The good news for U.S. peanut producers is that the demand for their crop is likely to remain relatively strong, and the market will need more peanuts next year than it does this year....
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held U.S. agricultural land and 0.92 percent of all land in the United States, according to a recent USDA’s report. ...
Palmer pigweed is about the last thing a Mid-South farmer wants to find in his fields....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln presided over her first Senate Agriculture Committee hearing as chairman on Sept. 30. Having taken over the chairmanship several weeks earlier (for more, see Lincoln to chair Senate Ag Committee), Lincoln spoke with Delta Farm Pressshortly after the hearing. ...
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Enrollment for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program has begun and will continue through June 1, 2010....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
India’s traditional monsoon went missing for several long spells this season, and in the end, it may provide only 70 percent to 80 percent of traditional precipitation to the region. ...
By Troy Hornbeck
For those who believe in the future of biodiesel in Arkansas, a recent front page of the Wall Street Journal may have brought some scowls and tears. ...
A referendum will be conducted among U.S. upland cotton producers and importers from Oct. 13 through Nov. 10, USDA has announced....
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
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University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM
Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM
If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
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