By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi’s farmers are beginning the 2008 harvest of 450,000 acres of wheat, the most grown in the state in almost two decades....
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell has announced that three herbicides have been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for emergency exemption in the control of red rice and other weeds that may be present in Clearfield rice. ...
By Fae Holin
Managing Editor
Hay & Forage Grower
“Our livestock producers are happy but our hay growers are upset.” ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is taking steps to improve oversight of the futures markets and bring greater transparency and scrutiny to the types of traders in the marketplace, including large index traders....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I hope the way this year is starting in the field is not a sign of things to come. ...
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Just days remain for Mississippi farmers to be counted in the 2007 Census of Agriculture, a tally that actually impacts the agriculture industry in the state. ...
American Agri-Women (AAW) has announced speakers for its June 9 symposium, Who’s Feeding the Hysteria? Finding the Sensible in Sensationalized Issues....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ethanol demand has not driven wheat prices to record high levels, wheat industry leaders told a Congressional subcommittee. World fundamentals, extreme market volatility and lack of technology development are to blame, they said....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
This morning, the EPA approved the Arkansas Section 18 Notice of Crisis Exemption....
By Chris Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“I will not tell you who’s going to win the presidential race. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
According to USDA’s latest crop report, 95 percent of the nation’s corn crop had been planted by the week ending June 1, compared to 99 percent a year ago and a five-year average of 98 percent....
Glyphosate, a herbicide which is marketed under various names, is widely used around the world to control a broad array of weeds in agriculture, forestry, orchards, rights-of-way and around the home. ...
Using sweet sorghum and sugarcane as biofuels has generated significant interest among members of the Louisiana sugarcane industry....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
The past three days have been the most hectic I can remember in my career as a weed scientist....
Can the world’s farmers double their yields of corn, soybeans and cotton over the next 20 years? ...
An updated USDA quarterly forecast indicates U.S. agricultural exports are expected to reach a record $108.5 billion for fiscal year 2008. ...
USA Rice Federation leaders will provide industry members with an overview and explanation of the key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 at a series of educational meetings to be held in June and July....
The LSU AgCenter’s annual field day and open house at its Red River Research Station will be held June 18 at the station in Bossier City, La....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One thing can be said about this year’s Mid-South wheat crop — it’s a survivor. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“Out of date and out of touch with market conditions.” That’s what the National Cotton Council had to say about a ruling by a World Trade Organization Appellate Body in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday....
By Pete Moss
Frazier, Barnes & Associates
There is so much hysteria, misinformation and outright fabrication of evidence against biofuels that it is almost impossible to know where to start a rebuttal. So why not start with the facts....
National Cotton Council staff will review key provisions of the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 in 45 informational meetings across the Cotton Belt June 16-23....
Late-planted crops are at increased risk from insects that normally pose a lower threat, said Wayne Bailey, University of Missouri Extension entomologist....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There is no evidence that the nation’s growing demand for biofuels and the crops needed to produce them are the culprits behind higher food prices at home or abroad, according to USDA’s top official....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Northeast Mississippi will soon be the home of one of the nation’s largest automobile manufacturing plants (Toyota) to go along with its more traditional furniture making and other light industrial facilities....
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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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