By Gary Adams
Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis
National Cotton Council
Last July, when World Trade Organization members failed to reach agreement on key agricultural and manufacturing provisions of the Doha Round trade negotiations, most analyses of the outstanding issues focused on a Special Safeguard Mechanism that developing countries could use to stop surges in imports....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Jeffrey Garten, whose professional credentials include Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade, Finance and Business in the Yale School of Management; chairman of Garten Rothkopf (an international advisory firm); and former dean of the Yale School of Management, compares the current global financial crisis to “the eye of a massive storm.”...
American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman agrees with congressional leaders who this week sent a letter to President Bush opposing a December meeting of WTO trade ministers....
From the National Corn Growers Association
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court presiding over the VeraSun Energy Corporation case this week considered concerns of corn growers and suppliers. ...
USDA has forecast 2009 U.S. agricultural exports at $98.5 billion, down $14.5 billion from August and $17 billion below record 2008 sales....
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture scientists will discuss the latest research into several critical areas of soybean production at the annual Arkansas Soybean Research Conference Dec. 9 at the Brinkley Convention Center in Brinkley, Ark....
Correction to an article published in the Nov. 26 issue of Delta Farm Press Daily: ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers like to have their farms look nice....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
At the long-closed Sack ’n’ Save grocery in our town, the tall, steel pole billboard at their once busy gas station still advertises unleaded gas for $2.14.9 per gallon....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...
A Soybean Production and Planning Meeting will be held Dec. 8-9 at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss. ...
Asgrow has introduced its 2009 class of 24 new high-performing Elites — its newest soybean products designed to deliver uniform plant health and higher yield potential....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“Now is the winter of our discontent” — those oft-quoted opening words from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” pretty much sum up the mood of the populace as the gray and gloomy season sets in....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agricultural biotechnology is making substantial footholds in small and large countries worldwide and must remain a part of sustainable agriculture so farmers and consumers can reap the benefits....
DeKalb has introduced its 2009 class of 30 new brands to expand its portfolio of top-performing corn seed products. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Seed treatments have been growing in popularity because of their ease of application — no in-furrow boxes to be filled or calibrated, etc. — relatively low expense and effectiveness....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While the fundamentals of the U.S. corn market remain strong, that may be overwhelmed — at least in the short-term — by outside influences....
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program board of directors were sworn in by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Shafer recently in Washington, D.C. ...
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture presented its second annual Book of the Year award to Leon Hesser for The Man Who Fed the World, his biography of Dr. Norman Borlaug....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Why would the Environmental Protection Agency choose to ignore documents that appear to indicate the Yazoo Backwater Project should have been exempt from provisions of the Clean Water Act?...
John Coccaro and Juan Silva’s leadership and outstanding contributions to their fields have earned them 2008 Outstanding Worker Awards at Mississippi State University....
Nathan Stone, Extension specialist-section leader for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, has received a regional Excellence in Extension Award from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges....
By Mark Claesgens
LSU AgCenter Communications
When cooks shop for their Thanksgiving meal, they’ll find the cost of the basic dinner items cost more this year but remain affordable, according to LSU AgCenter family economist Jeanette Tucker....
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi is a national leader in the production of the sweet potato, a holiday favorite and also one of the most nutritious vegetables available year-round....
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
In a holiday season that can seem only about getting, many parents are looking for ways to teach their children about giving instead....
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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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