By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
How many Farm Press readers cut back on the amount of food they consumed for their Thanksgiving dinner? ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amendments to the Chicago Board of Trade’s wheat futures contract. ...
The world’s cotton-consuming countries are expected to import less cotton in the coming months as the executives who run their textile mills try to figure out how to survive in a time of decreasing demand for textile and apparel products....
From the U.S. Grains Council
Australia’s first imported sample of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles, a co-product of U.S. ethanol production, successfully cleared inspections Dec. 3 after arriving at the Port of Melbourne on Nov. 25. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Thirty-five years ago this month, President Richard Nixon declared the country would be energy independent in a mere seven years. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Vegetable crops may offer row crop farmers a means of spreading production risks while tapping into an emerging market niche — consumer demand for locally grown produce....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It won’t come as a surprise to those who grow them, but a recent USDA report reveals the cost of producing vegetables and melons has risen significantly, by about 32 percent from 2004 to 2006....
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. ...
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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....
Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM
University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM
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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