Cotton growers were first able to take advantage of a “natural refuge” for Bollgard II cotton in 2008. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“When are we going to have a Secretary of Agriculture who is for agriculture?”...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Because Arkansas is “prime real estate” for bioenergy crops, the recent announcement of a joint U.S. Department of Energy/University of Arkansas research effort is most welcome, says Chuck West....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Criticism continues to rain down on the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce government spending by phasing out direct payments to agribusinesses with more than $500,000 in annual sales, capping payments to individual farmers at $250,000 and ending cotton storage payments....
A letter co-signed by 39 other agricultural and related organizations and sent to congressional leaders expresses “strong opposition to the more than $16 billion in cuts to the farm safety net proposed in President Obama’s fiscal 2010 budget.” ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite the economic turmoil swirling around the globe, Greg Simpson is “pretty calm” going into the new cropping season. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton market could take a bullish turn once the world recession starts to lift, and textile mills suddenly have to start refilling pipeline supplies of cotton, says Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co., speaking at the Mid-South Farm and Show’s ag update session....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Gene Reagan, LSU AgCenter entomologist, has been doggedly studying the Mexican rice borer’s spread northward from the Rio Grande Valley for almost 30 years....
By Fae Holin
Managing Editor
Hay & Forage Grower
Cellulosic ethanol is being hailed as the biofuel that will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent, reduce U.S. dependence of foreign oil and won’t take prime ag land away from food production....
Senate Democrats have unveiled a “rural agenda” for the 111th Congress and a Web site highlighting issues important to rural communities and promoting policies that will benefit rural areas....
Catfish producers in southeast Arkansas are invited to the Southeast Area Catfish Workshop on April 2. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA projects U.S. old crop corn ending stocks will be 50 million bushels lower in its March 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production Report....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers could plant 3.8 million fewer acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in 2009-10 as dramatically lower commodity prices and higher input costs force them to rethink the scale of their operations....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It begins again: As the sun returns from its southern hemisphere sojourn and daylight hours lengthen, the earth begins shaking off its winter doldrums and drab brown and depressing gray give way to an increasingly vibrant palette — bright yellow daffodils, red flowering quince, purple hyacinths, the shimmering white of pear and plum trees....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture has traditionally recommended DAP or ammonium sulfate fertilizer to help rice injured by glyphosate or Roundup drift. ...
National Cotton Council directors for 2009 were announced here at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C....
By Robert Coats
Professor/Extension Economist
University of Arkansas
The economic events of the past six months and the resulting grain crop prices may be causing us to understate Delta cotton’s potential competitive position in the 2009 crop mix....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Former President Gerald Ford once said, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have.”...
The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board has voted to fund the USA Rice Council from the Arkansas rice promotion checkoff again next year....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA will begin making $145 million in direct operating loans to farmers as one of the first steps in distributing the $28 billion earmarked for the Department in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Obama administration appears to be having second thoughts about its proposal to phase out direct payments to agribusinesses with sales of more than $500,000 and replace them with “green” payments....
By Joe Henggeler
Irrigation Specialist
University of Missouri
Various indicators point to surface drainage problems negatively affecting soybean yields, especially in wet years. ...
Though confronted by numerous challenges, America’s young farmers and ranchers express a high level of optimism about agriculture and say they are better off than they were five years ago. ...
Applications are being taken for the 2009 Stoneville Ginners School, Stoneville, Miss., June 9-11. ...
The late Arizona cotton producer Charles “Charlie” Youngker is the recipient of the 2008 Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award....
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Mar 12, 2010 9:53 AM
The gulf between the general public and those who understand what is required in modern agriculture appears to be widening....
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When I received the advance program for the Mississippi Agricultural Consultants Association’s annual meeting and saw a three-hour session scheduled on corn production, with not even a break, I thought, No way!...
Mar 12, 2010 9:42 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to shift farm export expansion efforts from a “one-size-fits-all” approach based on world geographic regions to strategies tailored to specific market needs....
Mar 12, 2010 9:36 AM
The Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network is conducting March Madness 2010 to recruit volunteers for measuring precipitation and Mississippi State University researchers are recruiting participants for the program....
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Farmers growing corn and soybeans in 2010 should start considering the challenge of marketing the beans, according to market-plan ideas from a University of Missouri crop economist....
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