An ag secretary on no one’s list 

Nov 19, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

First of all, let me say that I have nothing against the state of Iowa. I have criticized its senior senator, Charles Grassley, but then he’s criticized farmers in the South — unjustifiably....

Louisiana citrus looks good 

Nov 19, 2008,

By Johnny Morgan
LSU AgCenter

Despite a year of hurricanes and insect problems, Louisiana citrus growers are having a very good crop year, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter....

Nonfood crops: biodiesel feedstock 

Nov 18, 2008,

By Rick Bogren
LSU AgCenter

Although gasoline is the fuel of choice for the American automobile, diesel is the fuel of choice for moving freight — whether by truck, train or ship....

Cattle production: lean years ahead 

Nov 18, 2008,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist

Higher costs and lower selling prices are expected to rob cow-calf producers in Arkansas and the rest of the nation of profits in 2008. ...

Reinhart to low prices, cotton troubling 

Nov 17, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It’s been a long, strange season for Mid-South cotton growers. ...

USDA: new on-line risk management tool 

Nov 17, 2008

USDA’s Risk Management Agency has launched an online resource to aid farmers and ranchers in focusing on how to protect against downside risks, as well as how best to take advantage of upside opportunities in the market....

Managing barnyardgrass begins in soybeans 

Nov 17, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

It is much easier to talk about potential problems with barnyardgrass resistance in rice than it is to talk about solutions. ...

Record-setting soy exports 

Nov 17, 2008

U.S. soybean farmers already have one reason to give thanks this fall — 2008 exports of U.S. soy have set another all-time record. ...

Multistate fruit, vegetable growers conference Dec. 3-4 

Nov 17, 2008

The Deep South Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference and Trade Show will be held at the Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 3-4....

Mississippi peanut yields impressive 

Nov 14, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There is good news coming out of Mississippi’s peanut harvest this season....

Nitrogen calculator for corn 

Nov 14, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The University of Tennessee is developing a corn nitrogen calculator which will be available this winter as a link on the UT Web site: ...

Arkansas meetings on farm bill 

Nov 14, 2008

Arkansas will host five public meetings about the 2008 farm bill in November at Dumas, Brinkley, Morrilton, Jonesboro and Hope....

$77 million for flood, drought damage 

Nov 14, 2008

U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers and ranchers will receive $77 million in Emergency Conservation Program funds to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters in 2008....

Obama: uphill challenges 

Nov 13, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn into office as the nation’s 44th president on Jan. 20, 2009. ...

Clearfield: too good for its own good? 

Nov 13, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I finished last week’s article with a statement about the increased number of barnyardgrass samples sent in to the University of Arkansas for resistance testing this year....

Ag Expo Livestock Show Jan. 16-17 in West Monroe, La. 

Nov 13, 2008

The North Louisiana Agri-Business Council has begun accepting applications for its Jan. 16-17 Ag Expo Livestock Show....

Landscape short course set Dec. 10-12 at MSU 

Nov 13, 2008

A landscape short course Dec. 10-12 at Mississippi State University will give professionals and enthusiasts a chance to learn more about plants and their maintenance....

Asian mills circumvent boycott  

Nov 12, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Several years ago a textile mill executive was extolling the virtues of hand-picked cotton from Ecuador. ...

Cotton short course Dec. 1-2 at MSU 

Nov 12, 2008

Once this year’s crop is out of the fields, cotton producers can turn their attention to 2009 with a two-day short course in December....

Smith named research coordinator at sweet potato station 

Nov 12, 2008

The LSU AgCenter has named Tara Smith research coordinator at its Sweet Potato Research Station in Chase, La....

House: rules for credit default swap 

Nov 11, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Fed up with the inability or unwillingness of financial wizards and Wall Street players to speak anything but economic gobbledygook, Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently said he’d pay cash money to anyone able to explain credit swaps and derivatives in layman’s English. ...

Repeat of 1980s agriculture ‘unlikely’ 

Nov 11, 2008

A farm economy that’s swung from unparalleled optimism to uncertainty in just a matter of months might appear to be a repeat of two decades ago, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye, said two Purdue University agricultural economists....

Buis, Vilsack, Peterson possible ag secretary 

Nov 11, 2008

Three names have emerged in the first round of speculation about who will be the secretary of agriculture in an Obama administration: ...

Obama presidency: what to expect 

Nov 10, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Now that the voters have spoken — finally — what can farmers anticipate from a Barack Obama administration?...

Obama…new tack on EPA regs and trade? 

Nov 10, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Now that the elections are over (praise be!), everyone and his dog will be theorizing what’s going to happen when the new administration and Congress sweep into Washington mid-January....

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WTO awards Brazil retaliation authority

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....

Precision ag – online course

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....

Soybeans — U.S. key export supplier

Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM

Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...

$485 million loss – Mississippi

Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM

Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...

Biofuels goal beyond ethanol

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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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