By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Now at the tail end of the harvest season, Arkansas’ rice yields are a bit disappointing and its soybean yields surprisingly strong....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Great Wall Street Collapse of 2008 will likely never be mentioned in the same breath with Gustav and Ike, the hurricanes that destroyed so much of Louisiana’s cotton crop in 2008....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As of Oct. 31, the Arkansas rice crop was “probably over” 90 percent harvested, according to Chuck Wilson, Arkansas Extension rice specialist. ...
Increased input costs, tight profit margins and two major hurricanes created a difficult year for many of Louisiana’s agricultural producers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Economic conditions in the United States and much of the rest of the world could get worse before they get better....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In 2008, Louisiana bumped sweet potato acreage up to approximately 15,000. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Over the past several weeks, gasoline at service stations in our town has fallen more than $1 per gallon, reflecting the slide in world oil prices that saw the commodity lose more than half the $147 per barrel record price it hit in July....
By Carol Sanders
UAPB School of Agriculture
Fisheries and Human Sciences
Animal and public health professionals are aware of the brewing of a “perfect storm” — a human, animal and emerging disease convergence. ...
By Johnny Morgan
LSU AgCenter
LSU AgCenter researchers think the salvinia weevil may be what they’ve been looking for as a way to control giant salvinia — an invasive aquatic species in the state....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The solid South isn’t as solidly Republican as it once was, a fact which could give Barack Obama 55 more electoral votes and help put the Democratic presidential nominee in the White House, a veteran political analyst said....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Extension and land grant universities are warning that a recently discovered provision in the new farm bill will seriously damage their ability to provide needed research and emergency efforts....
“What could you do to reduce your risk of stroke, heart disease and cancer?” asks VeEtta Simmons, Crittenden County Extension agent with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. ...
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications
Mississippians know to call the Extension Service with questions about insect pests, row crops or family finances, and thousands turn to the same source for training on a variety of other topics....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The big election is tomorrow, so I don’t know yet which of you will emerge the victor in this seemingly endless campaign for the White House....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
All during the winter of 2005 I wrote that the “weeds are talking… is anybody listening?” ...
Monsanto has announced the Deltapine Class of ’09 Scholarship Program. ...
Despite soaring input costs, farmers should not give in to the temptation to skimp on fertilizer, said a University of Missouri Extension specialist....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Commodity Credit Corp. has approved new regulations that could make it easier for cotton producers to redeem marketing loans on their 2007 crop and possibly return a little extra money when they do....
For once, freezing temperatures didn’t cause Arkansas’ row crop growers to lose any sleep, but it’s a different story for cattle and poultry producers....
Following the release of a Government Accountability Office report highlighting deficiencies in civil rights performance at the Department of Agriculture, Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have written to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer urging immediate action to correct failures in civil rights reaching back decades....
Commodity Classic attendees will enjoy performances by Grammy award winners Pam Tillis and Riders in the Sky during the evening of entertainment at the 2009 convention and trade show to be held Feb. 26-28 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas....
Starting in 2009, Monsanto’s D&PL business will introduce a new naming system designed to help growers better identify promising new cotton varieties for the Deltapine brand....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The sun is out in full force but the black soil outside Atkins, Ark., remains sticky after yesterday’s 2.5-inch rain....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) exploded in Mississippi crop fields this spring, infesting between 10,000 acres and 20,000 acres, according to Mississippi State University Extension leaders....
By Bob Scott
Extension Weed Specialist, University of Arkansas
and Nilda Burgos
Weed Scientist, University of Arkansas
Steven Powles of Australia once famously said that herbicide resistance transformed him from a herbicide scientist to a weed scientist....
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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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