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....
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....
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....
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. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s been a long, strange season for Mid-South cotton growers. ...
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....
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. ...
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. ...
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....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There is good news coming out of Mississippi’s peanut harvest this season....
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 will host five public meetings about the 2008 farm bill in November at Dumas, Brinkley, Morrilton, Jonesboro and Hope....
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....
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. ...
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....
The North Louisiana Agri-Business Council has begun accepting applications for its Jan. 16-17 Ag Expo Livestock Show....
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....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Several years ago a textile mill executive was extolling the virtues of hand-picked cotton from Ecuador. ...
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....
The LSU AgCenter has named Tara Smith research coordinator at its Sweet Potato Research Station in Chase, La....
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. ...
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....
Three names have emerged in the first round of speculation about who will be the secretary of agriculture in an Obama administration: ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Now that the voters have spoken — finally — what can farmers anticipate from a Barack Obama administration?...
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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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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