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....
By Gene Milus
Wheat Pathologist
University of Arkansas
Rainy weather during April and May promoted a low level of Fusarium head blight, also called “scab”, across Arkansas wheat fields in 2008. ...
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
Arkansas farmers are expected to plant significantly fewer acres of wheat this fall because of the nation’s economic climate....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Who among us doesn’t remember HAL, the ever-so-human, laid-back computer that oversaw every function of the spaceship and crew in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece movie of Arthur Clarke’s book, 2001?...
According to USDA’s latest crop progress report, 40 percent of the U.S. cotton crop is now harvested, compared to 47 percent a year ago and a 5-year average of 45 percent....
The National Corn Growers Association nominating committee is encouraging growers who are NCGA members to apply for positions on the Corn Board. ...
By Mark Claesgens
LSU AgCenter Communications
More than 8 million identity thefts have occurred in recent years, according to the Federal Trade Commission. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While hybrid catfish provide many benefits and much promise for Southern aquaculture, they do present several unique challenges — challenges researchers are determined to find solutions for....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
You knew it was bound to happen. For two years, farmers have watched with amazement while corn and then soybean and wheat futures rose into uncharted territory as short crops and ethanol demand fueled wild speculation in the commodity markets....
A change in the way applications for the Wetlands Reserve Program will be evaluated should make a good thing even better, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service says....
In Old West movies, gunslingers had to be quick on the draw. ...
After an extensive interview and selection process, the Memphis-based Cotton Board announces the hiring of four Regional Communications Managers to serve as direct links to the Cotton Research & Promotion Program for U.S. cotton producers and ginners across the four production regions of the Cotton Belt....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A million acres too much here and there added up to up to an embarrassing moment for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in late October. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The world financial crisis has done more than send everyone’s 401-K plans into a near-death experience. It’s delivered a severe blow to consumer confidence....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Nov. 4 presidential elections could do more than determine the path of the United States for the next four years. They could also determine the future of the Doha Round, a former U.S. Trade Representative said....
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, the National Cotton Council, the National Council of Textile Organizations, AMCOT, the American Cotton Shippers Association and the American Cotton Producers conveyed serious concern about the delay in publishing the regulation necessary to implement the cotton provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008....
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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....
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University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
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