By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Hurricanes aren’t only impacting Louisiana row-crops and infrastructure....
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has approved a Section 24(c) registration in the state for the use of DuPont Accent herbicide on switchgrass to control weeds that can hinder switchgrass production, including signalgrass, johnsongrass and foxtail....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I wish I had a couple of $1,000 T-bills for every time in the past few weeks that the talking heads on radio/TV and in Congress/the administration, in their pontifications about the financial industry bailout fiasco, have referred to “ordinary Americans.”...
Growers now will be able to quickly grasp specific information about new corn hybrids from Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, due to a simplified naming system that will begin with 2009 products. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When asked what he liked about spinning U.S. cotton in the Lan Yan Textile Mill in the Shandong Province of China, textile manufacturer Sheng Wenzhong did not hesitate. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Reducing the carbon footprint. Environmentalists tell us we should be doing everything we can to lower the amount of greenhouse gases and other pollutants being released into the atmosphere....
Cattle producers attending the recent Beef Day at the University of Missouri South Farm learned new words that may help them improve efficiency and add profits from their herds....
The 33rd annual National American Agri-Women’s Convention will be held in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 5-9, at the historic Menger Hotel near the Alamo....
Monsanto Company is launching Acceleron brand seed treatment as part of its seed treatment platform announced earlier this year....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Economic struggles in the U.S. and world financial markets and a bearish crop report have taken center stage in the grain markets, according to Brian Hoops, market analyst with Midwest Market Solutions, speaking at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange press briefing on USDA’s Oct. 10 crop production report and supply and demand estimates....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Since he’s very careful when choosing words, it’s striking that Billy Guthrie uses the word “bloodbath” to describe what he fears could soon strike Louisiana agriculture....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Bob Scott had an excellent article on ryegrass control in wheat in the Sept. 19 issue of Delta Farm Press. ...
Universities in six states are recipients of federal funding to conduct research on measures to combat harmful pests and diseases, Ed Schafer, U.S. Agriculture Secretary, announced on Oct. 8. ...
Chemtura has received registration from EPA for Enhance AW, a new seed treatment for soybeans, cereals and other crops....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Louisiana has lost over 35 percent of its cotton crop to hurricanes and other weather maladies, according to USDA’s Oct. 10 crop production report. ...
The Louisiana rice industry donated 12,000 pounds of rice to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in recognition of National Rice Month and Hunger Action Month in September....
Dozens of agricultural leaders from throughout Louisiana met recently in New Orleans to discuss ways to help make the state’s agricultural industry competitive in the 21st century....
Syngenta Crop Protection has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Section 3 registration for the use of Endigo insecticide on soybeans....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As high grain prices and skyrocketing fertilizer costs continue to drive Mid-South cotton acreage to lower levels, you wouldn’t think much positive would come of it. ...
Forrest Laws, associate publisher for Penton Media’s Farm Press publications, was among those recognized when the Mid America CropLife Association honored industry, media, and academic leaders at its recent annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
After heavy spring rains and flooding delayed planting, then hurricanes damaged crops late in the season, the weather has generally been good as Arkansas farmers begin wrapping up a stressful year. ...
Ray Schexnayder farms 1,800 acres of soybeans in Louisiana’s Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike left his fields scattered with tree limbs, and some covered with water....
By Patti Drapala
MSU Ag Communications
The spring freeze, summer drought and fall hurricane season of 2008 may have affected yield potential in many Mississippi pecan orchards, but industry watchers remain cautiously optimistic about the crop....
The LSU AgCenter is working closely with the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, state Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Louisiana Farm Bureau to get affected cattle producers back on their feet along coastal Louisiana following hurricanes Ike and Gustav....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mike Strain, Louisiana commissioner of agriculture, has been a busy man since hurricanes ruined much of his state’s crops and infrastructure. ...
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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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