By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mid-South farms may mirror the Midwest this year, what with horizon-to-horizon corn, but while that trend is projected to continue for the immediate future, reports of cotton’s demise are premature, industry leaders say....
Persistent rainfall this year has been both good and bad for Louisiana farmers growing corn and grain sorghum. It has helped them produce the crops, but it could be bad if the rain continues and delays a bountiful harvest, experts and farmers say....
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station will host the mid-Missouri community at the 2007 South Farm Showcase Sept. 29....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers concerned about the new payment limit rules in the House version of the 2007 farm bill should not pin their hopes on getting a better deal in the Senate....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
December 2008 cotton futures will have the job of buying back U.S. cotton acreage lost to corn come next spring, so cotton producers can look for some price appreciation around that time, according to Memphis cotton merchant Joe Nicosia, speaking at the Cotton Roundtable at the New York Board of Trade in New York City....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Too often Mid-South soybean producers aren’t given enough information about basic agronomic practices, said David Lanclos at the recent Terral field day in Greenville, Miss....
Employees of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University were recently recognized for their service to the university and the state....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Expect cotton prices to start trending lower between now and harvest, but watch for December 2008 futures to lead prices higher next spring as producers prepare to plant their 2008 crops....
By Bob Scott, Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist
Performance calls on Newpath and Beyond herbicides in the Clearfield rice system were light again this year. For the most part the herbicides seem to work....
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that the University of Tennessee and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will manage a new $125 million bioenergy research center....
After receiving weekly data since January on “Bales Made Available for Shipment” reports from USDA, the National Cotton Council has revamped its “U.S. Warehouses Not Complying with Mandatory Reporting” page on its Web site at http://www.cotton.org/tech/flow/whsnotrept.cfm....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Was it a tax increase or closing a “loophole” that allows foreign companies to shift U.S. earnings to countries with lower tax rates? Whatever it was, it came perilously close to derailing the “carefully crafted” farm bill the House passed July 27....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Complaints about damage from pesticide drift in Mississippi this season have been sharply lower than last year....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture is losing the public relations battle, says David Waide, and in trying to get support for farm legislation, “every effort needs to be made to turn that around....
“Rice is So in Tune, Healthy Meals Hit a High Note” is the message in USA Rice Federation’s new foodservice ad appearing in the 2007 summer issues of Flavor & The Menu, Restaurant Business, and other major foodservice magazines....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
National Cotton Council leaders say they have not seen details of a WTO interim Panel ruling in the latest case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program. But, if press reports are true, they say, the panel’s findings are contrary to facts in the world cotton market....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Congressman Ron Kind, D-Wis., introduced legislation aimed at overhauling the farm bill during debate on the measure in 2002, his amendment fell just a handful of votes short of passage — 200-216....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust was found southwest Arkansas’ Little River County on July 22. Six days later, the disease was discovered in Hope, Ark., in Hempstead County....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s been a long haul, but this year Mississippi cotton producers may, for all practical purposes, finally hold funeral services for a decades-old nemesis, the boll weevil....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scientists at Ford Motor Company have formulated the chemistry to replace 40 percent of the standard petroleum-based polyol — used to create the foam used in vehicles for seat cushions, seat backs, armrests and head restraints — with a soy-derived material....
New and beginning farmers along with limited resource producers in Tennessee have an opportunity to sign-up for a federal conservation program to help them protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the House of Representatives grapples with how to pass its version of the 2007 farm bill, two Democratic senators have introduced a bill that could replace the House legislation’s commodity programs with a state-based revenue counter-cyclical program....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some people might think cotton farmer J.E. Wray doesn’t need his second crop consultant, and probably pays him too much, too. But J.E. thinks the compensation is just about right — for what is given in return....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
As the harvest of row crops draws near, farmers need to make sure their combines are ready and their GPS and yield-monitoring equipment is properly calibrated to ensure the data are useful, said Dharmendra Saraswat, assistant professor/geospatial engineer for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service....
A USA Rice Federation delegation met this week with officials from the European Commission and representatives of Europe’s grain traders as part of the effort to reopen the EU market to U.S. long-grain rice....
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Jul 24, 2008 10:31 AM
Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Richard Lugar of Indiana have introduced legislation aimed at addressing one of the valid criticisms of ethanol production — the lack of an economical way to move the renewable fuel to major markets....
Jul 24, 2008 10:28 AM
U.S. negotiators this week announced a new offer of a $15 billion cap in the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on the broadest level of U.S. farm supports called overall trade distorting support or OTDS, according to a report from USA Rice Federation....
Jul 24, 2008 10:22 AM
Every year, Eric Webster receives many calls on Newpath and Roundup drift. “The glyphosate drift is primarily in northeast Louisiana,” said the LSU AgCenter weed scientist at the recent field day at the Rice Research Station in Crowley, La....
Jul 24, 2008 10:18 AM
Several weeks ago, traps showed large numbers of bollworm moths in Arkansas — including one in Jefferson County with more than 1,000 moths — but egg and worm numbers haven’t developed in cotton as expected, according to Scott Akin, Extension entomologist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
Jul 24, 2008 10:15 AM
A bill that will relieve farmers and ranchers from undue burdens and regulations when they transport their crops and livestock across state lines has the support of the American Farm Bureau Federation....
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