By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In early September, bin-busting corn yields were being reported throughout the Mid-South. With rice harvest going strong and soybeans ripening, storage is crowded and growing more so. ...
By Bob Ratliff
MSU Ag Communications
Imogene Triplett loves and supports her husband, but the first time she saw his work with what would become a lifelong career, her reaction was, “Glover this looks terrible, they’re going to fire you!”...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you’ve got ‘em, you sure don’t want ’em. If you don’t have ’em, count your blessings, because you’re missing a lot of frustration and expense. Unfortunately, given time, you may well have them, too. ...
Educating Tennessee farmers, landowners and citizens on the production and consumption of biofuels is the focus of a new informative fact sheet campaign spearheaded by University of Tennessee Extension. ...
A two-day Certified Crop Advisor program will be conducted at the University of Missouri-Delta Research Center in Portageville, Mo., Nov. 19-20. ...
Ducks Unlimited has named Barton James to a new position, the Director of Agriculture Conservation Policy, increasing the organization’s emphasis on agriculture conservation. ...
By Chris Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In 1928, the Dixie Crusaders swept into the South. Sent by the American Forestry Association, scores of Northerners journeyed to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, proclaiming a message of impending environmental doom and desolation....
If you follow the national media, you’ve seen the reports on how the current administration has been one of the most business-friendly in decades....
By ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Although we have had a much better year with glyphosate drift, I am still getting occasional calls to look at rice fields that have been hit with a drift late in the season....
By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications
Timely rains in July and now during sweet potato harvest have been the keys to any success Mississippi’s growers have had during this second consecutive dry summer....
Fee fishing, fee hunting, agritourism, trail riding and wildlife watching are examples of outdoor recreational businesses based on natural resources commonly found on Mississippi’s private lands....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In late August, echoes still bounce around the cavernous Tanner Gin in Frogmore, La. But it won’t be long before gin manager Randy Ainsworth is overseeing the frenetic swirl of noise, sweat and dust of a new ginning season....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Nearly 9,000 miles away, in a place almost no one has ever heard of, and probably couldn’t locate on a map, an ongoing tragedy, born of poverty and desperation, is taking place....
Applications for the ’s Leadership Development Program are due by Oct. 6....
Walter N. Taylor, assistant dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Mississippi State University, has been designated a fellow of the American Association for Agricultural Education. The designation is the highest honor given by the organization and recognizes contributions to teaching, research and service....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farm-state congressmen have received their first look at legislation that may help the Senate bridge the gap between the budget baseline and the “wish lists” of farm and conservation groups for the 2007 farm bill....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In any given year, the big three in soybean diseases in west Tennessee are usually easy to call — frogeye leaf spot, anthracnose and brown spot. But this year’s dry weather created room for another — charcoal rot. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Lower foreign production and strong sales are behind larger projected 2007-08 U.S. wheat exports this year, according to USDA. However, limited U.S. supplies and tight stocks are expected to cap the increase....
By Ford Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have held off writing this article until late enough in the season that I wouldn’t jinx anything. We have had an absolutely fabulous year in Arkansas from a herbicide drift standpoint....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. corn growers appear to be bucking the trend following this year’s nearly 15-million-acre increase in plantings....
By Bob Scott
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist
Although the spring freeze this year devastated wheat yields on many farms, there is a lot of interest in planting wheat this fall. In Arkansas three weeds typically required herbicide applications: (1) ryegrass, (2) ryegrass and (3) wild onion/garlic....
A tiny pest called the panicle rice mite has been found in the southern United States, including the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station at Crowley, La....
Cattle producers and horse owners can take part in certified training through the upcoming Master Stockman programs at Mississippi State University in Starkville....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Over the last few years, stink bugs have been a major bother for Louisiana soybean producers. Of all the stink bug species, the southern greens, greens and browns are the most common in the state...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The idea of providing counter-cyclical payments to farmers when both prices and yields are low appears to be gaining momentum as the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry turns its attention to writing its version of the new farm bill....
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Aug 29, 2008 10:57 AM
South Arkansas — especially Chicot and Ashley counties in the extreme southeast — has had “buckets of rainfall in August,” says Jason Kelley, Arkansas Extension corn and grain sorghum specialist. ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:06 AM
Is another bull market in the running for corn despite bearish news from USDA for higher ending stocks and production? ...
Aug 29, 2008 10:04 AM
Corn with improved resistance to aflatoxin and soybeans that won’t lose quality from Louisiana’s heavy rains are two of the crop breeding goals of an LSU AgCenter researcher at the Dean Lee Research and Extension Station in Alexandria, La....
Aug 29, 2008 10:02 AM
The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences is set for Jan. 5-8 at the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, Texas....
Aug 29, 2008 10:00 AM
A wall of exotic corn varieties — some towering, some odd-looking — was the backdrop for a stop at the recent field day on Kip Cullers’ Stark City, Mo., farm....
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