Great future for rice industry of the Americas 

Jul 2, 2007,

By Milo Hamilton
Firstgrain, Inc.

A smaller than usual crowd gathered for the U.S. Rice Millers meeting in the Bahamas in June. It was very different from the Cancun Rice Congress of the Americas 2007 meeting in May....

Dean Lee Field Day Aug. 23 

Jul 2, 2007

The fifth annual Dean Lee Research and Extension Center Row Crop Field Day will be held on Aug. 23 in Alexandria, La....

Easter freeze damage prunes wheat yields 

Jun 29, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The extent of damage to the Mid-South wheat crop from an Easter freeze and the cold temperatures that lingered for a week after are becoming apparent as harvest nears completion in the northern Delta....

Dirt to shirt cotton program continues a winner 

Jun 29, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

One of agriculture’s great success stories celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The longevity, and the myriad of outstanding achievements of the Cotton Research and Promotion Act are a tribute to the vision of American cotton farmers and industry leaders who developed and won government approval for the landmark self-help program....

Rice and soybeans after land leveling 

Jun 29, 2007,

By Larry G. Heatherly
Freelance Writer

Precision land leveling to facilitate surface drainage and uniform distribution of irrigation water in the Delta results in severe soil disturbance. Alteration of physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil can be associated with even shallow land leveling activities....

Wildlife group explains role in WRP process 

Jun 29, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Not all of those who show up on the Environmental Working Group’s almost annual list of farm program benefit recipients are farmers and not all receive farm program payments. Take Ducks Unlimited, for example....

USDA: Supplemental bill funding will go to CSP 

Jun 28, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns confirmed that funding in a supplemental appropriations bill passed by Congress will be used for enrolling more farmers in the Conservation Security Program and increasing payments under certain existing CSP contracts....

Pump price slip fosters complacency 

Jun 28, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It was like Christmas, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy all rolled into one recently when gas slipped below $3 per gallon ($2.999)....

Merger naysayers: long-term hit to farmers 

Jun 28, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

When the proposed mega-merger of Monsanto and D&PL was put before the U.S. Department of Justice nearly a year ago, there was little doubt charges of monopoly and market anti-competitiveness would follow....

Senate passes renewable fuels standard 

Jun 27, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate passed a bill that would increase the 7.5-billion-gallon renewable fuel standard to 36 billion gallons by 2022 and require the adoption of a number of conservation measures aimed at reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil....

Berry: subcommittee vote ‘best we could expect’ 

Jun 27, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

During a June 19 mark-up, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities approved a five-year extension of the 2002 farm bill commodity title. Prior to the vote, most producers felt the recent legislative wrangling over a new farm bill made even a proposed extension a distinct long shot. They weren’t the only ones....

Merger will dramatically shift cottonseed industry 

Jun 27, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If remedies are met, the U.S. Department of Justice will allow the Monsanto/Delta and Pineland merger to proceed. The purchase of Scott, Miss.-based D&PL has set Monsanto back $1.5 billion, but the ruling biotech company will control D&PL’s 50-percent plus share of the Southern cottonseed market (closer to 90 percent in some states)....

Herbicide-resistant weeds highlight MU 'pest day' 

Jun 27, 2007

Crop farmers faced unusual problems in controlling weeds in their crop fields this year, said Kevin Bradley, weed scientist with University of Missouri Extension in Columbia, Mo....

New ASR find in central Louisiana 

Jun 26, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Asian soybean rust continues to pop up in both Louisiana and Texas. On June 21, three new finds were reported: sentinel plot infections in adjacent central Louisiana parishes and a sole find in extreme southern Texas commercial soybeans....

Suspected glyphosate-resistant pigweed on upswing 

Jun 26, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ken Smith is unsure of the extent of glyphosate-resistant/tolerant Palmer amaranth in Arkansas. But the Extension weed specialist is positive farmers are finding more and more of the pest....

Fundamentals improving for new crop cotton 

Jun 26, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With old crop U.S. cotton carryover expected to reach almost 10 million bales, the largest since 1966, two factors are crucial in the coming months for cotton prices — export sales to China and U.S. planted acreage....

Desire to farm overcomes tough odds 

Jun 25, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It took five people to carry 6-foot, 4-inch Wendell Burkes to his wife Evelyn’s Jeep Cherokee that morning in August 2000. He could barely speak or walk and the right side of his body was tingling with paralysis....

Bill in Congress would ease trade, travel with Cuba 

Jun 25, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A bipartisan group of senators and representatives introduced legislation that would lift the current U.S. ban on travel to Cuba, easing the way for more Americans, including farmers and ranchers, to try to do business on the island....

Monsanto Southern business will be called Delta and Pine Land 

Jun 25, 2007

If cotton farmers had any concerns that Scott, Miss.-based Delta and Pine Land Co. would disappear into the folds of Monsanto when the two begin to combine their business operations, they can put those worries aside....

Field Day at Delta Center July 19 

Jun 25, 2007

Corn and biodiesel production will be the featured topics at the 2007 Agronomic Crops Field Day held at the Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center (DREC) Charles W. Capps Jr. Entrepreneurial Center in Stoneville, Miss., July 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m....

Brazil, India walk out of Doha Round negotiations 

Jun 22, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization’s Doha Round negotiations have collapsed once again after delegations from Brazil and India walked out of talks with the European Union and the United States in Potsdam, Germany....

Peterson: Crafting farm bill difficult work 

Jun 22, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The new farm bill is moving through Congress and House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson is eager to put the process to bed. Following a June 14 meeting with USDA head Mike Johanns, the Minnesota Democrat said crafting a new farm bill is proving difficult, but the committee wouldn’t shirk its responsibility....

Pasture condition scoring helps in hay production 

Jun 22, 2007,

By Mary Ann Van Osdell
LSU AgCenter

A guide to pasture condition scoring was among the topics at the Quality Hay Management Alternatives Field Tour held recently at the Gordon Raley farm in Franklin Parish, La....

AgTechnology Field Day: Weeds, seeds and energy 

Jun 22, 2007

New concepts in crop production, corn hybrids for ethanol and new varieties for 2008 in the major crops will be demonstrated at the AgTechnology Field Day, at Agricenter International July 19, 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m....

Payment limit fight just heating up 

Jun 21, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Some farmers may have relaxed a little when they saw the payment limit section of the preliminary discussion draft the House General Farm Commodities Subcommittee released June 14....

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Farm bill and flooding: economist Daryll Ray

Jul 3, 2008 12:08 PM

After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Mid-South farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation....

Long-time Arkansas goat rancher — Jack Black

Jul 3, 2008 12:06 PM

As Jack Black looks on in the afternoon’s fading light, a flock of guinea fowl fords tall pasture grass pecking at insects and weaving through 30, or so, multi-hued goats. ...

Peanuts appeal to Mississippi growers

Jul 3, 2008 12:04 PM

Strong market prices and the ability to cope with less moisture than most crops have Mississippi’s peanut growers expanding their acreage again this year....

Rice field day in Richland Parish set for July 21

Jul 3, 2008 12:02 PM

The LSU AgCenter’s annual Northeast Louisiana rice field day will be held July 21 at the Elliot Colvin farm and the Rayville Civic Center in Rayville, La....

LSU AgCenter to host more biodiesel workshops July 29-31

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By popular demand, the LSU AgCenter will host another set of one-day workshops on how to make your own biodiesel. ...

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