Combine adjustments can save time, money 

Jul 13, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Time may be of the essence as Mid-South farmers begin harvesting the 2007 corn crop. But experts say taking time to properly prepare and adjust your combine before harvest can pay big dividends....

MSU Extension hires new cotton specialist 

Jul 13, 2007

Darrin Dodds has been named Mississippi’s new cotton specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service....

Proposed highway would kill pecan research 

Jul 13, 2007

The proposed route of Interstate 69, a new highway that will eventually connect Mexico and Canada, could have a devastating effect on Louisiana’s pecan industry, because it goes through the LSU AgCenter’s Pecan Research and Extension Station near Shreveport, La....

USDA: cotton crop drops to 17.5 million bales 

Jul 12, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

On the heels of a lower estimate of planted area reported last month, USDA reduced its estimate of the size of the U.S. cotton crop to 17.5 million bales — a drop of 1.3 million bales — in its July 12 crop production report....

Johanns pleads case for adjusted gross income test 

Jul 12, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns still believes farmers will face new payment limit rules in the next farm bill, including a provision that those making more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income will be ineligible for farm program benefits....

Peterson lectures writer on payment limits 

Jul 12, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In another venue, it might have been considered high drama: The House Agriculture Committee chairman debating a farm policy “expert” at the Washington Post. Instead, Rep. Collin Peterson and Dan Morgan, the author of a series of articles critical of the 2002 farm bill, were only talking during a telephone conference call....

Watch rice for diseases, stink bugs 

Jul 12, 2007,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

The rice crop sure seems a lot further along than normal. This has caught a lot of growers off guard on growth stage for timing midseason herbicide applications....

Big corn crop to stress man and machine 

Jul 11, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If you have on-farm grain storage, irrigation capability and/or have had ample rainfall this season, plenty of combines with corn headers are parked in the shed and your crop didn’t freeze on Easter and have to be replanted, you certainly don’t have as much to worry about when fall corn harvest rolls around, save for a wayward hurricane or two....

Mid-South crops blooming, silking, squaring 

Jul 11, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Most of the Mid-South cotton crop has now reached the squaring stage, according to USDA’s crop progress report for the week ending July 8, with most states at 90 percent or above....

Mississippi rice heads toward strong year 

Jul 11, 2007,

By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications

Mississippi’s rice may be on track for another strong yield, but it will be on fewer acres....

‘Orchestrating Opportunities’ theme of 2008 Beltwide 

Jul 11, 2007

“Orchestrating Your Opportunities” is the theme of the 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences set for Jan. 8-11 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville. The National Cotton Council is the primary coordinator of the conferences....

Could November soybeans flirt with $9? 

Jul 10, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA’s June 29 downward adjustment of soybean planted acreage could provide just enough of a spark to get November soybeans moving toward the $9 mark, according to an analyst speaking at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange teleconference on USDA’s acreage report....

More habitat lost to McMansions 

Jul 10, 2007,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As if it weren’t enough that Greenpeace, PETA, and other anti-farm groups blame agriculture for every ill known to man, now comes the respected Audubon Society with the pronouncement that “the spread of industrialized agriculture” is a major reason for a sharp decline in the population of “common birds.”...

AgTech field day features bioenergy experts 

Jul 10, 2007

Elizabeth Hood is an expert at breaking down walls and taking stuff apart. But she prefers enzymes and microscopes to bulldozers and wrecking balls to do the job, a talent that Mid-South farmers should find interesting when she speaks at the AgTechnology Field Day, July 19, at Agricenter International in Memphis....

Web site helps forecast corn harvest window 

Jul 10, 2007

How much of an impact did the Easter freeze and other unusual weather patterns have on the Mid-South corn crop? Some growers can access a new tool that will help them determine how soon their crop will be ready for harvest....

Different paths on payment limits 

Jul 9, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says the difference between the budget environment for the 2002 and 2007 farm bills is like night and day. Now it’s becoming obvious the same could be said for his and Rep. Collin Peterson’s views on payment limits....

Corn’s rise could increase nematodes 

Jul 9, 2007,

By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Service

Are farmers setting themselves up for a serious increase of an old pest by growing corn like crazy in Arkansas? Well, yes and no, according to Terry Kirkpatrick, Arkansas Extension plant pathologist....

Distillers grains important feed source, NCGA says 

Jul 9, 2007

A newly released survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows the livestock industry is increasingly embracing distillers grains as a source of nutrition, the National Corn Growers Association says....

USDA to move surplus commodities 

Jul 9, 2007

USDA will donate about $50 million worth of government-owned bulk commodities to U.S. food processors in exchange for further processed agricultural products that will be distributed through domestic and international food assistance programs....

Plant bugs overwhelm some Mid-South cotton  

Jul 6, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Plant bug numbers remain extremely high in parts of the Mid-South and, with the cotton canopy about to close, farmers are scrambling to gain control over the pest....

Johanns, congressman spar over farm bill vote 

Jul 6, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns expressed disappointment that the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management rejected most of USDA’s suggestions for revamping the commodity title in the 2007 farm bill....

Researchers to lead Tennessee biofuels program 

Jul 6, 2007

The University of Tennessee has appointed two researchers to direct the $48.9 million Tennessee Biofuels Initiative....

LSU AgCenter sugarcane field day July 18 

Jul 6, 2007

One new sugarcane variety released earlier this year and two sugarcane varieties released last year will be featured at the LSU AgCenter’s annual sugarcane field day July 18 at the Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel, La....

No job too tough for wheelchair tractor 

Jul 5, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Tracy Browning wanted to drive a tractor. What happened 14 years ago made it darn near impossible....

USDA grants assist farmers with disabilities 

Jul 5, 2007

Thousands of disabled farmers in 21 states will have access to education and assistance to continue farming through the recent funding of more than $3.7 million for “AgrAbility” projects, says Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns....

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Weed resistance issues increasing

Jul 23, 2008 10:21 AM

This year, there are some 1.4 million acres of rice in Arkansas. Given the new chemistries available, researchers say it’s surprising that growers continue to find more fields of propanil-resistant and Facet-resistant barnyardgrass....

National Cotton Council moves headquarters

Jul 23, 2008 10:18 AM

The National Cotton Council has closed the doors on one era and opened the doors to another. ...

Deltapine soybeans to transition to Asgrow

Jul 23, 2008 10:15 AM

Another well-known Mid-South brand will soon disappear into the new world of corporate mergers. ...

Strain challenge: eat local Louisiana

Jul 23, 2008 10:10 AM

Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry commissioner is challenging the residents of his state to eat local for one week....

Late Missouri corn most at risk to beetles

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After years of being primarily a horticultural pest, Japanese beetles are emerging as a threat to field crops across Missouri, said Wayne Bailey, University of Missouri Extension entomologist....

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