The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering its decision to incorporate indirect land use changes in calculating the impact of biofuel production on greenhouse gas emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard 2....
A new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin has been announced by USDA....
Textile executives from 12 Asian, Latin American and European countries will traverse the U.S. Cotton Belt Sept. 28 to Oct. 8 to familiarize themselves with U.S. cotton and how the fiber is produced, processed and marketed....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Since early September, Asian soybean rust has been very active in Arkansas. The weather — a long string of rainy, cloudy days — has been “perfect” for disease to develop, says Rick Cartwright, Extension plant pathologist with the University of Arkansas....
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The good news for U.S. peanut producers is that the demand for their crop is likely to remain relatively strong, and the market will need more peanuts next year than it does this year....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you conducted an informal survey of the rapidly growing senior citizen segment (which includes a substantial percentage of farm family husbands/wives), you’d find that three of the greatest fears of the elderly are (1) having to go into a nursing home, (2) an end-of-life scenario in which they’re connected to machines that maintain life but with no hope of a recovery, and (3) a lengthy medical care situation that will leave them financially destitute....
Ag Expo 2010 and the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention will be held simultaneously in January in West Monroe, La., according to a joint announcement by the North Louisiana Agri-Business Council and the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Three Midwest senators have introduced legislation that would prevent EPA from penalizing U.S. corn and soybean growers for land use changes or potential land clearing for increased biofuel production in other countries....
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have spent a lot of time in the heart of pigweed country over the past few weeks. ...
Rigid, custom-fit foam pieces like those that keep computer monitors firmly in place inside cardboard boxes during shipping could be made with eco-friendly starch from potatoes, wheat or corn, instead of from petroleum, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research plant physiologist Gregory M. Glenn....
Innovative uses for forest and forage biomass will be featured at the LSU AgCenter’s Calhoun Research Station field day Oct. 29....
By Duane Dailey, University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Asian soybean rust was found in fields in the Missouri counties of New Madrid, Pemiscot and Dunklin Sept. 18, said Allen Wrather, University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist at the MU Delta Center, Portageville, Mo....
By Rebekah Ray, Delta Branch Research and Extension Center
Rainy weather late in the season creates problems for soybean producers, but one researcher at the Delta Branch Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, Miss., is looking for ways to improve the seed quality of soybeans under adverse weather conditions....
Safety, safety, safety, is the mantra of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers every day of the year, and especially during National Farm Safety and Health Week (Sept 20-26)....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Just as harvest was to begin in earnest, lingering mid-September rains settled over much of the Mid-South....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
In the third week of September, with new sets of Mid-South counties and/or parishes frequently being added to the Asian soybean rust “confirmed” list, the disease is certainly worrisome for producers with late-planted soybean crops....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Last March 25 I sat in a crowded banquet hall at The Northwood Club in Dallas and listened to Dr. Norman Borlaug speak humbly but eloquently about what the agriculture industry must do to feed the world....
The Cotton Board approved Cotton Incorporated’s proposed 2010 plans and budget of $67 million during its recent annual meeting....
Citing the vital importance of trade to U.S. agriculture, the American Farm Bureau is urging the Obama administration to submit the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) and the U.S.-Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) to Congress for a vote....
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Heavy rains, limited sunshine and high humidity in mid-September are threatening to damage the state’s major row crops unless dry weather returns soon to allow harvest to finish....
By Mary Hightower, U of A Division of Agriculture
More than a week of rain is dampening the hopes of Arkansas cotton farmers on the verge of harvest, said Tom Barber, Extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Could global warming one day create beachfront property in Clarksdale, Miss.? ...
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weather boosted crop maturity with more heat units and USDA crop condition ratings are way above average this week. ...
The application deadline for the Rice Foundation’s 2010 Leadership Development Program is Oct. 3. ...
Producers may begin applying for benefits under the provisions of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)....
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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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