In a letter Saturday to House and Senate leadership, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on lawmakers to act swiftly to aid hundreds of thousands Louisiana residents impacted by Hurricane Gustav early this month....
Asian soybean rust was confirmed Tuesday in Lincoln and Jefferson counties in Arkansas, bringing to six the number of counties with the yield-robbing fungus, according to plant disease experts with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One way to control glyphosate-resistant pigweed in cotton fields is to make sure you overlap residual herbicide applications, says University of Arkansas Extension weed scientist Ken Smith, speaking at the Judd Hill Field Day south of Trumann, Ark....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Winners of the Future of Delta Cotton Student Essay Contest are long on creative ideas on how to build stability into the Delta cotton industry — on every subject from agronomy to agrotourism....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Much ado has been made of late, pro and con, about efforts by President Bush and many Republican lawmakers to open U.S. offshore continental shelf areas and parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling....
On Tuesday Sept. 16, soybean rust was confirmed in Lincoln and Jefferson counties in Arkansas in producer soybean fields....
The questions for Craig Osell are as varied as the GMC truck models on display at the farm shows where he mans the booth for the industrial strength truck division of General Motors....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Coastal residents assessing their damage from Hurricane Ike compared this storm with Hurricane Rita in 2005....
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain has put out a call for donations of hay and cattle feed to supply cattle in coastal areas left stranded by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike....
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples yesterday announced joint efforts with local, state and federal partners as well as statewide agricultural organizations to meet the needs of thousands of agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Ike....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sometime between now and Jan. 20, Bush administration officials will begin to realize the clock is running out on their time in Washington and start cleaning out their desks and making other plans....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill....
By Fred Miller
University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture
A shallow flood in rice fields offers farmers another means of managing rice water weevil, according to research by the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture....
Knowledge of how to plant, manage, and manipulate wetland habitats for the benefit of resident and migratory waterfowl can put hunters and managers ahead of the game. ...
According to very preliminary reports from Louisiana State University Extension Service, revenue losses to Hurricane Gustav exceed $400 million for major crops and aquaculture....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For Louisiana cotton producers, Hurricane Gustav couldn’t have hit at a worse time. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s September crop report may have understated demand for corn, while overestimating average corn and soybean yields, according to analysts at a CME Group press briefing....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I have had a lot of interesting comments about my recent articles about barnyardgrass. ...
The USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 7-9 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Ark....
Food shoppers eager to support Arkansas growers have a sure sign to spot local produce — the Arkansas Grown logo....
By Lamar James
Arkansas Extension Specialist
You can blame some of Arkansas’ agricultural problems this year on two recent hurricanes. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s September crop report forecasts smaller U.S. corn and soybean crops and slightly larger cotton and rice production than last month. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Under a gray sky, the milo field is shoulder-high, lush, and grain-head-heavy....
USA Rice Federation and U.S. Wheat Associates in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has asked that the United States “put aside political concern and ease trade and travel restriction that are denying the Cuban people the relief and assistance so critically needed” in the devastating wake of Hurricane Ike....
The American Farm Bureau Federation has called on Congress to expedite passage of renewable energy tax incentives to benefit farmers, ranchers and all Americans. ...
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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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