By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Congress may have to provide special incentives for growers of cellulosic-based ethanol feedstocks to help keep peace in the farm community, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry said....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A delegation of U.S. rice-state members of Congress and rice industry representatives completed its trip to Cuba with no new sales of U.S. rice. But industry leaders were told new purchases of U.S. rice by Cuba were likely later this year....
Legislation introduced to expand the reach of the Clean Water Act would put agricultural production practices at risk and create additional economic burdens on producers, warns the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)....
Dan Prevost has been named watershed specialist for Delta FARM to further develop and implement comprehensive watershed restoration projects in the Delta, the Stoneville, Miss.-based conservation organization announced....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One huge splash and a couple major waves rippled through the cotton industry Thursday afternoon, May 31, as no less than three companies announced acquisitions involving cotton seed brands....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers could plant 94 million acres of corn in 2008 as more refineries come on line to meet the growing demand for ethanol, a study conducted by Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development says....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you can’t “lick them,” why not help them find a better way?...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Spring planting in the United States is nearing completion in most states, according to USDA’s crop progress report for the week ending May 27....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Flutes of champagne clinked at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis on Friday morning, May 18, to toast a ceremonial signing of contracts for China to purchase 360,000 tons of U.S. cotton worth over $500 million....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Conservation Security Program, Sen. Tom Harkin’s hard-luck brainchild that seemed headed for an even more uncertain future in the new farm bill, may get new life, after all....
Entering the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) just got easier. For the second year, corn growers entering the nation’s premier agricultural production competition can register online....
The American Soybean Association and the National Biodiesel Board are applauding House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) for proposing to reauthorize and double funding for the CCC Bioenergy Program in the 2007 farm bill....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There are three major wheat rusts — stripe, leaf and stem — and all three can cause serious problems for a crop. In terms of yield loss potential, though, stem rust is king....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is it possible for farmers to participate more directly in the ethanol boom — to derive additional income not just from high grain prices, but from the sale of ethanol itself? Is there an energy farm in your future?...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sweet sorghum is touted as an ideal feedstock for small-scale energy farms because of its low input cost, its sugar content and its drought tolerance. But the forage cutter header used to harvest it isn’t working efficiently — plants tend to bunch up as they are fed into the crushers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The European Union’s chief agricultural spokesperson still has hope negotiators can complete a basic agreement on the Doha Round by summer. But those hopes continue to hinge on whether other countries are willing to change their stance....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Large numbers of thrips are moving from Mid-South wheat into cotton and soybeans. Add in early populations of spider mites and entomologists admit concern....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Senators Charles Grassley and Byron Dorgan have re-introduced legislation that would put a “hard” limit of $250,000 on the amount of annual farm program benefits an individual farmer can receive....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Interseeding cool-season annual grasses into bermudagrass is a common practice from the Deep South into Oklahoma. By doing so many producers expect to be able to graze the annuals in mid-March like they would with a small grain type field....
By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I am back in the middle of glyphosate drift situations in rice fields. I had hoped we had dodged the bullet this season. I also had hoped that the hard work put in by the glyphosate task force and Arkansas Plant Board would pay off....
Cotton acreage has taken a significant hit throughout the Southeast, Mid-South, Southwest, and Far West....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The American Corn Growers Association has asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to consider a farm bill approach that, in some respects, would take U.S. farm policy back to the future....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Last August, markets reacted negatively when the USDA announced a Bayer CropScience GM trait had been found in the U.S. rice supply. Most thought lawsuits were inevitable....
By David Lanclos
LSU AgCenter Specialist
The 2007 Louisiana feedgrain crops are off to a superb start. Acreage across the state has shifted in several commodities, including cotton, corn and soybeans. Corn and sorghum are up, cotton is down and soybeans will be down slightly as well....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ignoring another veto threat from the White House, the House and Senate have passed a supplemental appropriations bill that includes about $3 billion for agricultural disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers who experienced weather-related losses in 2005-07....
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Jul 18, 2008 9:29 AM
Promising new rice varieties are being developed and scrutinized at the LSU Rice Research Station in Crowley, La. Catahoula, an early semi-dwarf long-grain “has very good yield potential,” said Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder and station manager, at the recent field day in Crowley....
Jul 18, 2008 9:27 AM
The USA Rice Federation board of directors has elected James W. (Jamie) Warshaw to be its next chairman....
Jul 18, 2008 9:23 AM
Al Montna, USA Rice Federation board chairman, was presented with a plaque in recognition of his dedicated service throughout his two-year term as board chairman. ...
Jul 18, 2008 9:21 AM
The LSU AgCenter’s Iberia Research Station at Jeanerette, La., will host the St. Mary and Iberia parishes sugarcane field day starting at 4:30 p.m. on July 24....
Jul 18, 2008 9:18 AM
More than $4 million will be awarded to the University of Georgia to study the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder and other diseases affecting bee populations, whose pollination is valued at $15 billion annually to U.S. agriculture....
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