Rice protein moderates resistance to infectious disease 

Oct 6, 2008

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified a plant protein that is a key player in moderating resistance to infectious disease. ...

Alternative crops conference Nov. 12-13 in Memphis 

Oct 6, 2008

AgBioworks, an initiative of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture are sponsoring an alternative crops conference at the Fogelman Executive Conference Center at the University of Memphis, Nov. 12-13, 2008. ...

Becker Underwood: will expand inoculant production capacity 

Oct 6, 2008

Becker Underwood will significantly expand the production capacity of its St. Joseph, Mo., facility to meet increasing demand for inoculants for soybeans, peanuts, peas and lentils grown in North America....

Strain tells Senate of hurricanes’ devastation 

Oct 3, 2008

The effects of late-season hurricanes have left Louisiana agriculture in a bad spot. ...

Outlook for 2009 wheat production in Arkansas 

Oct 3, 2008,

By Scott Stiles
Extension Economist
University of Arkansas

Arkansas wheat acreage will decline dramatically in 2009 from the 970,000 acres planted in 2008. ...

Rural acres give first-class produce 

Oct 3, 2008,

By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications

The Homestead Act gave the Eubanks family 165 acres in 1896, and that acreage — which has grown to 1,000 today and is still in the family — is being farmed in ways that were not even dreamed of 100 years ago....

USDA to purchase up to $5 million of catfish 

Oct 3, 2008

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced USDA’s plans to purchase up to $5 million of catfish products. ...

Tradition less of a factor in planting decisions 

Oct 3, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Johnson family farm in Tunica, Miss., has typically been centered around cotton, says Patrick Johnson, who manages the farm’s operations south of Tunica....

Difficult trend for U.S. cotton 

Oct 2, 2008,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Economists are seldom mistaken for good humor men. ...

Congress approves ghost crop designation 

Oct 2, 2008

Congress passed a measure this week designating uninsured sorghum and other crops planted behind failed first crops as ghost crops, meaning that the crop’s revenue will not reduce a farmer’s Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE) payment....

$1.8 billion in CRP rental payments 

Oct 2, 2008

USDA will distribute $1.8 billion in Conservation Reserve Program rental payments to participants across the country for fiscal 2009, according to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer....

GreenTrees and CRP-SAFE demand high in Arkansas 

Oct 2, 2008

The special Conservation Reserve Program wildlife habitat practice CP38, also known as SAFE, has been highly successful this year in Arkansas. ...

Hunters should use care in crop-damaged areas 

Oct 2, 2008

Louisiana waterfowl hunters should make sure they are following the law when hunting in crop-damaged areas of the state this year, according to a wildlife specialist with the LSU AgCenter....

Index funds should have to ‘take delivery’ on futures contracts, NGFA says 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The National Grain and Feed Association says forcing managed index and pension funds to “take delivery” on commodities such as wheat may be one way to solve the lack of convergence on Chicago Board of Trade futures contracts....

Wherefore the gimlet-eyed banker? 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The financial chickens are coming home to roost, but alas, it’s the consumers of chicken that are getting deep-fried in the meltdown....

National Farmers Union: Congress makes necessary farm bill fixes 

Oct 1, 2008

On Monday, Congress approved provisions to clarify language in the 2008 farm bill that will make it easier for producers to participate in the bill’s disaster assistance program and temporarily suspend the bill’s 10-acre provision, ensuring producers who qualify for farm programs would be able to participate....

Gaby Carbajal cultivates Mexican market for U.S. rice 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Martha Snyder Taggart

Can one person change the eating habits of a nation? ...

Congress suspends base acre provision, extends signup 

Sep 30, 2008

On Monday, Congress passed bipartisan legislation aimed at righting a USDA misinterpretation of the farm bill base acre provision. ...

Late-season soybean diseases: Mississippi update 

Sep 30, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Tom Allen has served as Mississippi State University Extension plant pathologist since May, 2007. Previously, he’d worked with the Texas A&M system at the Amarillo, Texas, station on “a fairly rare wheat disease, Karnal bunt....

East-central Louisiana: bleak harvests 

Sep 30, 2008

Crop losses — largely attributable to early- and late-season weather issues — continue to show up as Louisiana producers push deeper into harvest....

Clearfield rice varieties increasingly popular 

Sep 30, 2008

Chased from beautiful, bountiful rice fields by wet weather, the crowd at the Clearfield field day in Hickory Ridge, Ark., listened to speakers from under a large tent....

Hurricane damage worsens 

Sep 30, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The news from the Louisiana cotton fields keeps getting worse. ...

Soybean rust spreads slowly across Mid-South 

Sep 29, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Wind and rains generated by a trio of recent hurricanes pushed Asian soybean rust deeper into the Mid-South. ...

Farmers’ decision will not be easy in November 

Sep 29, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I was having breakfast with a group of folks that I didn’t know very well when someone asked me what I thought about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention....

Herbicide combinations best for sprangletop 

Sep 29, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

In last week’s Delta Farm Press I wrote about sprangletop — tighthead sprangletop in particular....

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Winter herbicide could reduce plant bugs

Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM

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Diesel lags gas price drops

Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM

At the long-closed Sack ’n’ Save grocery in our town, the tall, steel pole billboard at their once busy gas station still advertises unleaded gas for $2.14.9 per gallon....

7 revolutions for global sustainability

Dec 3, 2008 10:02 AM

By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...

Soybean meeting Dec. 8 in Greenwood, Miss.

Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM

A Soybean Production and Planning Meeting will be held Dec. 8-9 at the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss. ...

Asgrow: New high-performing soybean Elites

Dec 3, 2008 9:56 AM

Asgrow has introduced its 2009 class of 24 new high-performing Elites — its newest soybean products designed to deliver uniform plant health and higher yield potential....

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