Two insects threaten Louisiana citrus 

Sep 10, 2009,

By Tobie Blanchard, LSU AgCenter

The diaprepes root weevil comes in multiple colors, and it can cause problems for multiple plants according to Natalie Hummel, LSU AgCenter entomologist....

Katrina — questions about energy 

Sep 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

While much of the nation busied itself with other events, residents along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coasts noted another anniversary of the arrival of Hurricane Katrina (on Aug. 29)....

Fescue stockpiling for winter 

Sep 9, 2009,

From the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

Even before summer ends, cattlemen should be thinking about winter grazing, said Mark Keaton, Baxter County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Sugarcane: research highlighted 

Sep 9, 2009,

By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter

Farmers should be aware of the pH level in the water they use to mix insecticides, Dale Pollet, an LSU AgCenter entomologist, told growers at a sugarcane field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Iberia Research Station....

Asian soybean rust in west Tennessee 

Sep 8, 2009,

From the University of Tennessee Extension Service

Asian soybean rust has been confirmed in Tennessee according to University of Tennessee Extension experts. ...

College essay contest winners haul in $20,000 

Sep 8, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Four college students hauled in $20,000 in prize money in August as winners of the second annual student essay contest sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and Farm Press Publications....

Conservation, even on rented land 

Sep 8, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farming the hill land of north central Mississippi comes with its own unique set of challenges, not the least of which are erosion and drainage....

Farm Press Daily — new format 

Sep 8, 2009

Farm Press Daily subscribers will notice a new look when their daily e-newsletter arrives Monday....

Delta F.A.R.M. named Gulf Guardian 

Sep 8, 2009

Delta Farmers Advocating Resource Management or Delta FA.R.M., an organization that has enrolled more than 1.2 million acres of Delta farmland in conservation programs since its beginning, will receive a first place Gulf Guardian award from the Gulf of Mexico Program....

Timing critical with fall armyworms 

Sep 8, 2009,

From the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

Ravenous fall armyworms are leaving browned strips in their wake as they eat through pastures statewide, personnel for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture say....

Markets: Farm income to drop 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Bearish market factors include any increase in relative dollar values that limit export potential....

Ag groups: ‘disappointed’ by WTO cotton decision 

Sep 3, 2009,

From the National Cotton Council

In response to the WTO Arbitration Panel decision on the USDA export credit guarantee (“GSM-102”) program released August 31, the North American Export Grain Association, National Cotton Council, CoBank, Farm Credit Council, US Rice Producers Association, and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives released the following statement:...

Carbon market evolving 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A recent Congressional Budget Office study projected that carbon offsets could be a $60 billion market in 2012, on a par with U.S. corn and wheat markets, and “as it grows beyond that, it will make forestry mitigation opportunities more important,” says Jeffrey O’Hara, senior economist, Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)....

Arkansas soybean nematode field day set for Sept. 9 

Sep 3, 2009

A field day devoted to nematodes in soybeans has been set for Wednesday, Sept. 9, in Black Oak, Ark....

School uniforms anti-cotton? 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Karen Hill is unhappy. And she thinks cotton farmers and others in the industry should be upset, too, about what she feels is an adverse impact on cotton demand from the trend requiring uniforms or other standardized dress for school children....

Behind the menu price 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Miranda Reiman, Certified Angus Beef LLC

Farm and ranch freezers are often full of home-raised beef, yet producer families still enjoy the classic steakhouse experience now and again....

Land, labor, water — cotton keys 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Ronnie Qualls Farm in northeast Arkansas may have reduced cotton acres over the last few years, but the family farm is not forsaking the crop that built the business. ...

‘Opportunities and risks’ in climate bill 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Climate change legislation, awaiting resumption of debate when the Senate returns from its August recess, “has both great opportunities and great risks, and we want to be sure that if anything passes it is what’s best for landowners and tree farmers,” says Erica Rhoad, director of policy for the Society of American Foresters....

Resistant pigweeds — residual herbicides 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I hope I did not end last week’s article on a negative note when I wrote that I did not recommend Valor-containing products at planting — that was not my intent....

Taste-testing keeps state’s catfish flavorful 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Rebekah Ray, Delta Research and Extension Center

Consumers expect nothing less than the best from Mississippi’s pond-raised catfish industry, and this keeps researchers at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center conducting taste tests on the popular fish....

Arkansas soybean rust/spraying update 

Sep 3, 2009

Following the confirmation of Asian soybean rust in 11 Arkansas counties, fungicide recommendations have been tweaked. On Sept. 2, a rust update and “conditional” fungicide spraying advisory was released by Scott Monfort and Cliff Coker, both Arkansas Extension plant pathologists....

Cotton ‘best chance for home run’ 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

In a time when cotton has been relegated to back seat status for most Mississippi producers, Coley Little Bailey Jr., and his father, Coley, still grow just one crop: cotton....

Grassley’s re-election watched widely 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

He may be known as “Senator-for-life” Charles Grassley in Iowa, but that doesn’t mean farmers in a number of other states wouldn’t relish the idea of seeing him forced into retirement....

Cattle ‘stomach’ fiber byproduct 

Sep 3, 2009,

By Patti Drapala, MSU Ag Communications

Corn-to-ethanol manufacturing has created huge amounts of a byproduct suitable as an ingredient in cattle feed, and Mississippi State University researchers want to know if a more refined version packs the same nutritional punch....

Farmers find aphids in soybean fields 

Sep 3, 2009

Farmers are finding aphids in their soybean fields across Missouri, especially along Interstate 70 east of Columbia....

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Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars

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....

Cotton: a lot on the ground

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....

Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts

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....

Residuals in LibertyLink program

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. ...

Letter: Mule-headed bunch of farmers

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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