By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following a lengthy dispute, the WTO Arbitration Panel has issued a ruling in favor of Brazilian claims that U.S. government payments to cotton farmers have been excessive....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
How’s this for a college graduation present — a road trip across the United States with a dozen or so of your classmates on a tricked-out bus with computers, Internet access, comfortable couches, kitchen, bamboo flooring and LCD televisions with surround sound. ...
By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
I continue to receive e-mails about the articles on pigweeds and that is encouraging. ...
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi’s catfish industry is facing some major obstacles as producers are dealing with very high feed prices, declining acreage and fierce competition from imported fish....
EPA has approved an amendment to the registration of Bollgard cotton that will allow producers in the eastern Cotton Belt to plant Deltapine 555 and other varieties containing the original Bollgard gene in 2010....
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 2009 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards honored its 10th class of winners during the recent Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City, Fla., and this year’s contest garnered a record number of nominees from throughout the Peanut Belt, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Laboratory and advisor for the program....
The recent Terral Seed field day outside Greenville, Miss., drew a large crowd — some from as far away as Texas. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Breeding wheat varieties isn’t a quick proposition. Each takes about 10 to 12 years to develop and they tend to last only about five years before a change in disease races or other factors make them less competitive....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Time is money, and soybean farmers and crop consultants don’t seem to have a surplus of either these days. ...
During his 27 years of working as an independent farmer, Richard Atkinson of Belvidere, Tenn., has developed an outstanding row crop operation....
The LSU AgCenter’s Hill Farm Research Station at Homer, La., will host an educational field day Oct. 1....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ginners and producers need to keep on top of changing regulations relating to employees, particularly migrant workers, and maintain careful documentation of pay, safety, and other areas related to those workers....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Unseasonably cool weather is a concern for all crops. Development is retarded and late crops usually yield less. ...
By Mary Hightower, UA Division of Agriculture
Late-planted Arkansas cotton needs an ideal September for maximum yield during a season featuring pressure from stubborn pests including bollworms, plant bugs and pigweed, said Tom Barber, Extension cotton specialist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Tobie Blanchard, LSU AgCenter
Louisiana’s soybean harvest is just getting started. A small portion of the crop is out of the fields, and these early-harvested beans revealed lingering effects of the midsummer drought, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter....
By Tobie Blanchard, LSU AgCenter
A lack of rain in early summer has affected Louisiana’s corn and cotton crops, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter....
On Wednesday evening, low-level Asian soybean rust was found in Mississippi’s northern Delta region. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. soybean farmers have much to lose and little to gain from the current language in the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule on the implementation of the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Many farmers and timber land owners are realizing extra income from carbon payments, and many more might benefit from participation in the Cap and Trade Carbon Market, particularly if prices rise significantly along with worldwide efforts to combat climate change/global warming....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A two-year project now under way by the National Council, Cotton Council International, and Cotton Incorporated is aimed at identifying and addressing critical issues that face the cotton industry near-term....
The Obama administration has announced four Mid-South appointments in Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Soybean rust remains a concern of Arkansas Extension specialists, but a minor one compared to other diseases popping up in the crop....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A cultural war inside farm country may be emerging between conventional agriculture and organic production and the issue is “not worthy of debate,” says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
A farm accident at age 14 left David Wright of Plantersville, Ala., without his right arm. ...
The Fayette County Extension Office in Somerville, Tenn., will conduct a UT Corn Variety Field Day Thursday, Sept. 3....
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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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