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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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 are finding aphids in their soybean fields across Missouri, especially along Interstate 70 east of Columbia....
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....
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
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University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
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