Feb 9, 2010 9:47 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
As he speaks, Merle Anders has a small prop on the table behind him: a baseball cap inscribed with “Trash Farming for Profit.” ...
Feb 8, 2010 10:10 AM, By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter
Farmers attending the 2010 joint annual meeting of the Louisiana Rice Council and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association heard an optimistic report from a Washington, D.C., agriculture journalist recently....
Feb 8, 2010 10:07 AM
The annual meeting of the Mississippi Rice Council is set for Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Bolivar County Extension Auditorium in Cleveland, Miss....
Feb 5, 2010 8:08 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
For growers employing conservation-till/no-till systems, an exceptionally wet 2009 means much more field-prep work will be required going into 2010. ...
Feb 5, 2010 8:04 AM
The timing of this year’s Mid-South Farm and Gin Show comes at a critical junction for the region’s farmers, says Tim Price, manager of the annual event to be held Feb. 26-27 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center....
Feb 4, 2010 10:33 AM, By Stacy Fitzgerald-Redd, USA Rice Federation
Several media stories covering the devastation in Haiti following last month’s earthquake are pointing to U.S. farm and trade policy as the primary factor in driving Haiti’s rice farmers out of business and causing them to be dependent on U.S. rice to meet consumer demand....
Feb 4, 2010 10:12 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Non-commercial traders reduced buy positions 56 percent in January. ...
News from the Farm BillFinal rule on country of origin labelingUSDA has announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program required by the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. ... NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rulesDespite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying.... MU Breimyer Seminar unpacks farm bill, Sept. 3Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... |
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