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Soybeans — U.S. key export supplier 

Nov 20, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...

Next farmers – business skills 

Nov 17, 2009,

By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The next generation of farmers will foremost have to be good businessmen — “just being a good producer won’t be enough,” says Jeremy Jack....

Rice partnerships pay dividends 

Nov 17, 2009,

By Dwight Roberts, US Rice Producers Association

In 1989, the portrait of the U.S. rice industry and that of the Mexican rice industry was very different from what it is today....

UA: Arkansas losses at $309 million 

Nov 16, 2009,

By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas

The estimated crop loss for the 2009 Arkansas harvest so far has risen to $309 million, not including lost wages of about $83 million due to decline in nearly 3,000 full- and part-time agriculture-related jobs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said....

Soybeans could dip below $8 

Nov 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Huge soybean crops in North America and South America could push world inventories higher and prices lower in 2010, according to a market analyst speaking at the CME Group press briefing on USDA’s Nov. 9 Crop Production Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Patience for rice on buckshot 

Nov 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

It takes plenty of patience to produce rice on Mid-South buckshot soils, says Avon, Miss., farmer Marvin Cochran. ...

Arkansas ag: $650 million hit 

Nov 11, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

During the last week of October, with Arkansas set to lose many millions of dollars due to unprecedented, near season-long wet weather, Arkansas Farm Bureau analysts compiled a report on just how hard-hit the agricultural sector is....

Markets: soybean harvest point of focus 

Nov 11, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Weekly soybean export sales were above expectations. Soy oil sales were disappointing this past week. ...

Mid-South crop production unclear 

Nov 10, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A statistical picture of the impact of wet weather on Mid-South crops still has not come into focus, although USDA is acknowledging significant problems with a portion of the Mid-South cotton crop....

Arkansas loss near quarter billion dollars 

Nov 6, 2009,

By Mary Hightower, U of A Division of Agriculture

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....

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