Markets: soybean export opportunities 

Nov 6, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...

U.S. rice promoted in Turkey 

Nov 2, 2009,

By Eszter Somogyi, USA Rice Federation

In 2008 nearly 134,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. rice, with a value of $75.5 million, was exported to Turkey. ...

Damaged crops - cost rising 

Nov 2, 2009,

By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Arkansans are assessing the damage following an Oct. 30 storm system that dumped more than 5 inches of rain in some areas in 24 hours on top of already saturated ground....

Markets: open cotton vulnerable 

Oct 30, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Open cotton is vulnerable to rain damage. Harvest is only 20 percent complete. ...

Rice under center pivots 

Oct 29, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Pockmarked with earthquake-caused sand blows and unable to hold a flood, traditional rice production is not an easy proposition in some fields around Portageville, Mo....

Arkansas harvest: pockets of optimism 

Oct 23, 2009,

By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Near constant rain has caused between 25 percent and 80 percent damage in some Arkansas cotton, rice and soybean fields as growers struggle to harvest what’s left during brief periods of dry weather, according Extension agents, agronomist and economists with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....

Markets: weather, dollar and energy 

Oct 23, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

There is some speculation that some crop acres in the United States may not get harvested until next year. ...

Rains swamp crops 

Oct 21, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

On Sept. 10, some 75 percent of Mississippi’s 800,000-acre corn crop had been harvested....

Ugly harvest for Mid-South rice 

Oct 20, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A Mid-South rice crop that once looked pretty in the field is getting uglier by the minute, according to rice specialists in the region....

Two new Clearfield rice lines 

Oct 20, 2009,

By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter

The LSU AgCenter has approved the release of two new Clearfield lines for the 2010 rice-growing season, according to Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder....

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