By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is trying to sell commodity groups on the idea of replacing traditional farm programs with so-called green payments or carbon credits....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA projected a 40 million-bushel increase in sorghum use in February based on indications of increased sorghum use by ethanol plants in the Southern and Central Plains. ...
Farmers attending this year’s Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Friday and Saturday will not only be able to check out more than 400 exhibits of the latest equipment, products, and services; they’ll also be offered several educational sessions with information critical to this year’s decision-making, and they’ll have the opportunity to interact with other farmers and their families....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Farmers at a mid-February hearing told U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana and Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, that large areas of cropland may not be planted this year along the coast because of salt water remaining from Hurricane Ike....
By Robert Coats
Professor/Extension Economist
University of Arkansas
Two questions I’m often asked: What is the price outlook for long grain rice? ...
USDA officials are studying Bush administration rules issued for the implementation of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to ensure consistency with the intent of Congress, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Feb. 10 address to USA Rice Federation leaders.
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By Bob Scott
University of Arkansas Professor and Extension Weed Specialist
Each year at the Extension Service, we receive a number of samples of various weeds to test for herbicide resistance....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will address rice producers, millers, merchants, and allied industry leaders during USA Rice Federation’s Government Affairs Conference general assembly Feb. 10 from 9 to 10 a.m....
SOURCE: USA Rice Federation
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has issued guidance for the 2009 crop year apportionment of long- and medium-grain rice base acres for counter-cyclical payment purposes....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
On Jan. 12, the Circuit Court of Pulaski County in Arkansas agreed with the Virginia-based USA Rice Federation (USARF) and USA Rice Council that the organizations are exempt from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. ...
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