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Patience for rice on buckshot
It takes plenty of patience to produce rice on Mid-South buckshot soils, says Avon, Miss., farmer Marvin Cochran.
New ag marketing tool in Louisiana
Louisianas agricultural and seafood industries will have a new marketing tool in early 2010 when MarketMaker, a national Internet-driven service, is inaugurated in the state, according to officials with the LSU AgCenter.
Rep. Cassidy: rethink conservation efforts
The only Louisianan on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bill Cassidy tries to keep his states agricultural interests at the forefront.
Sweet potato harvest lags
Unlike many other Mid-South crops, Louisianas sweet potatoes were planted at the ideal time this year.
Sweet potato harvest lags
Unlike many other Mid-South crops, Louisianas sweet potatoes were planted at the ideal time this year.
Six parishes disaster areas USDA
USDA has named six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas, according to Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain.
Soaked - Louisiana harvest suffers
After two major hurricanes in 2008, most Louisiana agricultural producers were hoping for a much-improved production environment this year.
Cotton: yield, quality sink in rain
Excessive rainfall in September and October has reduced yield, hurt quality and frustrated cotton harvest in the Mid-South and portions of the Southeast.
Rains swamp crops
On Sept. 10, some 75 percent of Mississippis 800,000-acre corn crop had been harvested.
2009 giant test of farmers
Boy, what a year! I thought last year was the year of all years that everyone wanted to get behind them. In many ways this year has been worse.
Mid-South found Indias monsoon
Indias traditional monsoon went missing for several long spells this season, and in the end, it may provide only 70 percent to 80 percent of traditional precipitation to the region.
Rain threatens soybeans, sorghum
Excessive rainfall over the first three weeks of September is causing some seed sprouting, pod splitting and quality issues in Mississippi soybeans.
Soybeans, corn delayed by rains
Just as harvest was to begin in earnest, lingering mid-September rains settled over much of the Mid-South.
Two insects threaten Louisiana citrus
The diaprepes root weevil comes in multiple colors, and it can cause problems for multiple plants according to Natalie Hummel, LSU AgCenter entomologist.
Katrina questions about energy
While much of the nation busied itself with other events, residents along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coasts noted another anniversary of the arrival of Hurricane Katrina (on Aug. 29).
Dry weather problems for corn, cotton
A lack of rain in early summer has affected Louisianas corn and cotton crops, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter.
Donated denim sets world record
In an effort to teach kids about recycling and how cotton denim can be recycled into housing insulation, Cotton Incorporated, along with National Geographic Kids magazine held a nationwide denim drive to set the Guinness World Record for the Most Items of Clothing Collected for Recycling.
Going green at grassroots level
The biggest threat from climate change has less to do with rising sea levels, shifting of agricultural regions, more hurricanes in the Gulf, or why the heck it rained so much during the dog days of a Mid-South summer.
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