Nov 6, 2009 2:56 PM, 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....
Nov 6, 2009 10:57 AM, By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
Before continuing with my pigweed control articles, I have tried to think of something encouraging to say about trying to get a crop out with the weather we are having. ...
Nov 6, 2009 10:40 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...
Nov 5, 2009 10:35 AM
Hurried harvesting of wet corn fields may have a long-term effect on soil compaction, said a University of Missouri Extension agricultural engineer....
Nov 4, 2009 11:00 AM, By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas
The rain-shocked 2009 growing season may prove to be devastating for Chicot County, Ark., where more than 65 percent of the county is farmland....
Nov 4, 2009 10:45 AM
The 2009 Row Crop Short Course to be held at the Bost Extension Center on the campus of Mississippi State University Dec. 7-9....
Nov 3, 2009 10:31 AM, By Ford L. Baldwin, Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.
In last week’s article I wrote that planting LibertyLink soybeans and using Ignite herbicide provide the best opportunity to consistently control glyphosate-resistance Palmer pigweed....
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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