Crop markets — soybeans rising 

Jun 2, 2009,

By Ray Nabors
Contributing Writer

June: Week One — All commodity prices remain sensitive to stock market volatility. Grain, oilseed and fiber pricing reflect economic news....

Soy rust not in Mississippi 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Ag Communications

Soybean rust is active on kudzu in Alabama and Louisiana, but the disease has not made it to Mississippi, although rains are creating ideal conditions for its development....

Red River field day June 18 

May 28, 2009

The LSU AgCenter’s Red River Research Station will hold a field day June 18 at the station in Bossier City, La. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 9 a.m....

Scientists unite behind biodiesel 

May 27, 2009

An ongoing effort asking scientists from around the world to pledge their support for biodiesel is getting quick results....

MSU grain storage/safety meeting 

May 26, 2009

Mississippi State University Extension Service, in partnership with Delta Rice Services, is announcing a seminar on stored grain management and safety training to be held June 12 at the Community House and Delta Rice Services in Webb, Miss....

Soy diesel needs certainty 

May 21, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

American Soybean Association leaders say that if federal officials wanted to damage the biodiesel industry they couldn’t do a much better job of it than they are now, presumably unintentionally....

EPA’s biofuel calculations criticized 

May 21, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Collin Peterson remembers the first ethanol boom in the 1970s....

Biodiesel producers deride EPA calculations 

May 20, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In early May, President Obama instructed the USDA, Department of Energy and EPA to form a working group to support the development and expansion of domestic biofuels. ...

Bear market for beans? 

May 19, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The biggest move of the year could be a bear market in new crop soybeans, according to market analyst Richard Brock, Brock and Associates, speaking at Web cast following USDA’s May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Concerns about biofuels initiative 

May 19, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There has been plenty of commodity group support for President Obama’s recent directive to the USDA, the EPA and the Department of Energy to pick up the biofuels development pace (see Obama's biofuel initiative). However, praise hasn’t been total: pointed questions — especially from soybean- and corn-based fuel advocates — began almost immediately....

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