USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will accept slightly more than 12 million acres into the Conservation Stewardship Program. Applications for fiscal 2013 sign-up are due by May 31....More
When the Senate and House ag committees begin markup of the farm bill, attention will be given to supplemental crop insurance, target prices and revenue programs....More
Neonics and politics. Biotech lies. Cotton and skin. Passing the baton. Ag’s ultimate challenge. Bees run the world. Those stories and more to start your day....More
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will be the featured guest and keynote speaker for the May 17 annual meeting of Delta Council to be held on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Miss....More
The April 11 tornado that swept through areas of Kemper and Noxubee counties in the northeastern prairie region of Mississippi had an impact on the farming community....More
Some Mid-South farmers will need to kill surviving plants from March-planted corn so they can re-plant those fields. There are several options to consider in removing those plants....More
Immigration reform continues to build momentum in Congress. As migrant workers are a vital component of the U.S. food and fiber sector, agricultural interests are keen to bend the coming legislation to their best advantage....More
An aging U.S. waterway infrastructure – which carries more than 60 percent of America’s grain and other commodity exports -- may be set to get a funding boost from Congress that will allow for more than a facelift....More
A new study indicates the outlook for sufficient food, fuel and fiber over the next 40 years is dismal unless plant nutrient use is better managed....More
China creates uncertainty in cotton market. Target spot spreading in Southern cotton. Superweeds a growing nightmare. More stripe rust in winter wheat. ID pests with this new mobile app....More
