Recent Wheat Articles

Wheat growing conditions good in Louisiana

May 9, 2008 10:33 AM

Wheat experts from the LSU AgCenter say growing conditions are good and diseases are minimal for the 2008 crop....

Glyphosate, paraquat drift show up in Mid-South wheat

May 2, 2008 11:26 AM, By Bob Scott
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist

Heavy rains have prevented many fields from receiving proper burn-down treatments and created messes for some Arkansas producers. ...

Flood waters rob wheat farmers

Apr 30, 2008 10:21 AM, By Linda Breazeale
MSU Ag Communications

Gambling on the river takes on a different meaning every spring for a handful of farmers....

Tennessee wheat growers warned about armyworms

Apr 18, 2008 10:00 AM

University of Tennessee Extension entomologist Russ Patrick warns Tennessee producers that armyworms may be waiting to devour their wheat crop....

Later planting considerations in Arkansas

Apr 18, 2008 9:42 AM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Generally speaking, late-planted crops are subject to more insect problems during the growing season. With rains and flooding keeping Mid-South farmers out of the field, scouting should be more intense this year....

CFTC announces ag roundtable participants

Apr 16, 2008 9:38 AM

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released the participant list for an April 22 roundtable discussion on the agricultural markets. The roundtable is designed to gather information about whether the futures markets are properly performing their risk management and price discovery roles....

From the Bootheel: wheat fertility after flooding

Apr 10, 2008 10:55 AM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The morning of April 3, David Dunn looked out his Portageville, Mo., office window as a hard rain pelted the glass. Not far away, wheat was getting another drenching....

News from the Farm Bill

House, farm groups seek override votes

Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report....

House-Senate conferees to announce farm bill agreement

Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package....

Food banks urge passage of farm bill; critical shortage of food as clients increase

The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year. ...

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