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Boll weevil eradication improving yields

Mar 9, 2010 11:20 AM, By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Several factors contribute to the recent increase in Texas cotton production, including improved management, better varieties and technology. ...

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Cotton market could be bullish for a while

Mar 15, 2010 11:10 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The bull market in cotton could last for at least another 18 months, given a widening foreign production deficit, concern over global acres, and the need to restock supplies of raw cotton, said Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, and featured speaker at the Ag Market Network’s March teleconference....

Yield is top factor for wheat variety

Mar 15, 2010 11:06 AM, By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Yield stability is the key factor wheat producers should evaluate when choosing a wheat variety. ...

Genetic mapping of algae biofuel species

Mar 15, 2010 10:58 AM, By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University

Using green algae to produce hydrocarbon oil for biofuel production is nothing new; nature has been doing so for hundreds of millions of years, according a Texas AgriLife Research scientist....

Abilene’s Big Country Pecan Short Course March 26

Mar 15, 2010 10:53 AM, By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University

Learning the latest management news on Texas’ state tree will be the focus of the Big Country Pecan Short Course to be conducted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Taylor County from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. March 26....

New technology offers new challenges

Mar 12, 2010 11:00 AM, By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton farmers will have exciting new technology available within the next two to 10 years, including varieties with tolerance to an expanded list of insect pests and herbicides, as well as drought stress efficiency....

Spanish-type peanuts claim most acreage

Mar 12, 2010 10:56 AM, By Donald Stotts, Oklahoma State University

Sixty-six percent of the peanut acres in Oklahoma were planted in 2009 to a high oleic variety, according to an Oklahoma State University Production Technology Report....

Can wheat producers keep pace with demand?

Mar 12, 2010 10:50 AM

U.S. wheat export demand is steady for the second straight month in a growing world market according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for March 2010. ...

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Commentaries

February 2010 has been typical

By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

As Februarys go, this one has been pretty miserable....

Local and global food

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farm Press editors travel a lot, especially when farm organizations and farm input suppliers hold their winter meetings....

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Slight increase needed for 2010 peanuts

Mar 9, 2010 11:14 AM, By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

U. S. peanut farmers need to increase acreage slightly for 2010 to maintain an adequate carryover but shellers so far have not offered contracts for runner-type peanuts high enough for Southwest producers to commit acreage....

Across the Sunbelt

California's new pest — Bagrada bug

The Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris, (also known as the painted bug or harlequin bug) is a serious pest of many vegetable crops in East and Southern Africa, Southern Asia and Southern Europe....

Powles: weed resistance will worsen

In 2005, Stephen Powles warned those in U.S. agriculture that an emerging problem with glyphosate-resistant weeds would only worsen — especially in the South....

Yield trend is key to grain prices

The soybean and corn markets could turn bearish or bullish, depending on yield trends, but the cotton market appears strong any way you look at it, says market analyst Richard Brock, president of Brock Associates....

Sorghum checkoff up and running

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