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Peanut award winners talk about challengesJul 28, 2010 10:13 AM, By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff The 2010 Peanut Profitability Award winners sat down recently to discuss peanut production and some of the challenges the peanut industry faces; among those challenges, they all agree, is keeping the infrastructure that supports peanuts alive and vibrant... HeadlinesCrop insurance: Cuts, consequencesJul 29, 2010 10:25 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff Crop insurance companies are warning that farmers will soon have fewer coverage options and fewer agents to interact with... Conditions good for most, soggy for someJul 29, 2010 10:21 AM, By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University For the most part, hot, rainless days dried out saturated fields, but caused concern for some that the brief respite from drought might be over, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports... How do we double exports in five years?Jul 29, 2010 10:17 AM The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the Coalition of Service Industries (CSI) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) have put forth a comprehensive approach to double U.S. exports in five years — a key goal of President Obama’s... Rolling Plains producers consider canolaJul 28, 2010 10:09 AM, By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University Growing interest has been sparked by some success of winter canola on the Rolling Plains... Impacts of wide wheat basis levelsJul 28, 2010 10:04 AM, By Mary Lou Peter, Kansas State University The difference between cash wheat prices in Kansas and July 2010 Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures widened sharply in mid-June rather than moving toward convergence as the cash and futures prices normally do... TDA announces grants to grow grapesJul 28, 2010 10:01 AM As a result of the continuing interest in the state’s booming wine industry, the Texas Department of Agriculture has announced it is accepting applications for its Wine Grape Investment Grant Program from producers who wish to establish new vineyard operations or expand existing ones by at least five acres... Manufacturers touring U.S. cotton operationsJul 27, 2010 9:56 AM Textile executives from five Bangladeshi and three Pakistani textile mills are touring the U.S. Cotton Belt July 25-Aug. 2 to get more familiar with U.S. cotton production, processing and marketing and to meet with U.S. exporters... Southwest Farm Press News Archive Commentaries
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Too many acres dragging down U.S. peanut marketJul 29, 2010 10:39 AM, By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff Prior to the 2010 planting season, the U.S. peanut industry was expecting an acreage increase of 8 to 10 percent... advertisement CHECK OUT OUR NEW BOG!
Across the SunbeltRR alfalfa continues gaining supportA letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack from 75 members of Congress asks that farmers be allowed to plant Roundup Ready alfalfa (RRA) in the fall 2010 planting season... Cotton after calves successThey told Mark Rogers it wouldn’t work — that cotton grown behind calves wouldn’t perform well because the animals would pack the ground so much that the cotton would suffer... Weather favorable for Georgia cropsRain has hit on target and temperatures have been reasonable. So far, Georgia row-crops like what they’ve been getting.... INTERACT WITH US:
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