A quarterly survey of agricultural credit conditions across a three-state region (Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico) by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank indicates agricultural property values continued to rise for irrigated and non-irrigated land in the first quarter of 2012, some bankers calling the results a positive indication of a strong ag economy in spite of last year’s devastating and far-reaching drought....More
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson reminds producers that enrollment for the 2012 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) ends June 1. ...More
USDA’s May 10 projections for old and new crop cotton would have to be considered bearish as ending stocks are unchanged for old crop and prospects are for increased stocks for both the U.S. and the world in new crop....More
In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Roberts (R-Kan.), Sens. Coburn (R-Okla.) and Durbin (D-Ill.) have called for a $40,000 payment limit to be imposed on crop insurance premium subsidies....More
As the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management prepares to hold a hearing later this week, National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) today released the second in an ongoing series of educational videos on crop insurance....More
Texans have a love affair with pickups, and while residents of the Lone Star State think these vehicles ‘rock,’ they also need to know that they roll, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service safety expert.
“Even though pickups...More
May 15 is the deadline for hunters to complete and submit their applications for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's controlled hunts drawings....More
