By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With cities and housing encroaching and the competition for land rising, west Tennessee farmers like Jason Luckey are suddenly finding themselves farming in an increasingly urban environment. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Jimmy Dodson credits his late father, Giles, with much of his success as a farmer and for his commitment to stewardship of the natural resources he depends on for his living....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Jimmy Dodson uses border strips to avoid drifting pesticides onto his neighbors’ lawns....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Some dozen years after introduction, farmers have embraced biotechnology as an effective and efficient part of their crop management strategies and claim reduced pesticide use, decreased trips across fields (and resultant energy savings) and no yield drag from transgenic varieties....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has decided against holding a mid-December ministerial meeting that some said would have been aimed at trying to wrap up the Doha Round before a new U.S. administration takes office....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. textile manufacturers can begin signing up for the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program that Congress included in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to help stabilize the textile industry....
Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
National Agricultural Statistics Service released their latest estimates for Texas Upland Cotton today. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry....
By Mark Lange
The world cotton market is replete with subsidies across the entire spectrum of producing countries, large or small, developed or developing. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As Gary Adams, vice president of Economic and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, took the podium to address the Sourcing USA Summit recently in Austin, someone asked if he had good news about the cotton market....
Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Next
advertisement
This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
(New Course)Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. This online CE accredited course details how best to use this new mode of action insecticide in intensive vegetable production. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and by state agencies for licensed applicators in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
New CourseAmerican agriculture exports 20 to 30 percent of its production annually. For specific commodities, the percentage is much higher. When recommending and applying pest management products for crops, license Pest Control Advisers (PCAs) and applicators and farmers must be aware of which products applied are in compliance with Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) established by foreign customers. This CE course details the MRL issue and why compliance is critical to marketing into world trade.
