Nov 5, 2009 9:33 AM
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program is currently funding research to showcase new over-the-top grass control solutions to allow sorghum growers better management opportunities and flexibility in crop rotations. ...
Nov 4, 2009 10:20 AM, By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Many parts of Texas had excessive rain, taking them from drought to flood, but overall it's a good thing, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts....
Nov 2, 2009 11:06 AM, By Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University
Between Oct. 5 and Oct. 22, the KCBT December wheat contract price increased about 90 cents. ...
Nov 2, 2009 10:49 AM
A nationwide survey conducted for the National Corn Growers Association found broad public respect and trust for family farmers and support for corn as food, feed and fuel. ...
Oct 29, 2009 11:46 AM
Morocco’s livestock and poultry sector will soon have high protein U.S. sorghum available for inclusion in feed rations. ...
Oct 28, 2009 12:13 PM, By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Though cooler weather slowed down the advance of armyworms, the pest is still eating up pastures and small grain fields in many parts of the state, report Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. ...
Oct 27, 2009 10:58 AM
Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...
News from the Farm BillACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 11, 2008 10:01 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill: Several provisions delayed until 2009Jul 8, 2008 9:38 AM The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 that U.S. farmers will be hitched to for the next five years has something old, something new, something borrowed and certainly something to make a few farmers blue.... USDA issues advance direct paymentsJul 8, 2008 9:21 AM America's farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments that began July 7.... Food, Conservation and Energy Act for Oklahoma farmersJul 3, 2008 8:22 AM, By Ron Smith Elk City, Okla. farmer Danny Davis doesn’t expect the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program included in the recently passed Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to fit his operation.... |
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