By Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University
Between Oct. 5 and Oct. 22, the KCBT December wheat contract price increased about 90 cents. ...
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. ...
Morocco’s livestock and poultry sector will soon have high protein U.S. sorghum available for inclusion in feed rations. ...
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. ...
Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...
Soil problems caused by low pH are most likely to develop in Kansas´ sandier soils. ...
By Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State University
The wheat marketing-year prices trend is normally set in late August and early September. ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Following rains, armyworms marched in and devoured improved pastures and wheat throughout the state. ...
USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Gebisa Ejeta says the world will have to increase its production of food more in the next four decades than it has since the dawn of civilization....
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