February 5, 2009
Commentary
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Positive news available at Beltwide for those who looked hard enoughFeb 3, 2009 10:23 AM, By Ron Smith Folks leaving the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio might have gone away with a touch of the blahs. ... |
Issues
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Commercial farmers don’t need another ‘hatchet man’ at USDAFeb 4, 2009 9:36 AM, By Forrest Laws The last time I wrote in less than glowing terms about a candidate for a particular job, he was named secretary of agriculture. ... |
Articles
Weather problems hamper 2009 Southwest cotton crop
Feb 2, 2009 10:01 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Southwest cotton production incurred a significant reduction in 2008 as reduced acreage and lower yields cut more than 3 million bales from 2007 totals....
Feral hogs root up acres of crop and pastureland
Feb 5, 2009 9:54 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Tommy Goodwin walked through a coastal bermudagrass pasture on a cold early winter day and kicked up clumps of dead or dying grass, rooted up by a herd of feral hogs that he’s at a loss to know what to do about....
Plant diseases cause concern for Southwest cotton producers
Feb 4, 2009 9:41 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Even in the arid air of West Texas, cotton diseases, both soil-borne and leaf infection, do occur and can cause significant yield and quality losses....
Plant bug takes over top spot as most damaging pest
Feb 9, 2009 10:22 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. cotton insect losses in 2008 were up slightly from 2007, according to a preliminary Beltwide survey of insect losses compiled by Mike Williams, Extension entomologist at Mississippi State University. ...
Dinnertable crowded for hungry cotton insects
Feb 11, 2009 8:16 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The rapid decline in U.S. cotton acreage means one thing to Mid-South entomologists and producers — the cotton dinner table is even more crowded with sucking insects....
Crop rotation offers multiple benefits for Southwest cotton producers
Feb 10, 2009 9:43 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Preventing, or at least delaying, development of herbicide resistant weeds may be one of the most important advantages of a systematic rotation in cotton production....
NRCS seeks proposals from ag groups for new $58.4 million conservation program
Feb 13, 2009 8:10 AM
Up to $58.4 million in financial assistance is available to agricultural producers identified in partnership proposals through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP), established in the new farm bill to promote ground and surface water conservation and water quality improvement. ...
Cotton Incorporated report shows farmers using sustainable practices
Feb 6, 2009 10:05 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of the most positive messages coming out of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio was the preliminary report on the Cotton Incorporated Natural Resource Survey that, based on responses from 1,300 U.S. cotton producers across the Cotton Belt, indicates that sustainability is standard operating procedure for the vast majority of growers....
Government programs shoring up cotton prices
Feb 5, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
If cotton prices have, in fact, bottomed out and begun what many hope will be a return to profitability, U.S. cotton producers may owe a debt of gratitude...
More crop rotations require better planning, time management
Feb 12, 2009 8:12 AM, By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The fact less continuous cotton is being grown is a good thing, as rotations break up nematode and disease cycles. ...
Lower oil prices good and bad for cotton
Feb 13, 2009 8:12 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton producers have had to look hard to find a silver lining in the dark clouds that have hung over their industry in recent months. ...
Texas peanut producers now accepting research proposals
Feb 12, 2009 8:08 AM
The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the National Peanut Board (NPB) are jointly accepting research proposals that address production issues important to both state and national peanut industries....
2008 cotton crop is a record for strength and staple
Feb 3, 2009 10:26 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite hurricanes and excessive rainfall which affected cotton production from Texas to the Southeast last year, the quality of the 2008 U.S. cotton crop improved over the previous year, according to a report presented at the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, in San Antonio....
USDA lowers rice yields, but finds more acreage
Feb 5, 2009 9:45 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA lowered average U.S. rice yield significantly in its Jan. Crop Production report, but found a little over 50,000 additional acres, resulting in a slight increase in production from the previous estimate....
Vilsack promises a ‘robust farm safety net’
Jan 15, 2009 10:47 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said he will do all that is in his power to “administer a robust safety net and create real and meaningful opportunities for U.S. farmers and ranchers to compete” if confirmed as President-elect Obama’s agriculture secretary....
U.S. Wheat Associates submits trade policy priorities to USTR
Feb 13, 2009 8:08 AM
Strong support for trade agreements that open market access, for lifting the embargo on Cuba, and for eliminating export state trading monopolies are among the trade policy priorities submitted recently by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to President Obama's transition team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). ...
Will wheat prices return to $3.40?
Feb 2, 2009 9:50 AM, By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University
With significantly higher U.S. wheat stocks, wheat prices are averaging about $3.30 higher than during the 2003 through 2005 wheat marketing years. ...
At Memphis Feb. 27-28: Information supermarket at Farm & Gin Show
Feb 5, 2009 12:00 PM
In addition to getting a firsthand, up-close look at the cornucopia of new ag equipment, products, and services available for 2009, farmers attending...
Conservation and family values are important to Texas cotton farmer
Feb 12, 2009 8:10 AM, By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton
As a fourth generation farmer in Roby, Texas, Jeff Posey is devoted to family values and land stewardship....
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