February 12, 2009
Commentary
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Peanut butter remains mainstay of this editor’s lunchtime dietFeb 20, 2009 8:04 AM, By Ron Smith I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. ... |
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Just because Treasury’s shoveling money doesn’t mean credit’s easyFeb 23, 2009 10:55 AM, By Hembree Brandon On the day Barack Obama was taking the oath of office as the nation’s 44th president, the U.S. stock market was tanking big-time.... |
Articles
Budgeting, marketing play key roles In 2009 crop production planning
Feb 19, 2009 10:43 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Kenneth Wright spent a lot of time this winter poring over figures, trying to find ways to match production cost cuts with what’s likely to be a 15 percent income reduction from a Hunt County, Texas, wheat, grain sorghum, corn and soybean operation....
Train wreck with weed resistance could be headed to Northeast Texas
Feb 24, 2009 10:35 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A train wreck has occurred in Mid-South agriculture with glyphosate-resistant weeds....
Irrigation system helps farmers make better use of water
Feb 12, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Many growers have been farming fewer and bigger fields to take advantage of gains in efficiency. But fewer and bigger isn't always better when it comes...
Fertilizer efficiency critical to managing costs
Feb 12, 2009 12:00 PM, By Roy Roberson Farm Press Editorial Staff rroberson@farmpress.com
The cost and availability of fertilizer took an unprecedented roller coaster ride in 2008, leaving many farmers wondering what's next. The best answer...
Workers find turning on the Phaucet a good choice
Feb 12, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Steve Stevens says the first time his employees heard about the new irrigation program he wanted to try on his farm they weren't exactly thrilled at the...
Economic stimulus plan should help farm families, agricultural industries
Feb 23, 2009 11:01 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The global economic slowdown may not affect agriculture as severely as it does other industries, but farm families are feeling the pinch with commodity markets and production inputs....
Lamy text could prove to be U.S. farm programs’ undoing
Jan 26, 2009 9:52 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The National Cotton Council created a stir last December when it released a series of articles examining the latest proposal for restarting the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations....
Texans attacking aflatoxin with TCPB checkoff funds
Feb 19, 2009 10:37 AM, By Larry Stalcup
Contributing Writer
Bugs and weeds are a menace to Texas corn growers. ...
Wheat conditions imply little change in price
Feb 23, 2009 10:58 AM, By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University
World wheat production for the 2008/09 wheat marketing year (June 1 through May 31) is in the bin....
Ethanol production will have to increase to meet government mandates
Feb 23, 2009 10:50 AM, By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
Ethanol plant construction has come to a halt, but the mandates by government are not declining, which could mean prices could jump again....
Commissioner Staples announces vision to expand trade with Cuba
Feb 5, 2009 9:39 AM
In his address at the Cuba-U.S. Relations Symposium at the University of Texas, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced his efforts to expand trade relations with Cuba. ...
Tall standing crop stubble in fields helps conserve natural resources
Feb 27, 2009 8:12 AM, By Audry Olmsted
Tall standing crop stubble left in a field after harvest benefits next year’s crop by protecting the soil and increasing water efficiency, as well as other advantages....
Economic stimulus? Don’t forget conservation
Feb 26, 2009 8:20 AM, By Clay Pope
Executive Director, Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts
Congress and the incoming administration are getting ready to undertake the largest government plan to jump-start the economy since the Great Depression....
NRCS seeks comments on interim rules for conservation
Feb 12, 2009 12:00 PM
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comments on changes to several programs authorized in the Food, Conservation,...
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