April 16, 2009
Commentary
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Dr. Norman Borlaug serves as exemplary role modelApr 17, 2009 10:27 AM, By Ron Smith We have a problem with role models in this country.... |
Issues
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Free trade overlooks predatory policiesApr 17, 2009 10:23 AM, By Forrest Laws A few weeks ago, I was traveling through north Louisiana to a conference. ... |
Articles
NCC working to preserve intent of 2008 farm legislation
Apr 16, 2009 10:51 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Maguire says the money spent on farm bill programs is, by most any measure, a good deal for the American people as well as the U.S. economy and says the National Cotton Council will continue to urge Congress and the Obama administration to implement the 2008 law as it was intended....
Peanut industry faces more good news than bad
Apr 21, 2009 10:25 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The peanut industry can look forward to more good news than bad in the next few years, despite current over-supply, low prices and a salmonella contamination that affects the entire industry....
Peanut acreage to decline
Apr 23, 2009 10:02 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. peanut growers need to reduce acreage by 35 percent this year to bring production in line with demand....
Triticale yielding strong for dairy rations
Apr 21, 2009 10:19 AM, By Larry Stalcup
Contributing Writer
With dairymen drowning in miserable milk prices, getting the most out of their forage and silage is crucial. ...
Texas Tech opens new fabric lab
Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Texas Tech's Institute of Environmental and Human Health has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art fabric laboratory to help researchers continue creating...
Dr. Borlaug expresses pleasure for Monsanto support for International Scholars
Mar 31, 2009 10:21 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite his 95 years, Dr. Norman Borlaug still keeps an audience spellbound, hanging on every word, amazed at the wisdom and humility of a man who has devoted his life to feeding hungry people around the world....
PCG president lays out case for cotton’s economic contribution
Apr 22, 2009 10:37 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Barry Evans makes a good case for a High Plains economy that includes significant cotton acreage. ...
Uvalde center’s water conservation research may have national, international applications
Apr 13, 2009 10:20 AM, By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University
Intensifying drought conditions in Texas and other parts of the U.S. coupled with growing worldwide water consumption make water conservation research at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde even more relevant, said the center’s director....
Producers to plant lowest cotton acreage in 26 years
Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff erobinson@farmpress.com
Cotton producers intend to plant 8.81 million acres this year, a reduction from last year of 7 percent and the lowest cotton acreage in 26 years. According...
Remove uncertainty from trade with Cuba
Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff flaws@farmpress.com
Farm-state members of Congress are trying once again to force the executive branch of the government to remove barriers to sales of wheat, rice and other...
Green chili industry focuses on systematic approach
Apr 16, 2009 10:39 AM, By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A systematic approach is underway to revive New Mexico’s green chili pepper industry by bringing a mechanized harvester and destemmer plus varieties tolerant of the machines concurrently to market....
Vilsack extends sign-up deadline
Apr 1, 2009 10:25 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced he is extending the sign-up deadline for the 2009 direct and counter-cyclical payment program from June 1 to Aug. 14 to give producers more time to analyze their options under the 2008 farm bill....
U.S. ag trade to Cuba continues upswing
Apr 3, 2009 9:56 AM, By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University
U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba reached $715 million in 2008 despite turbulent global economic conditions, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension economist....
Oklahoma state conservation leaders discuss stimulus funding for conservation infrastructure
Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM
Oklahoma conservation leaders are anticipating the state will receive significant funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)...
New limits missing in budget plans
Apr 9, 2009 10:43 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The chances the Obama administration — and some Midwest, farm-state senators — will be able to impose new limits on spending on farm programs appear to be growing dimmer for the 2010 fiscal year....
Creeks are rising as salt cedars are removed
Apr 27, 2009 10:04 AM, By Quenna Terry
NRCS
A twisting, turning tree-lined creek is a beautiful scene, unless those trees are salt cedars, a nemesis for many landowners. ...
Farmers own more wheat
Apr 20, 2009 11:00 AM, By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University
There is 205 percent more on-farm storage wheat than last year (280 million bushels vs. 92 million bushels). ...
Researchers focus on threat to world’s wheat
Apr 29, 2009 11:03 AM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the world’s wheat varieties....
Textiles laud ‘made in USA’ law
Apr 28, 2009 12:09 PM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The nation’s textile industry has been in a free-fall for years, like much of the U.S. manufacturing base. ...
Monsanto's molecular market gift may fast-track cotton breeding
Apr 16, 2009 12:00 PM
It might not have felt like it at the time, but when cotton breeders added herbicide tolerance and insect resistance traits to varieties more than a decade...
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