Southwest Farm Press News Archive

Pecos River Basin Assessment Program moves into implementation phase 

Nov 19, 2009,

By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University

The Pecos River Basin Assessment Program has announced the watershed protection plan for the Pecos River in Texas is now complete, printed and ready to be implemented....

AgriLife Extension offers continuing education 

Nov 19, 2009,

By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will host the annual Texas Farm and Ranch Management Symposium following the Texas Commodity Symposium at the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show. ...

WTO award no win, but no loss 

Nov 18, 2009,

By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization arbitration report on the infamous Brazilian cotton case says the U.S. will have to forfeit $300 million in export trade to the South American country....

Mild, warm conditions promote harvesting 

Nov 18, 2009,

By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University

Mother Nature served up mild, warmer weather with a little rain on the side to some Texas customers, a recipe that promoted the harvesting of cotton and other crops, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....

Ginning underway in southwest Oklahoma 

Nov 18, 2009,

By Vic Schoonover for NTOK cotton

Cotton ginning is well along in southwestern Oklahoma and just beginning farther north. ...

Animal well-being program online 

Nov 18, 2009

Dairy producers now have online access to key components of the new National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management. ...

Grain markets tied to oil, economy 

Nov 17, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

2008 was a heady year for Pat Westhoff and other analysts at the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute....

2009 harvest progressing rapidly  

Nov 17, 2009,

By Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.

Since the closing days of October, cotton harvest on the Texas High Plains has been advancing rapidly as cotton producers take advantage of nearly ideal weather conditions....

Members and alternates named to the NPB 

Nov 17, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack appointed four members and four alternate members to serve on the National Peanut Board. ...

Impact of climate change legislation on U.S. agriculture 

Nov 17, 2009

Net returns for virtually all major crops are positive under a properly constructed cap-and-trade program, according to a University of Tennessee study released by 25x'25. ...

Research effort seeks solutions to energy needs 

Nov 17, 2009,

By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The bar has been set high: one-third of the U.S. fuel supply to come from biofuel production and 900 million tons of biofuel stock to come from agriculture....

Drought losses top $19 million  

Nov 16, 2009,

By Rod Santa Ana, Texas A&M University

For the second year in a row, Mother Nature has dealt a heavy blow to agricultural producers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, according to an economist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Weslaco....

Animal welfare on resolutions list 

Nov 16, 2009

The increased influence of those in the animal welfare and environmental movements on national and state policy was addressed by members of the Texas Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee this week at the new Texas Farm Bureau meeting facility in Waco....

Options for late-planted wheat 

Nov 16, 2009

Many parts of Kansas have experienced weather-related delays in planting wheat. ...

Pesticide applicator training set Dec. 1 and Dec. 3  

Nov 16, 2009,

By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University

Licensed pesticide applicators will have two chances to earn five continuing education units at upcoming training sessions on Dec. 1 or Dec. 3 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton. ...

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