Southwest Farm Press News Archive

Timing proves crucial to wheat management

May 16, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Foliar fertilizer applications probably will not be enough to pull wheat out of late-spring nitrogen deficiencies. ...

Monitoring conservation tillage via satellite

May 16, 2008

To find out how much acreage is being farmed using conservation tillage, Agricultural Research Service scientists have gone up high -- to satellites....

Russia opens trade doors to U.S. livestock

May 16, 2008

The U.S. cattle industry has regained a major export source. ...

Senate passes farm bill by 81 - 15 vote

May 15, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Senate was expected to pass a new farm bill by a wide margin on Thursday morning and that’s exactly what happened. ...

House passes farm bill conference report

May 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The House has passed the farm bill conference report by a vote of 318-106, giving farm organizations a major victory over the national news media and environmental and social activist groups who waged a war against it....

Texas crop, weather

May 15, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

– Drought continued to plague some regions, while others received some relief with rain, report Texas AgriLife Extension Service agents from across the state....

Farm bill conference report gains sorghum’s support

May 15, 2008

The National Sorghum Producers is urging Congress to vote for the proposed Farm Bill Conference Report and give farmers the stability they need to continue to provide the safest, most affordable food supply in the world while contributing to America’s fuel independence....

Food shortages, grain use to be focus of K-State Field Day

May 15, 2008

Kansas State University will host a rather uncommon field day at its Northwest Research and Extension Center in Colby on Thursday, June 5....

Environmental groups try to sink farm bill

May 14, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Environmental and social action groups were making a last-ditch effort to derail the 2008 farm bill conference report as the House of Representatives and the Senate prepared to debate and vote on the measure....

Rule change would pose hardship to custom harvesters

May 14, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A proposed rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) would impose severe hardships on agriculture custom harvesters and others who use seasonal labor to transport equipment, crops and other materials from field to field, from field to elevator or across state lines, says a Texas custom harvest company owner....

Southern Plains farmers start seeding cotton

May 14, 2008,

By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton

Cotton planting, with the recent rains across the Southern Plains, has begun, says J. C. Banks, Oklahoma State University Extension state cotton specialist....

Texas Watershed Steward training at Brazosport College on May 30

May 14, 2008,

By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Houston-Galveston Area Council will co-present a free Texas Watershed Steward training program from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 30....

Many forces contribute to rising food costs

May 13, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Recent reports indicate food prices have risen more in the past few months than at any time in decades, prompting the usual complainers about U.S. farm programs to point fingers at current high commodity prices, ethanol production and their favorite target, farm subsidies, as primary contributors to more expensive groceries....