By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A July run up in cotton prices that occurred even as fundamentals for cotton were decidedly bearish was likely a big reason why analysts at the Cotton Roundtable in New York City were having a tough time projecting a potential range for December 2009 futures prices....
By Steve Suther, Certified Angus Beef LLC
Demand for beef is down. Can you blame the recession? Not entirely, but it’s a darned inconvenient coincidence....
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
The question is not if those involved in animal waste management can afford to attend the upcoming conference....
By Roger Haldenby, Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
Southwest Council of AgriBusiness was formed in December of 2006 to represent and promote broad-based Agriculture and Business interests through the pursuit of good and stable agricultural policy....
Drought losses for Texas crop and livestock producers has reached $3.6 billion and could exceed $4.1 billion by the end of the year, according to the Texas AgriLife Extension Service....
The National Corn Growers Association is pleased the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers the ability to improve upon the environmental benefits from biotechnology corn. The EPA has announced a reduced refuge requirement for SmartStax, an insect-protection and weed control platform in corn, to 5 percent in the northern Corn Belt and 20 percent in Southern states where cotton is planted. In 1999, the EPA enacted refuge requirements to help prevent corn insect pests, such as the European corn borer, from developing resistance to Bt technology....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s public comment period on the E15 waiver request closes today, marking the EPA’s decision-making period on whether to allow the base blend of ethanol and gasoline to be increased from 10 to 15 percent. EPA has until December 1 to rule on the waiver request filed on March 6 by a coalition of ethanol industry groups, corn ethanol producers, and cellulosic ethanol companies....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The world’s climate is getting warmer, and that could have a profound impact on U.S. agriculture, says Jerry Hatfield, supervisory plant physiologist with USDA’s National Soil Tilth Research Laboratory at Iowa State University....
Fluctuating fuel and feed costs over the past couple of years have made the business of beef production particularly challenging. ...
The National Sorghum Producers today announced that Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas has secured $1 million dollars in research funding for the Great Plains Sorghum Improvement and Utilization Initiative, a joint sorghum research initiative between Kansas State University, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University....
An internationally recognized genetics researcher who visited the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station said he is confident that the European Union eventually will accept genetically modified foods. But in the meantime, he is focusing his work on third-world countries....
National Corn Growers Association Chairman Ron Litterer delivered testimony today before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk....
Increasing the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s fuel supply is both scientifically justified and economically prudent, said the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). ...
Jeffrey R. Stapper, County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
Drought has caused some uncommon crops, including corn and sorghum, to be baled, grazed or used for livestock forage. ...
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement announcing his appointment to the Senate Agriculture Committee. ...
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