Texas Peanut Producers Board to swear in four newly elected members 

Feb 25, 2008

Existing Texas Peanut Producers Board directors Scotty Koonce, Larry Don Womack, James Martin and Ted Higginbottom were re-elected to the board after the TPPB's canvassing committee met Jan. 25 at the TPPB headquarters in Lubbock to count the ballots....

TDA announces exemption to use Dermacor on rice seed 

Feb 22, 2008

The Texas Department of Agriculture has been granted approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue a Section 18 specific exemption allowing the use of chlorantraniliprole (Dermacor X-100 Seed Treatment) to control rice water weevil on rice seed....

National Cotton Council names McClendon chairman for 2008 

Feb 22, 2008

National Cotton Council delegates named Larry McClendon, a Marianna, Ark., cotton ginner, as their chairman at their 2008 annual meeting. McClendon served as the NCC’s vice chairman in 2007 and succeeds John Pucheu, a Tranquillity, Calif., producer....

USTR files appeal of latest WTO cotton ruling 

Feb 22, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

National Cotton Council leaders are praising the U.S. Trade Representative Office’s filing of an appeal against the latest ruling in the WTO case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program....

USDA forecasts record $101 billion in ag exports 

Feb 22, 2008

At the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Outlook Forum, Secretary Ed Schafer announced that U.S. agricultural exports are forecast to reach a record $101 billion for fiscal year 2008, up $10 billion from November's forecast and an unprecedented $19 billion above 2007....

Republican congressmen push for farm bill 

Feb 21, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

More than 150 farmers attending a farm day forum sent a message to Washington via Louisiana Congressmen Charles W. Boustany Jr. and Charlie Melancon and Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Keenum: they need a new farm bill and they need it now....

Texas BWEP progresses despite weather setbacks 

Feb 21, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Despite weather-related setbacks, efforts to eradicate the boll weevil from Texas cotton fields made progress in 2007....

Texas crop, weather 

Feb 21, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

As far as rainfall, it was feast or famine, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service county agents throughout the state....

Risk-assessed Grains Marketing Workshops set for three Kansas locations 

Feb 21, 2008

Kansas State University is hosting Risk-Assessed Marketing of Grains workshops in three locations around the state in late February and early March....

New rules needed for future GE rice research? 

Feb 20, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA oversight regulations for GE rice research need changing, according to panelists speaking at the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants annual meeting in Seattle. But will new rules — which are to be posted on the Federal Register this month — prevent future accidental release of GE lines into the commercial rice supply?...

West Texas ginner to lead NCGA in 2008 

Feb 20, 2008

The Memphis-based National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) elected its officers for 2008 at its annual meeting on Feb. 9....

Change in Cuban leadership won’t overshadow record U.S. agricultural exports 

Feb 20, 2008,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

A change in Cuba’s leadership won’t have immediate economic effects on Cuban export trade, particularly since U.S. agricultural exports set a new record in 2007 of more than $442 million, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....

Harkin, Chambliss counter Peterson farm bill proposal 

Feb 19, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee say they don’t buy arguments that more than $6 billion has to be cut from the 2008 farm bill so that it can pass muster with the Bush administration....

Competition for acreage will impact peanut production 

Feb 19, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

This year, for the first time in many years, several U.S. commodities will be competing for acreage, and that competition will greatly impact peanut production, says Nathan Smith, University of Georgia Extension economist....

March 6 Austin Conference will focus on doing business with Cuba 

Feb 19, 2008,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

Agribusiness professionals can learn more about marketing products to Cuba at a conference scheduled for March 6 at the Texas Department of Agriculture in Austin....

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