Biotechnology conference scheduled June 24-25 

Jun 16, 2009,

By Mike Jackson
Texas A&M University

The ninth annual Biotechnology Educator’s Conference is scheduled for June 24-25 in Plano....

Weather extremes take out more cotton acres 

Jun 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Weather extremes have forced higher than expected abandonment and prevented plantings in cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas so far this spring. ...

Soil type plays larger role in wetland erosion  

Jun 15, 2009,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

New research could assist ecologists in managing erosion of coastal wetlands, but it bucks the theory that plants can directly mitigate soil loss during hurricanes and other natural disasters....

Farm Press launches new tree nut e-newsletter 

Jun 15, 2009

Tree Nut Farm Press is a new e-newsletter from Western Farm Press and Southwest Farm Press that is being digitally broadcast to producers, pest control advisers (PCAs), marketers and others involved in the Western tree nut industry....

Crop rotation improves success with no-till crop production 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Crop rotation and cover crops enhance the effectiveness of no-till cropping systems by reducing disease and weed pressure, improving soil moisture holding capacity and increasing soil organic matter content....

Trained sheep offer vineyard benefits 

Jun 11, 2009

A bucolic scene that hearkens back to antiquity is being played out at the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center, south of Ukiah. ...

Windbreak assays to be conducted throughout Kansas  

Jun 11, 2009

The Dust Bowl may be long gone, but wind continues to erode an average 1.3 tons of topsoil each year from every one of Kansas’ 1.8 million acres of cropland....

Wheat seed quality may be suspect for fall planting 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Seed quality for fall wheat planting in the Southwest may be iffy at best, hard to find at the very least and likely more expensive than usual....

SAFE Denim Jeans 

Jun 11, 2009,

Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

Recently, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association formed a new company DENIMATRIX to produce jeans at the former Koramsa facility in Guatemala....

U.S. farmers rank low on global subsidy scale 

Jun 11, 2009,

Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

Compared to other major agricultural producers-both developed and developing countries-America ranks near the bottom of the subsidization and tariff scale, according to a global subsidy handbook compiled in April by Texas Tech University....

Planting delays for rice, corn 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for rice and corn, respectively, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report....

Groups outline priorities for cap & trade legislation 

Jun 10, 2009

“Agriculture has a vested interest in participating in cap & trade and climate change legislation," says Jon Scholl, President of American Farmland Trust. ...

Ethanol to meet auto numbers 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Millions of viewers saw Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves cross the finish line first at the Indianapolis 500 a couple of weeks ago....

EPA’s biofuel calculations criticized 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Collin Peterson remembers the first ethanol boom in the 1970s. ...

“This is my grandfather, but I just call him Bubba” 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

1,800-mile trip to watch two Little League games – $200;...

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