Fund buying could be responsible for $1 higher prices 

Jun 8, 2009,

By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University

My last Southwest Farm Press stated the wheat market had $1.25 upside potential compared to a $0.50 downside risk. ...

Wheat survey shows variety top pick statewide 

Jun 8, 2009,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

A Texas AgriLife Research-bred wheat, TAM 111, tops the list of varieties selected for planting in Texas, according to a recent survey....

New online feral hog reporting tool  

Jun 8, 2009,

By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service has developed an online system to report feral hog activity that may be affecting water quality in the Plum Creek Watershed area. ...

Universities provide expertise to Chinese Swine Managers 

Jun 4, 2009

The U.S. Grains Council’s Chinese Swine Management Team traveled to Kansas State University (KSU) for a two-day course on swine health and disease management as well as U.S. pork production and benchmarks....

Range Field Day on award winning ranch 

Jun 4, 2009

The award-winning Graves T-Bar Ranch in Henrietta, Texas is opening its gates to the public with a Range Field Day on June 17, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m....

El Paso/Trans Pecos vote to continue boll weevil program  

Jun 4, 2009,

Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

The Texas Department of Agriculture announced today that cotton producers in the El Paso/Trans Pecos Boll Weevil Eradication Zone have voted to continue program operations. ...

Chamber to host Alternative Energy Symposium June 5 

Jun 4, 2009,

Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will host an Alternative Energy Symposium on Friday June 5 and will highlight wind energy, ethanol, and energy policy. ...

Texas High Plains dryland cotton in 'dire straits' 

Jun 3, 2009,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

While irrigated cotton in the Texas High Plains is in pretty good shape, the majority of dryland cotton is in "dire straits" because of lack of rainfall, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service agronomist....

Property owners get ‘consolation prize’ on eminent domain reform 

Jun 3, 2009

The passage of House Joint Resolution 14 by State Rep. Frank Corte, Jr. (R- San Antonio) in the closing hours of the 81st Texas Legislature accomplished some of the eminent domain reform sought by Texas Farm Bureau, but does not go nearly far enough, the organization’s president said....

Ag economists to address financial climate 

Jun 3, 2009,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

A Webcast video featuring a group of agricultural economists from the southern region will be available June 12 as a means of helping producers develop strategies to reduce risk during times of economic uncertainty. ...

Assistance to fight cattle fever tick 

Jun 2, 2009

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing technical and financial assistance to ranchers in a 17-county area to help fight the spread of the cattle fever tick. ...

Beef cattle update  

Jun 2, 2009

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will sponsor the 4th Annual South Texas Beef, Range and Pasture Short Course on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Texas Agrilife Research & Extension Center on Hwy. 44 just west of the Corpus Christi Airport. ...

Cow Calf Clinic set for June 18  

Jun 2, 2009,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

The perennial Heart of Texas Cow/Calf Clinic conducted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is set for June 18 at the Brown County Fairgrounds in Brownwood on U.S. Hwy 377 South....

Export incentives for dairy products 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has begun implementing provisions of the Dairy Export Incentive Program, partly in response to the reintroduction of direct export subsidies by the European Union earlier this year....

Baucus bill aimed at reforming U.S. Cuba policy 

Jun 1, 2009

The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) and USA*Engage endorsed a bill introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus - the Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 (S.1089) - which would facilitate U.S. agricultural and medical exports to Cuba and lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens....

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