Getting to the root of science in a nutty way 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Kathleen Phillips
Texas A&M University

Dr. Leo Lombardini has gone underground to get the most top secret information in his field....

AngusSource adds value and builds buyer demand  

May 28, 2009,

By Eric Grant

Like commercial producers everywhere, Teresa and Doug Mondani, who ranch near Ione, Calif., have been looking for ways to capture more dollars from their cattle so they can remain competitive during these tough economic times....

Alfalfa irrigation treatments tested  

May 28, 2009

In a time when sustainability is on the minds of many, farmers are wondering if they will have enough water to care for their crops. ...

Butler to head grain inspection agency 

May 28, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that J. Dudley Butler, an attorney and cattleman from Mississippi, will serve as administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. ...

ACRE decisions depend on crop base, yield histories 

May 28, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton farmers have put their pencils to it, but after the numbers are crunched, the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) payment option, included in the 2008 farm bill, doesn’t make economic sense....

Farm loan total growing 

May 28, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Last fall’s reports of the near-collapse of the banking system notwithstanding, the nation’s farm banks increased their lending to farmers in 2008, according to the ABA Center for Agricultural & Rural Banking’s Farm Bank Performance Report....

Ruling seems designed to increase burden on farmers 

May 28, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

You just received some disturbing news. Plant bugs or soybean aphids or some other pest have been discovered in above-threshold numbers in a cotton, soybean or corn field bordering a lake or stream that meanders through your farm....

Conference seeks to help manage rangeland 

May 28, 2009

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Agricultural Division will host the 2009 Texoma Pasture Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 13, at the Convention Center in Ardmore. ...

New food safety Web site 

May 27, 2009

The newly-created White House Food Safety Working Group has launched a website to provide information about the group’s activities and progress. ...

Freeing trade with Cuba 

May 26, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and 15 other senators are trying once again to break the stranglehold of Florida politics on agricultural trade with Cuba by passing legislation that would loosen the decades-old U.S. embargo....

Consumer confidence is key to 2009 peanut markets 

May 26, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Kim Anderson knows wheat markets....

Filing for crop insurance should be less complicated 

May 26, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I’ve watched this spring as farmers anxiously checked wheat fields, some hoping to see evidence of yield potential from a drought-stressed crop and others who managed to nurse fields through the winter with fairly good production prospects only to suffer two hard freezes in March and April....

Wheat nears vulnerable stage 

May 26, 2009,

By Steve Watson
Kansas State University

The Kansas wheat crop will soon be in the heading stage, which is when wheat becomes most susceptible to Fusarium head blight (FHB), or head scab, said Erick De Wolf, Kansas State University plant pathologist. ...

Wheat losses erase excess stocks 

May 21, 2009,

By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma and Texas’ wheat production losses may remove the “cushion” from the 140 million bushel increase in hard red winter wheat stocks....

Oklahoma Conservation leaders praise approval of Bond issue  

May 21, 2009

Conservation leaders praised Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry for his approval of the $25 million Conservation bond. ...

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