Cattle producers pleased with House leaders’ introduction of legislation to prevent introduction of FMD  

Jul 21, 2008

Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., and Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., along with co-sponsors Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Wis., and Rep. Cathy McMorris, R-Wash., introduced legislation titled “The Foot and Mouth Disease Protection Act of 2008” to protect the U.S. from the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from Argentina....

Gray leaf spot in Kansas corn near epidemic levels in some areas 

Jul 21, 2008

A potentially yield-robbing disease, gray leaf spot, has surfaced in east Kansas corn fields, heightening the need for producers to scout their acreage, a Kansas State University plant pathologist said....

AgriLife Extension workshop to address pricing cotton in today’s volatile market 

Jul 21, 2008,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a cotton profitability workshop from 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. July 23 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock....

EPA 'lacks authority' in pumping project 

Jul 21, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Environmental Protection Agency lacks the authority to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Project, the long-awaited solution for relieving chronic flooding problems in the lower Mississippi Delta....

Cotton forecast trimmed to 500,000 bales 

Jul 18, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA is projecting smaller crops for U.S. cotton, corn and soybeans in its July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Producers urged to apply for popular conservation program before July 25 cut-off date 

Jul 18, 2008

Lanny Miller, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announces a second ranking cutoff date of July 25, 2008 for fiscal year 2008 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds....

Texas crop, weather 

Jul 18, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

While many South Plains counties saw cotton hailed out, the crop is doing pretty well in the Rolling Plains, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist....

Fungicide treatments pay on susceptible wheat 

Jul 17, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Applying fungicides to non-disease resistant wheat could return from $2 to $3 for every $1 invested....

Commissioner Staples files affidavit with court to help Texas livestock producers  

Jul 17, 2008

Commissioner Todd Staples filed an affidavit on behalf of Texas producers who will suffer severe economic hardships if a recent restraining order issued by a U.S. District Court judge becomes permanent. ...

Myanmar’s cyclone-damaged rice production regions monitored with GIS  

Jul 17, 2008

Subsequent to Cyclone Nargis, a category 3 tropical storm that struck the low-lying and heavily populated coastline of Myanmar on May 2, 2008, the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began producing a series of geographic information system (GIS)-based maps of the damaged agricultural areas to accompany its commodity intelligence reports. ...

Gas savings from biofuel offset food price hikes but livestock operators feeling ethanol pinch  

Jul 16, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Considering the divisive nature of the issue — fuel versus food and feed—the level of respect for diverse views remained surprisingly high during the recent Texas Ag Forum in Austin....

Aug. 1 deadline for 2008 National Corn Yield Contest 

Jul 16, 2008

The cutoff date for entry forms for the National Corn Growers Association’s 2008 National Corn Yield Contest is Aug. 1. ...

ICAC lowers world cotton production forecast 

Jul 16, 2008

The International Cotton Advisory Committee says world cotton production could decline 3 percent to 117 million bales in the 2008-2009 marketing year, raising world cotton prices by nearly 10 cents per pound....

Regulators urged to rein in commodity speculators 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It’s not often that the CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines and the leaders of some of the biggest cotton merchandising firms come down on the same side of an issue....

USDA increases 2007 crop year sugar marketing allotments 

Jul 15, 2008

In response to a tightening domestic refined sugar market, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today increased the 2007 crop year sugar Overall Allotment Quantity by 500,000 short tons, raw value....

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