By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
What happens when there is not an acreage response to high prices? Well, in today’s rice market, it could likely mean another year or two of high prices....
By Shawn Wade
Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
Having gotten off to a whirlwind start over the past 18 months, the Southwest Council of Agribusiness (SWCA) has quickly established itself as a major player in the Washington legislative arena. ...
The 32nd Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) meeting will be held February 18-21, 2008, at the Westin San Diego in San Diego, California. The RTWG, which has met biennially since 1960, brings together those involved in every aspect of rice production – growers, scientists, extension personnel, government and industry representatives. The objective of the RTWG meeting is to share information, coordinate research and join efforts to find solutions for the rice industry’s most important problems....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The USA Rice Federation seed plan to eliminate genetically engineered rice from the commercial supply was a success in 2007, USA Rice Federation Senior Vice President Bob Cummings told attendees of the USA Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 4. USA Rice also recommended that the seed plan be continued for the 2008 crop....
Texas Corn Producers Board (TCPB) announces elections are to be held in two of its five voting regions to elect five board members where current members' seats are expiring. The election will be conducted by voting regions and will be held from Dec. 31, 2007 until Jan.14, 2008....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) announced elections will be held in three of its five voting regions to elect four board members. The election will be conducted by voting regions and will be held Dec. 31, 2007 through Jan. 14, 2008....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Growing no-till cotton in eastern North Carolina is still far from the norm, but for Trenton, N.C., growers Mike and Timmy Haddock it was the only way to offset the cost of labor, equipment, pesticides, fuel, and fertilizer....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Clint Abernathy hasn’t just accepted technology. He’s embraced it. Drip irrigation, GPS, reduced-tillage and transgenic cotton varieties help Abernathy and sons Justin and Jarod improve efficiency on their Altus, Okla., cotton and wheat farm....
By Georgia Tuxbury
Contributing Writer
Everyone looks forward to the South Texas citrus harvest. “And this year the grapefruit are sweet and plentiful,” says Jeannie Smith, Office Manager for Obst Family Farms in Alamo, Texas, where they annually pick more than 100 acres of citrus....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
The 20th annual Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop is moving to the Ashmore Inn and Suites, located at 2301 E. I-40 in Amarillo, from its longtime location at the Amarillo Civic Center. ...
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced today that 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 formetanate hydrochloride (Carzol Insecticide) to control thrips on dry bulb onions grown in Texas. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Nathan Childs, an economist with USDA’s Economic Research Service, can’t recall a rosier price projection for rice since he began presenting outlooks at the USA Rice Outlook Conference 12 years ago....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a series of profitability conferences throughout the Panhandle in January and February, said DeDe Jones, AgriLife Extension risk management specialist. ...
South Plains producers can update their crop production and management skills and earn continuing education units at several agriculture conferences slated in January and February by Texas Cooperative Extension....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For years, farmers who planted no-till were said to be “farming ugly.” But nothing about the soil and water-conserving and cost-reducing practices of no-till or reduced-tillage is ugly for the winners of this year’s High Cotton awards....
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