Southwest Farm Press News Archive

Farm groups urging Senate to pass Peru FTA

Nov 30, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farm organizations are calling on the Senate to follow the lead of the House and pass the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement in December. But a major manufacturing group claims the PTPA is a waste of time and a diversion from more pressing issues....

Conner appoints new members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

Nov 30, 2007

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced the appointment of 10 new members to serve on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. The NAREEE board advises the secretary of agriculture and land-grant colleges and universities on national priorities and policies for food and agricultural research, education, extension and economics. ...

Pent-up demand for June 2008 wheat

Nov 29, 2007,

By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University

Analysts have reported that flour mills in both the U.S. and around the world have bought wheat to meet demand until March 2008. This implies that these flour mills still need to purchase wheat for April and May....

Reforming farm programs: Remember to consider underlying assumptions

Nov 29, 2007,

By Daryll E. Ray
Contributing Writer

Many of the current spate of articles reporting on the Senate’s struggles to put together a farm bill talk about the potential—or lack thereof—for radical reforms that would turn away from the farm programs we have had since the 1930s. ...

Conner names members to the National Watermelon Promotion Board

Nov 29, 2007

Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today appointed six producer and six handler members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. ...

Extension has new way of doing business

Nov 28, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A new Web site for news and interactive learning promises to be a whole new way of doing business for the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service, thanks to the widespread use and popularity of the Internet by U.S. farmers....

Scholarship applications now available; deadline extended to Dec. 31

Nov 28, 2007

R-CALF USA’s charitable foundation, the United Stockgrowers of America Foundation for Research, Education and Endowment (USA FREE), is now accepting applications from students interested in winning one of three scholarships to be awarded in February 2008, at R-CALF USA’s annual convention in Omaha, Neb....

Texas crop, weather

Nov 28, 2007

Some moisture fell over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend across the state, but more is needed for pastures and wheat crops and to abate the threat of wildfires, according to Texas Cooperative Extension reports from around the state. ...

Conrad asks farm groups to pressure recalcitrant senators

Nov 27, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are urging farmers to contact their organizations and ask them to pressure senators to stop delaying consideration of the committee-passed version of the 2007 farm bill....

Summer-dormant tall fescue grass shows promise for pasture improvement

Nov 27, 2007,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

A pasture improvement research program by Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has him looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures. ...

Talkin' Cotton

Nov 27, 2007

"We are just getting started with our ginning season," reports Rodney Sawatzky, manager of the Midwest Farmers Inc.cooperative at Clinton, Ok., "We have just ginned 600 bales to date. All of the cotton we receive comes from dryland fields and we are seeing bale and a half yields per acre....

Wildfire risk can be doused if education action is taken now

Nov 26, 2007,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Dangerous. That’s the one word fire officials and rangeland management specialists use to describe the combination of heavy grass growth and dry conditions. ...

AgJobs-less farm bill predicted in final U.S. Senate 2007 package

Nov 26, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers predicts that AgJOBS farm labor legislation will unlikely make the final cut in the 2007 farm bill legislation under consideration by the U.S. Senate....

Peterson thinks new farm bill still possible in January

Nov 26, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Congress could still complete work on a new farm bill in January if the Senate can quickly resolve its amendment issues when it returns from the Thanksgiving recess, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said....

Four years of precision agriculture experience generates rewards at Brosch Farms

Nov 21, 2007,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Steven Brosch, 24, a third generation cotton farmer who farms with his father, Glen, and his uncle, Richard, realized several years ago that they had to do something to improve profit potential. ...

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