By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Thanks to rain, irrigated cotton looked good in most of the state, but whether dryland cotton will make a crop is still an iffy proposition in many areas, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) state conservationist for Texas, Don Gohmert, announced a sign-up that began on Aug. 10, 2009, for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to assist agricultural and forestry producers. ...
By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University
When there’s something bugging rice farmers, a large segment of the world’s population is likely to find out....
Farmers may begin applying for Farm Storage Facility loans for corn, grain sorghum, rice soybeans and other crops following USDA’s implementation of the changes required by the 2008 farm bill for the program....
Kansas State University´s Agricultural Research Center at Hays will host a Fall Field Day on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the center, located at 1232 240th Ave. in Hays....
The Texas Agri-Life Research Center at Halfway, Texas, will host a subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) field day August 25th....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton industry faces a double handful of trade issues in the near future, including an announcement of damages in the Brazil WTO case that could affect the economic well being of cotton farmers, ginners and others....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to “stack the deck” against ethanol and other biofuels?...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Uncertainty over the size of the cotton crop in drought-stressed Texas, where over half of the U.S. crop is planted this season, will likely continue well into October, and perhaps November, according to experts speaking at the Ag Market Network August teleconference....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s August 12 corn crop production estimate is likely too low and forecasts for corn use and exports too high, which will add even more bearishness to corn once the information is digested by the market, according to Richard Feltes, an analyst with MF Global, speaking at a CME Group press briefing....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A cultural war inside farm country may be emerging between conventional agriculture and organic production and the issue is “not worthy of debate,” says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced Connected Nation has been selected to measure and map the availability and use of broadband in the state of Texas. ...
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton crop conditions across the U.S. Cotton Belt range from a complete disaster to some of the best prospects observers have ever seen in late summer, according to spokesmen at the American Cotton Producers/Cotton Foundation joint meeting yesterday in Nashville....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The United States Treasury Department will always be involved in agriculture policy to some extent to provide people with food and energy, says former ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Charlie Stenholm ad current policy advisor for the law firm Olsson, Frank and Weeda....
K-State Research and Extension is offering two workshops targeting small acreage landowners who would like to learn more about managing their pastures. ...
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