Texas drought losses approach $1 billion 

Mar 18, 2009,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

The state's ongoing drought has cost the state’s farmers and ranchers nearly $1 billion, and losses could continue to mount this spring if sufficient rainfall isn’t received for forage or row crops, Texas AgriLife Extension Service economists report....

Pre-plant soil moisture survey indicates some residual deep moisture available for use in 2009 

Mar 18, 2009,

By Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

Spring-like temperatures in late February and early March, coupled with below-normal rainfall, are just some of the challenges producers are facing as they prepare their fields for the 2009 growing season. ...

Farm bill update planned at OG&SP annual meeting 

Mar 18, 2009

Larry Sanders, an ag economist at Oklahoma State University, has followed the ins and outs of agricultural policy for nearly 25 years....

Oklahoma farmers adopting no-till with 33 percent of acreage in practice 

Mar 17, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Oklahoma farmers may have gotten a late start on adopting no-till production practices, but they’re catching up quickly....

Livestock predators likely to be someone's pet dog 

Mar 17, 2009

Problems with hungry, free-roaming dogs can look like a no-win situation for livestock owners — and sometimes dog owners, too....

Whittling away at the farmers’ safety net 

Mar 17, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Former President Gerald Ford once said, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have.”...

Rural agenda for Senate Democrats 

Mar 17, 2009

Senate Democrats have unveiled a “rural agenda” for the 111th Congress and a Web site highlighting issues important to rural communities and promoting policies that will benefit rural areas....

Barrage of criticism hits direct payment idea 

Mar 16, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Criticism continues to rain down on the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce government spending by phasing out direct payments to agribusinesses with more than $500,000 in annual sales, capping payments to individual farmers at $250,000 and ending cotton storage payments. ...

Texas-based researchers provide emissions data for livestock industry 

Mar 16, 2009,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

A group of Texas-based researchers provided answers for the nation’s cattle feeding industry after it was given a very short window by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin reporting ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions....

Newsom Joins TGSP staff 

Mar 16, 2009

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers is pleased to welcome Morgan Newsom on staff as the new South Plains Producer Relations Coordinator....

Farmers’ enthusiasm not missing during what’s likely to be challenging year 

Mar 13, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I should no longer be surprised — but I am. In a year in which commodity prices promise less than excellent returns and rainfall is little more than a distant memory and production costs continue to hover around merely outrageous, farmers remain upbeat about the possibilities....

Consultant offers tips for utilizing first-calf heifers 

Mar 13, 2009

With the 2009 calving season nearing, Robert Wells, Ph.D., a Livestock Consultant with The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, offers cattle producers a few tips for improving the life and production of replacement, first-calf heifers....

Soybean checkoff remains fiscally responsible 
through sound investments 

Mar 13, 2009

Farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) and the soybean checkoff met last week to set funding priorities for the 2010 fiscal year. ...

Higher ethanol projection reduces corn stocks estimates 

Mar 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Higher gasoline prices might not be good for the travel industry, but it sure seems to be good for corn fundamentals. ...

Rains come, but drought persists 

Mar 12, 2009,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Concern, anxiety, worry, care, desperation. Whatever you want to call it, farmers and ranchers have much more of it than moisture as the drought continues, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel from throughout the state....

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