Severe storms bring high winds and hail damage 

Jun 25, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Severe storms hit parts of the Panhandle and the Rolling Plains, bringing with them high winds and hail damage, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports. ...

Noble Foundation hosts first ever Texoma Pasture Conference  

Jun 25, 2008

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Agricultural Division will host the first ever Texoma Pasture Conference to discuss the use of legumes as a potential solution for the high cost of fertilizer....

Little bugs take big bite out of High Plains cotton production 

Jun 24, 2008,

By J.D. Bilbro
Contributing Writer

Insects play havoc with cotton on the Texas High Plains every year, an estimated $150 million in yield losses in 2007. ...

Head scab found on wheat in Eastern and Central Kansas 

Jun 24, 2008

Some Kansas wheat producers are reporting above normal levels of head scab in their crops, according to a Kansas State University scientist....

Prepare now for next year's prescribed burn 

Jun 24, 2008

This year's planning means next year's success when it comes to preparing for a prescribed burn....

Despite high wheat prices — producers not rolling in the dough 

Jun 23, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ethanol demand has not driven wheat prices to record high levels, wheat industry leaders told a congressional subcommittee. World fundamentals, extreme market volatility and lack of technology development are to blame, they said....

U.S. rice supply is fine; let’s keep it that way 

Jun 23, 2008,

By Betsy Ward,
President and CEO USA Rice Federation

Near panic ensued for almost two weeks as intense media attention about a global rice shortage and the decision by some Sam’s Club and Costco stores to limit rice purchases for their customers caused shoppers in some areas in the United States to clear the shelves of rice. American consumers have no cause for alarm....

Potentially devastating wheat rust spreads — Ug99 continues march 

Jun 23, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Since the 1950s, resistance genes bred into wheat varieties have held truly devastating stem rust epidemics in check. However, a new race of the rust, Ug99, has overcome many of those resistance genes and is marching east through southern Asia....

Mother Nature has been rough on Southwest cotton and grain 

Jun 20, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Dryland cotton has taken a beating from Mother Nature this spring as high temperatures, high winds and precious little rain prevented emergence in some cases and shriveled seedlings on many acres that had just enough moisture to germinate....

Scab incidence varies across Midwestern states 

Jun 20, 2008

Levels of Fusarium graminearum, the fungus that causes Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), also known as head scab, are ranging from very low to quite serious in the Midwest this year. ...

AFBF: Texas RFS waiver request should be denied 

Jun 20, 2008

A request by the state of Texas for exemption from the Renewable Fuels Standard should be denied, the American Farm Bureau Federation told the Environmental Protection Agency this week....

TALKIN' COTTON: Fleahoppers invade Oklahoma cotton 

Jun 19, 2008,

By Vic Schoonover
For NTOK Cotton

Cotton fleahoppers are appearing in Oklahoma cotton fields, according to Terry Pitts, Oklahoma State University Extension IPM specialist....

Workshop to explore wind power development and effects on wildlife 

Jun 19, 2008,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

With the Panhandle targeted for increased wind power development, many landowners already have signed or are considering signing contracts with energy companies. ...

Congress overrides farm bill veto — again 

Jun 19, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In an unusual case of farm bill déjà vu, Congress voted yesterday to override President Bush’s second veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act....

Higher prices may make double crop milo feasible 

Jun 18, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Grain sorghum at $9 a hundredweight makes a double crop option following wheat a lot better opportunity than it did two years ago when milo was selling for less than half that price....

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