Grain elevator operators should plan ahead for coming of distiller’s grains 

Feb 13, 2009,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Grain elevator operators should be planning now on how they can adapt to the changes ethanol production will bring to their industry, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said....

Lower oil prices good and bad for cotton 

Feb 13, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton producers have had to look hard to find a silver lining in the dark clouds that have hung over their industry in recent months. ...

NRCS seeks proposals from ag groups for new $58.4 million conservation program 

Feb 13, 2009

Up to $58.4 million in financial assistance is available to agricultural producers identified in partnership proposals through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP), established in the new farm bill to promote ground and surface water conservation and water quality improvement. ...

U.S. Wheat Associates submits trade policy priorities to USTR 

Feb 13, 2009

Strong support for trade agreements that open market access, for lifting the embargo on Cuba, and for eliminating export state trading monopolies are among the trade policy priorities submitted recently by U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to President Obama's transition team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). ...

More crop rotations require better planning, time management 

Feb 12, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The fact less continuous cotton is being grown is a good thing, as rotations break up nematode and disease cycles. ...

Conservation and family values are important to Texas cotton farmer 

Feb 12, 2009,

By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton

As a fourth generation farmer in Roby, Texas, Jeff Posey is devoted to family values and land stewardship....

Texas peanut producers now accepting research proposals 

Feb 12, 2009

The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the National Peanut Board (NPB) are jointly accepting research proposals that address production issues important to both state and national peanut industries....

Dinnertable crowded for hungry cotton insects 

Feb 11, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The rapid decline in U.S. cotton acreage means one thing to Mid-South entomologists and producers — the cotton dinner table is even more crowded with sucking insects....

Diverse group releases first-of-its-kind report measuring agriculture sustainability 

Feb 11, 2009

A first-of-its-kind report creates a framework for measuring agriculture sustainability. ...

Texas A&M helps bring 'PEACE' to Afghanistan through technology, conflict resolution 

Feb 11, 2009,

By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

More than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s livestock production, consisting primarily of sheep and goats with a smattering of cattle, originates with that country’s traditional nomadic herdsmen, the Kuchi....

Senators demand changes to payment limit rules 

Feb 10, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA officials erred when they wrote the new interim final rule for payment limits and should rescind it before it “adversely affects producers and farm operations from coast to coast,” a group of senators said....

Crop rotation offers multiple benefits for Southwest cotton producers 

Feb 10, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Preventing, or at least delaying, development of herbicide resistant weeds may be one of the most important advantages of a systematic rotation in cotton production....

Regents name Bill Dugas interim director of Texas AgriLife Research 

Feb 10, 2009,

By Dave Mayes
Texas A&M University

Dr. William A. Dugas has been appointed interim director of Texas AgriLife Research, the state’s primary agency for research in the agricultural, environmental and life sciences....

Plant bug takes over top spot as most damaging pest 

Feb 9, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. cotton insect losses in 2008 were up slightly from 2007, according to a preliminary Beltwide survey of insect losses compiled by Mike Williams, Extension entomologist at Mississippi State University. ...

Winter canola producers watch for insect damage; topdress canola 

Feb 9, 2009,

By Vic Schoonover
Producers Cooperative Oil Mill

Winter canola producers in the Southern Plains states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas should be scouting fields for the presence of turnip and green peach aphids, according to Heath Sanders, Oklahoma State University Extension Assistant for winter canola production....

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