The agricultural appropriations bill now pending in the Senate would provide nearly $150 million in child nutrition initiatives aimed at fighting hunger and promoting health among children in Arkansas and around the country, Sen. Blanche Lincoln said....
Despite some substantial rain across parts of the state, many Texas ranchers continue to struggle to feed livestock due to the lingering drought that has cost the state’s agriculture industry approximately $3.6 billion in losses. ...
Texas Agrilife Extension Service, NRCS and FSA will be presenting options for land that has or will be expiring from the Conservation Reserve Program. ...
By Mike Jackson, Texas A&M University
Two conferences on groundwater availability and management in Texas have been combined this year in a two-day event Oct. 13-14....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Excessive rainfall in September is eroding yield expectations for Mid-South corn and cotton crops, according to USDA’s Oct. 9 Crop Production Report....
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held U.S. agricultural land and 0.92 percent of all land in the United States, according to a recent USDA’s report. ...
The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board is requesting proposals for watershed assessment, planning, implementation, demonstration and education projects seeking funding under the FY2010 Clean Water Act 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant Program. ...
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
Landowners can get a first-hand look at the difference prescribed burning can make to ranchland five and 10 years later during the “Gathering at the JA: Prescribed Fire in Ranching Systems” field day on Oct. 23. ...
Members from the Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the American Peanut Council (APC) traveled oversees in September to meet with the Japan Nut Association and U.S. Embassy trade officials to look for ways to promote and increase imports of American peanuts into Japan....
By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 20-year meteoric ride for American Pima cotton in California’s San Joaquin Valley spiraled down over the past two seasons, as production and consumption nosedived right along with the world economy....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that a referendum will be conducted among U.S. Upland cotton producers and importers. ...
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced the addition of two members to the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority Board (TAFA) who will represent the interests of young farmers. ...
Revolution, the 2009 Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference, is scheduled for Dec. 2-3, 2009, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City. ...
At the Cotton Board’s Annual Meeting in early September, Alabama Producer, V. Larkin Martin, was elected the new Chair of the Cotton Board. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the decades pile up for those of us who’ve made it to senior citizen status, one of the ongoing sadnesses of life is bidding farewell to those who have in one way or another been a part of our time on the stage: long-ago classmates, parents, family members, friends, co-workers....
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