Timing is everything on wheat fertilizer and weed control 

Dec 15, 2008,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Knowing the proper timing for fertilization or weed control on wheat can make a difference in the efficiency and economics of the application, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said. ...

Feed grains marketing workshop scheduled Jan. 7-8 in Amarillo 

Dec 15, 2008,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Next year promises to be one of the most challenging ever for feed grains producers in the wake of a stock market crash, rapidly falling oil, ethanol and commodity prices, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist....

TASS projects 3.38 million bales for districts 1-N/1-S 

Dec 15, 2008,

Roger Haldenby
Editor, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

National Agricultural Statistics Service released their latest estimates for Texas Upland Cotton today. ...

Regents name Hussey to top Texas A&M agriculture and life sciences position 

Dec 12, 2008,

By Dave Mayes
Texas A&M University

Dr. Mark A. Hussey, a plant scientist with a 25-year career in agriculture at Texas A&M University, has been chosen by the A&M System Board of Regents to become the next vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences. ...

Falling corn use reflects financial problems in ethanol 

Dec 12, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry....

Yale professor predicts two years to recovery 

Dec 12, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Jeffrey Garten, whose professional credentials include Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade, finance and business in the Yale School of Management; chairman of Garten Rothkopf (an international advisory firm); and former dean of the Yale School of Management, compares the current global financial crisis to “the eye of a massive storm.”...

Ag conference for women scheduled Feb. 12-14 

Dec 12, 2008

The 2009 Women Managing the Farm Conference has been scheduled Feb. 12 - 14 at the Grand Prairie Hotel and Convention Center in Hutchinson, Kan....

World’s cotton growers offered misperceptions instead of analysis 

Dec 11, 2008,

By Mark Lange

The world cotton market is replete with subsidies across the entire spectrum of producing countries, large or small, developed or developing. ...

Texas AgriLife San Angelo Master Marketer Program to begin in January 

Dec 11, 2008,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Texas AgriLife Extension Service has scheduled the first of a four-part Master Marketer Training for Jan. 21-22 at the Tom Green County 4-H Building in San Angelo....

Oklahoma State’s Clarence Watson assumes leadership of national research association 

Dec 11, 2008,

By Donald Stotts
Oklahoma State University

Clarence Watson, associate director of the statewide Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station system, has assumed the duties of chair for the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors....

Seven revolutions dictate global sustainability 

Dec 10, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By the year 2050, the world population, estimated to top 9 billion, will require twice as much food as today, and water demand will double — possibly stretching the “carrying capacity” of the planet. ...

Fertilizer prices dropping, but much of state still drought-stricken 

Dec 10, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

As the stock market fell so did commodity prices. ...

West Texas counties added to fire ant quarantine 

Dec 10, 2008,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Red imported fire ants have made it to far West Texas, and officials say it appears they are probably here to stay....

Watershed planning short course to be offered Jan. 12-16 in Bandera 

Dec 10, 2008,

By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

The Texas Water Resources Institute of Texas A&M AgriLife will be presenting a Texas Watershed Planning Short Course from Jan 12-16 in Bandera....

Testing finds U.S. commercial rice 99.9 percent LL trait-free 

Dec 9, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. rice farmers have moved a giant step closer to putting the genetically engineered Liberty Link-trait controversy behind them....

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