SE peanut crop hard hit by drought conditions 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By mid-July, some Georgia peanut farmers had already irrigated a drought-ravaged crop as many as 14 times, some had already abandoned acreage and all were watching the weather, hoping for adequate rainfall to finish a crop already behind typical maturity. ...

Noble Foundation switchgrass research includes variety development, BMP data 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

State of the Union addresses, for the most part, are forgotten within a few days. Political pundits and news anchors dissect them and then move on to more timely topics. ...

Wheat experiment proves profitable for Denton farmer 

Aug 6, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Heath Campbell never planned on being a farmer when he moved from West Texas to Denton County back in 1997 to work at an equestrian center....

Wheat comes a cropper wondering how they cope 

Aug 6, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I’ve watched the 2006/2007 Southwest wheat crop with unusual interest. I cheered it on. I watched the weather. I yearned for a good crop following two years of near busts....

Texas Ag Commissioner Todd Staples to Kick- Off the Precision Ag Expo 

Aug 6, 2007

Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, will attend and make introductory remarks at the Precision Ag Expo that will be held September 6, at the Ollie Liner Center in Plainview. The Expo is sponsored by the Texas Plant Protection Association (TPPA) and co-sponsored by USDA-ARS, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas Cooperative Extension, New Mexico State University, Texas Tech University, West Texas A & M University, International Plant Nutrition Institute, National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants and the Texas Farm Bureau Texas Agriculture publication....

Transition from 2007 to 2008 wheat production 

Aug 3, 2007,

By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University

The Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas 2007 wheat harvests are essentially complete. For producers in southern and western Oklahoma, the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and western Kansas, this was a good harvest with relatively high prices....

Corn prices have little to do with food price increases 

Aug 3, 2007

Farmers across the nation are taking a bad rap as strong corn prices, fueled by the increasing demand for ethanol, are being blamed for higher food costs....

TCEQ holds dam safety workshops for dam owners 

Aug 3, 2007

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is holding a series of one-day workshops around the state for dam owners. The workshops will educate dam owners about topics including:...

Clearfield rice: Where to from here? 

Aug 2, 2007,

By Bob Scott,
Arkansas Extension Weed Specialist

Performance calls on Newpath and Beyond herbicides in the Clearfield rice system were light again this year. For the most part the herbicides seem to work....

NRCS Provides $480,000 for Conservation Innovations 

Aug 2, 2007

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has approved more than $480,000 in grants to groups in Texas that will develop innovative technologies and solutions to environmental issues on working agricultural lands....

Soybean Insect Data Sought  

Aug 2, 2007

Got stink bugs in soybeans?...

TALKIN' COTTON 

Aug 1, 2007,

By Vic Schoonover
for NTOK

Cotton aphids have been unusually difficult to control this year says Oklahoma State University Extension cotton specialist J.C. Banks, Oklahoma State University. ...

Sorghum Producers Optimistic About Biofuel Potential 

Aug 1, 2007

Motorists traveling along Brazos bottom farmland just outside of College Station are doing double takes over a towering 12-foot sorghum crop. ...

USA Rice works to re-enter EU market 

Aug 1, 2007

A USA Rice Federation delegation met this week with officials from the European Commission and representatives of Europe’s grain traders as part of the effort to reopen the EU market to U.S. long-grain rice....

NCC: WTO ruling ignores market realities 

Jul 31, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

National Cotton Council leaders say they have not seen details of a WTO interim Panel ruling in the latest case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program. But, if press reports are true, they say, the panel’s findings are contrary to facts in the world cotton market. ...

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