Excess rainfall: both good and bad for Texas agriculture 

Aug 10, 2007,

By Edith Chenault
Texas A&M Communications Staff

COLLEGE STATION—Agricultural producers are trying to make hay while the sun shines. The problem is it won’t shine long enough. ...

NRCS watershed structures prevent greater flood damage 

Aug 10, 2007

Temple, Texas – Storms that produced heavy rains on June 18, 2007, brought flooding and flood damage to north Texas. Damage in Cooke, Grayson and Collin counties, according to estimates by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), could have been $7 million worse if not for the floodwater retarding structures located in those counties. ...

TALKIN' COTTON: Dryland cotton promising in Oklahoma fields 

Aug 9, 2007,

By Vic Schoonover

Dryland cotton is the best J.C. Banks has seen in several years. ...

Wheat, Stocker Cattle Conference is Aug. 14 in Wichita Falls 

Aug 9, 2007,

By Tim W. McAlavy

WICHITA FALLS — Area producers can update their knowledge of wheat production and learn more about stocker cattle at an Aug. 14 conference....

International Symposium on fruit, vegetables headed for Houston 

Aug 9, 2007,

By Kathleen Phillips

HOUSTON — Fruits and vegetables — tasty and a vital part of daily nutrition. But researchers worldwide continue to seek better ways to use the healthful properties of these foods. Many of these scientists will meet in Houston Oct. 9-13 to share the latest findings. ...

Not too late to beat high nitrogen costs this fall 

Aug 8, 2007,

By Robert Burns

OVERTON — There is a way to beat high nitrogen fertilizer costs for pastures when it comes to putting pounds on calves....

Porter new head of OSU plant and soil sciences 

Aug 8, 2007,

By Donald Stotts

STILLWATER , Okla. — David R. Porter has been appointed head of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources' department of plant and soil sciences at Oklahoma State University , effective July 30....

Consumer Beef: Producing Safe, Quality Product Focus of 53rd Beef Cattle Short Course 

Aug 8, 2007,

By Blair Fannin

COLLEGE STATION, While beef demand continues at a brisk pace, consumers are paying close attention to its source and cattle producers are taking note, said one Texas Cooperative Extension expert. ...

Peanut Profitability Award winners honored in Florida 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The three winners of the 2007 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards are outstanding farmers in every sense of the word, says Marshall Lamb, research leader for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the awards program. ...

Dryland cotton promising in Oklahoma fields 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Vic Schoonover
For NTOK Cotton

Dryland cotton is the best J.C.Banks has seen in several years. ...

Farm group boning up on parity in case farm bill falters 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With the House just now about to debate the 2007 farm bill and the Senate Agriculture Committee yet to hold its first mark-up session for the legislation, farmers understandably are getting nervous about the outlook for a new law. ...

Wheat harvest delays spells lower yields discounts 

Aug 7, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Ellis County cotton and grain farmer Ricky Johnson had a near ideal window to plant wheat last fall. Moisture was adequate and the crop got off to a good start. It did well through the winter and into early spring, dodging a bullet from an April freeze and showing promise of 50-bushel per acre yields. ...

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....

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