Peanut producers host Japanese buyers for Texas tour 

Nov 7, 2008

The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and American Peanut Council (APC) hosted a delegation of 17 Japanese peanut buyers in the Dallas area in October to familiarize them with the production and shelling practices of the Texas peanut industry....

Lunt named Texas AgriLife Research Assistant Director 

Nov 7, 2008

Dr. David Lunt has been named assistant director for Texas AgriLife Research, according to agency officials....

Panda Ethanol to open in January 

Nov 7, 2008

Panda Ethanol Inc. recently announced that it has successfully restructured the funding arrangements on the company’s 115-million gallon-per-year, biomass-fueled ethanol refinery, located in Hereford, Texas. The restructuring was made with the support of the project’s senior and subordinated lenders and will allow for the completion of construction and startup of the facility by late January 2009....

Grain market uncertainty pushes producers toward risk-management practices 

Nov 7, 2008

What happens to grain demand in times of economic slowdown? Does grain demand change or is it such a fundamental commodity it is immune from some of the impact?...

Proper management reduces yield losses from corn insects 

Nov 6, 2008,

By J.D. Bilbro
Contributing Writer

Corn producers face substantial economic losses from insects every year. ...

Texas citrus on its way to consumers 

Nov 6, 2008,

By Rod Santa Ana
Texas A&M University

Despite hurricane damage and an unstable economy, this year’s Texas citrus harvest is off to a good start, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service citrus expert....

Rogers selected to lead one of Noble Foundation’s consultation teams 

Nov 6, 2008

James Rogers, Ph.D., was recently selected to lead one of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation’s four agricultural consultation teams. ...

Talkin’ Cotton: Harvest slowly getting under way 

Nov 5, 2008,

By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton

Cotton harvest in the Texas Rolling Plans around Stamford is slowly, and in some cases, painfully, getting under way....

Drought returns to most of state 

Nov 5, 2008,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Large parts of the state continued to experience drought or abnormally dry weather, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports....

U.S. economy may have ways to go before rebound 

Nov 5, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Economic conditions in the United States and much of the rest of the world could get worse before they get better. ...

Farm transition workshops planned in Kansas 

Nov 5, 2008

Bringing family members into the farm business and passing the farm from one generation to the next can be the best - and worst - of times. ...

Obama could win four southern states in march to victory 

Nov 4, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The solid South isn’t as solidly Republican as it once was, a fact which could give Barack Obama 55 more electoral votes and help put the Democratic presidential nominee in the White House, a veteran political analyst said....

AgriLife Research, Extension to investigate Cowhouse Creek conservation practices 

Nov 4, 2008,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

A team of Texas AgriLife Research scientists and Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialists has received a $647,000 federal grant to evaluate the impacts of conservation practices within the Cowhouse Creek watershed in Central Texas....

Oklahoma black bear population increasing 

Nov 4, 2008,

By Sean Hubbard

A new hunting season may be on the horizon in Oklahoma....

CCC announces new rules for USDA cotton program  

Nov 3, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Commodity Credit Corp. has approved new regulations that could make it easier for cotton producers to redeem marketing loans on their 2007 crop and possibly return a little extra money when they do. ...

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