Nutty year leads to short pecan crop in Texas, U.S. 

Nov 3, 2008,

By Kathleen Phillips
and Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

If Texas pecan growers and eaters are having to look hard for a kernel of good news this year, it is in the quality and nutrition the nut offers....

New studies confirm ethanol benefits 

Nov 3, 2008

Ethanol production has a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline, and production can grow substantially without diverting corn from food and animal feed, according to a pair of new studies....

S. Texas sesame acreage could double for 2009 

Oct 31, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

South Texas could see an increase in sesame production in 2009 and potential exists for a significant jump in acreage within the next five years, according to a crop consultant in the Coastal Bend area....

Cotton producers in Northern High Plains vote to continue boll weevil program 

Oct 31, 2008

The Texas Department of Agriculture announced today that cotton producers in the Northern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone have voted to continue program operations....

USDA production forecast indicates stronger sorghum, DDGS exports 

Oct 31, 2008

The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released a corrected U.S. Crop Production report Oct. 28....

Sesame fills gap in failed cotton fields 

Oct 30, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

When Claude Otahal lost a significant chunk of his 2008 cotton planting to early-season drought, he looked for a replant option that could tolerate the pre-emergence herbicide already applied and that would give him a better than average chance of making a crop and a profit in what had already started out as a dry year in the Texas Coastal Bend....

Hard freeze could reduce row crop yields in some areas 

Oct 30, 2008

Normally a hard freeze in late October or early November in Kansas comes too late to hurt row crop yields. ...

USDA scientist gives insight on climate change and its implications for world agriculture 

Oct 30, 2008

Plenty of media reports have been devoted to the subject of global climate change, but farmers and ranchers may still be wondering what the change means for how they´ll grow the food supply in coming years....

USDA corrects production report errors 

Oct 29, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A million acres too much here and there added up to an embarrassing moment for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in late October....

Wheat specialist gives guidelines for late planting and replanting 

Oct 29, 2008

Every producer hopes for a good, uniform stand of wheat by the end of October, but not everything goes perfectly every year....

Multi-Commodity Exchange is a unique educational opportunity  

Oct 29, 2008

The Multi-Commodity Exchange Program (MCEP), launched two years ago by the National Cotton Council, is proving to be a highly successful educational program as well as an American agriculture coalition-building effort....

Livestock Manure Management Conference slated Nov. 18 by K-State in Garden City 

Oct 29, 2008

Among the myriad challenges livestock producers face on a day-to-day basis, there is at least one constant – the issue of manure management, including capturing its full value....

Voluntary food safety regulations may prevent unwanted control 

Oct 28, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Segments of the U.S. produce industry are initiating self-regulating policies they hope will prevent government regulations they don’t want....

Texas AgriLife program saves growers millions while protecting water 

Oct 28, 2008,

By Rod Santa Ana
Texas A&M University

A highly successful soil testing program has helped Rio Grande Valley farmers save almost $2 million in fertilizer expenses while protecting a body of water critical to the ecology of South Texas, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service officials....

20th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference 

Oct 28, 2008

The 20th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be at the Hilton Inn & Conference Center in College Station, TX on December 3 & 4, 2008. ...

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