Newsom Joins TGSP staff 

Mar 16, 2009

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers is pleased to welcome Morgan Newsom on staff as the new South Plains Producer Relations Coordinator....

Farmers’ enthusiasm not missing during what’s likely to be challenging year 

Mar 13, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

I should no longer be surprised — but I am. In a year in which commodity prices promise less than excellent returns and rainfall is little more than a distant memory and production costs continue to hover around merely outrageous, farmers remain upbeat about the possibilities....

Consultant offers tips for utilizing first-calf heifers 

Mar 13, 2009

With the 2009 calving season nearing, Robert Wells, Ph.D., a Livestock Consultant with The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, offers cattle producers a few tips for improving the life and production of replacement, first-calf heifers....

Soybean checkoff remains fiscally responsible 
through sound investments 

Mar 13, 2009

Farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) and the soybean checkoff met last week to set funding priorities for the 2010 fiscal year. ...

Higher ethanol projection reduces corn stocks estimates 

Mar 12, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Higher gasoline prices might not be good for the travel industry, but it sure seems to be good for corn fundamentals. ...

Rains come, but drought persists 

Mar 12, 2009,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Concern, anxiety, worry, care, desperation. Whatever you want to call it, farmers and ranchers have much more of it than moisture as the drought continues, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel from throughout the state....

Producers should plan ahead under new rules  

Mar 12, 2009

Producers who anticipate the possibility of planting grain sorghum or other crops behind failed first crops this season should be aware of new rules pertaining to crop insurance under the 2008 farm bill....

Drought seminar slated for Coastal Bend growers 

Mar 12, 2009,

By Rod Santa Ana
Texas A&M University

A drought strategy seminar has been scheduled to help Coastal Bend growers address their planting options, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....

Vilsack announces first steps in stimulus spending 

Mar 11, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA will begin making $145 million in direct operating loans to farmers as one of the first steps in distributing the $28 billion earmarked for the Department in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....

Drip irrigation project yields promising results 

Mar 11, 2009,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Subsurface drip irrigation was able to produce up to four bales of cotton per acre with less water than conventional irrigation methods at the Texas AgriLife Research station near Chillicothe....

Conservation leader expresses disappointment at Supreme Court ruling disapproving bond issue 

Mar 11, 2009

“Extremely disappointing.” That is how Trey Lam, President of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts described the ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that voided the $25 million bond issue passed last legislative session to repair damage to conservation infrastructure throughout the state of Oklahoma, including several severely damaged flood control structures....

A new group launches a campaign to promote corn to Washington policymakers 

Mar 11, 2009

When corn prices spiked last year, big food manufacturers and oil companies claimed there wasn’t enough corn to feed everyone and make ethanol. ...

Obama may change directions on direct payment proposals 

Mar 10, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Obama administration appears to be having second thoughts about its proposal to phase out direct payments to agribusinesses with sales of more than $500,000 and replace them with “green” payments....

New Agriculture secretary finding changing farm programs in midstream may be a tough sell 

Mar 10, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is trying to sell commodity groups on the idea of replacing traditional farm programs with so-called green payments or carbon credits. ...

Swine running wild in Texas root up more than $50 million in damages 

Mar 10, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Feral hogs are running, well, hog wild in Texas. ...

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