Seven weeks earlier - First Mid-South ASR case of the year in Louisiana kudzu 

Jun 11, 2007,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Asian soybean rust has been discovered in an Iberia Parish kudzu patch in south Louisiana. Also the location for the first Mid-South case of ASR in 2006, the latest find was 53 days earlier this year....

Notes of concern, ridicule: All are much appreciated 

Jun 11, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Okay, the commentary about my aching back and painful shoulder was not intended to elicit pity. Well, maybe a little....

Long lines at gasoline pump result from ethanol promo 

Jun 8, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Yogi Berra might have described the scene as déjà vu all over again—cars lined up for half a block or more, two abreast, waiting to reach the gas pumps. Anyone old enough recalled the long lines of frustrated drivers back in the 1970s, when an Arab oil embargo created shortages and sent gasoline prices higher than anyone imagined they could go....

Cotton Forum July 12-13 

Jun 8, 2007,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The opening is seconds away, and traders are already shouting across the pit and scrumming for position. When the bell rings, a game of mental rugby begins....

Two new laws will help Texas agriculture 

Jun 8, 2007

The Texas legislature recently passed two bills that may help the state’s agricultural interests, according to State Senator Kel Seliger....

Even with significant spring rainfall drought effects linger in SW Texas 

Jun 8, 2007,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Southwest Texas received more than twice the usual long-term average rainfall in May and the region moved to 125 percent of the year-to-date cumulative average....

New Pierce’s disease research facility will open in Fredericksburg June 14  

Jun 8, 2007

A new research facility designed to help Texas wine-grape producers manage Pierce’s disease, the biggest threat to the industry, will celebrate its grand opening June 14 in Fredericksburg....

Bollgard II natural refuge approved 

Jun 8, 2007,

By Forrest Laws and Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton producers from Texas to the East Coast can begin relying on a “natural refuge” to help forestall the development of insect resistance to the Bollgard II gene after EPA approved a request for such an option from Monsanto....

Weeds need watching in newly planted cotton 

Jun 7, 2007,

By Vic Schoonover
NTOK Cotton

Weeds need watching, says J.C. Banks, Oklahoma State University Extension state cotton specialist....

Crop biotechnology coexistence seminar scheduled June 12-13  

Jun 7, 2007

Texas Rural Mediation Services, a division of the Texas Dispute Resolution System, in conjunction with the Monsanto Company, will host a crop biotechnology coexistence seminar in Kerrville, Texas, at the YO Ranch Resort June 12 and 13. The seminar will focus on the aspects of organic and genetically modified farming practices and how these methods of farming can coexist....

Texas crop and weather 

Jun 7, 2007

Heavy rains in many areas of the state benefitted row crops, greened up pastures, but delayed hay harvests and planting of some crops, reported Texas Cooperative Extension agents....

U.S. cotton industry needs a renaissance, Lewis says 

Jun 6, 2007,

By Patrick Shepard

Editor’s Note: H.L. “Hal” Lewis, cotton breeder and former director of research for Cotton Incorporated, recently was inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame. Lewis discussed with freelance writer Patrick Shepherd the future of the cotton industry.

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U.S., Mexican officials discuss trade issues in consultative committee on agriculture 

Jun 6, 2007

The United States and Mexico recently held the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA), following renewal of the bilateral forum by the two governments in March 2007.<...

Making replant decisions in cotton 

Jun 6, 2007

Making replant decisions is always difficult for those who have either lost a newly planted crop, or suffered extensive damage to fields....

New Zealand leader says world losing patience on Doha Round 

Jun 5, 2007,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Many farmers may be content to let Doha Round negotiators continue to engage in an endless war of words that do not seem to be moving them any closer to a new World Trade Organization agreement....

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