By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Even though U.S. cotton is confronted with “challenging times,” particularly for gins and others in cotton’s infrastructure, “our industry must maintain these programs and keep them strong if U.S. cotton is to survive,” says Larry McClendon....
On Wednesday, September 30, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a rural community forum in Las Cruces, N.M., as part of the Obama Administration's Rural Tour. ...
A workshop focusing on wildlife management during a drought, including factors affecting wildlife because of drought, will be held on Wed., Oct. 7 at the Devine Community Center, 200 East Hondo Avenue, in Devine, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ...
According to new statistics released by American Farmland Trust's Farmland Information Center, local farmland protection efforts slowed in 2008, likely due to record high land values. ...
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Three Midwest senators have introduced legislation that would prevent EPA from penalizing U.S. corn and soybean growers for land use changes or potential land clearing for increased biofuel production in other countries....
Only a few days remain for Texas landowners to hit the first sign-up period cutoff of Sept. 30 for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which is a voluntary program that provides financial assistance to agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and adopt additional ones on their operations....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” That’s a phrase we’ve heard often enough, usually following a friend’s admission of doing something that can be characterized charitably as gross stupidity. ...
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
Fall is in the air, and with it comes the annual Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s cotton tours in Runnels and Tom Green counties, set Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 respectively....
By Jeffrey R. Stapper, County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
Rainfall has sure changed the landscape from what looked like a desert all summer long to now greening pastures and fields. ...
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Much of Texas received substantial rains in the past weeks, but nowhere was it more needed than in southwest Texas, said Dr. Jose Peña, Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist based at Uvalde....
Jeffrey R. Stapper, County Extension Agent-Ag/Natural Resources
The De-Go-La Resource Conservation and Development Inc., a nonprofit agency serving 16 counties, including Nueces, Live Oak, Bee, and San Patricio County has organized a Hay Lift program to help bring hay to South Texas at a reasonable price. ...
The Kansas and Oklahoma sections of the Society for Range Management (SRM) will host their joint 2009 annual meeting Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 8, in Alva, Okla. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A two-year project now under way by the National Council, Cotton Council International, and Cotton Incorporated is aimed at identifying and addressing critical issues that face the cotton industry near-term....
Health insurance costs are an ongoing and significant expense for farmers and ranchers and must be reduced so that they do not burden farm and ranch businesses with costs they cannot afford, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman told members of the Senate Finance Committee in a letter sent Monday....
The pain of recent record losses in the U.S. cattle feeding industry will not diminish soon, but tightening supplies could lead to a modest rebound in late 2010, according to agricultural economist James Mintert....
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