By Blair Fannin and Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has raised the nation’s corn production estimate to 12.3 billion bushels, an increase of 573 million bushels over the July crop estimate, according to data released Aug. 12. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Many peanut farmers may already be in compliance with a new conservation program included in the Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 2008 Farm Press Peanut Profitability Award winners included one former teacher, but all of the honorees are teachers in a sense, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory and advisor for the program....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
As it made landfall north of Galveston Aug. 5, Tropical Storm Edouard brought rain to many southeastern counties. ...
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
While Hurricane Dolly trashed the Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton crop, it failed for the most part to alleviate drought conditions in most of Texas. ...
The National Peanut Board (NPB) awarded Shannon Stoup, a graduate student at Oklahoma State University, the 2008 Dr. George Washington Carver Award at the American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
While many South Plains counties saw cotton hailed out, the crop is doing pretty well in the Rolling Plains, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mississippi has joined the big leagues of U.S. peanut production and is now considered a major peanut-producing state according to qualifications set forth by USDA and the National Peanut Board....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Armed with a degree in history and love for sports, William McElveen set out early in life to teach and coach. ...
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 10th annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla. ...
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