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May 8, 2012
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On The Farm: Tyron Spearman discusses peanut consumption and impact on the peanut market

Tyron Spearman, executive director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association and chairman of the America Peanut Council, discusses the increase in peanut consumption and its impact on the peanut market on On The Farm....More
May 22, 2012
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U.S. corn planting nears completion for 2012

The 2012 planting season is almost over, with 96 percent of U.S. corn acres already planted, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Monday, May 21....More
May 18, 2012
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Delta Farm Press

One of the fastest deals ever: A new $6.5 million cotton gin in east Mississippi

Eleven days — that’s all it took for a group of east Mississippi cotton growers to go from talking stage to a signed, sealed, and financed deal to build a spanking new $6.5 million state of the art cotton gin in Noxubee County....More
May 22, 2012
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Farmers, ranchers face skin cancer risk 2

To encourage sun safety awareness and remind everyone to protect their skin while outdoors, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has declared May 25 — the Friday before Memorial Day — as “Don’t Fry Day.”...More
May 21, 2012
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Soybean growers facing kudzu bug control decisions in May

Since the kudzu bug showed up on soybeans in Georgia, South Carolina and parts of our state in 2010-2011, there has not been a reported infestation on a commercially planted soybean field until the first generation kudzu bug adults have developed....More
May 22, 2012
Article

Ethanol study points to major savings at the gas pump 1

Several years ago, a study produced by Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development found that, between 2000 and 2010, the benefits of ethanol included reducing U.S. wholesale gasoline prices by nearly 28 cents per gallon nationwide....More
May 17, 2012
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Georgia agronomist exploring vertical farming concept

University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental doctoral student Erico Rolim de Mattos foresees a world where exploding human populations, global climate change and land over-development has rendered mankind incapable of producing enough food to sustain humanity....More
May 21, 2012
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North Carolina thrips populations ‘all over the map’

Depending on location, planting date and moisture level, thrips populations and their threat to cotton was all over the map last week....More
May 8, 2012
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Senate farm bill version reflects lean times

: “We’re in lean times and things are going to get less generous.”...More
May 17, 2012
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Corn growers want public comment on extended trading hours

In a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Corn Growers Association has requested a 30-day public comment period before the grain traders are allowed 22-hour-per-day electronic trading of grain and oilseed futures contracts....More
May 17, 2012
Article
Western Farm Press

New Lipan pecan variety offers good yield, disease resistance 2

The new pecan variety Lipan — released as a trial variety last July — is a large, high-quality nut which generates excellent yields and improved disease resistance....More
May 18, 2012
Article

It’s raining thrips in Tennessee

Actually, thinking of thrips as raining from the sky is pretty accurate and we are getting a pretty good flood in most areas....More
May 17, 2012
Article

Thrips action heating up in north Alabama cotton

Many cotton acres in north Alabama are being treated for thrips as large numbers move from grass to cotton plants in the first to second true leaf stage....More
May 9, 2012
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Thrips remain an early-season concern for cotton producers

Research efforts between the Lower Southeast land-grant colleges of the University of Georgia, Clemson University and Auburn University continue to focus on thrips injury on early season cotton and how to avoid it....More
May 16, 2012
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Kudzu bugs hitting South Carolina soybeans early

Kudzu bugs are a new pest from China and though they are spreading rapidly from south to north, heavy populations apparently have decided to stay in South Carolina....More
May 15, 2012
Article
Delta Farm Press

Record cotton stocks overwhelm market

It’s hard for the cotton market to ignore nearly 74 million bales of supply....More
May 3, 2012
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South Carolina grower finds flax production takes commitment

Growing flax is a little like jumping out of an airplane in that you had better be prepared and you had better be committed, says Pamplico, S.C., farmer and agri-businessman Tom Kemp....More
Apr. 30, 2012
Article

Grain sorghum an option for Carolina, Virginia growers

North Carolina-based grain company, Murphy-Brown, is pushing grain production in the Carolinas in 2012, and they are putting money on the table to make it happen....More
May 14, 2012
Article

Cotton market takes it on the chin 1

Dreadful supply/demand news hammered cotton prices May 10-11....More
May 14, 2012
Article

Corn market direction beginning to unfold

The USDA’s projections of U.S. and world corn and feed grain supply-and-demand conditions presented in the May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report set the benchmark by which the corn market will judge unfolding events....More
May 16, 2012
Article

Horseweed causing bigger headaches for cotton, soybean growers

In the social sciences, they call it unintended consequences, in the military, collateral damage — good intentions gone awry....More
May 14, 2012
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Shading helps south Georgia peppers beat the heat 1

As the seasons turn, commercial bell pepper growers in the Southeast share a common foe: the sun....More

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