May 15, 2008 9:22 AM, By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Even though springtime tree pollen covers much of Georgia now, Lynn Sosnoskie plans to track a different kind of pollen this summer, one that has the potential to spread the worst thing to hit Georgia cotton in decades....
May 14, 2008 9:39 AM, By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For growers in the Southeast with a history of continuous use of glyphosate-based and ALS-inhibiting herbicides, the question is not if, the question is when will resistant pigweed become a problem....
May 13, 2008 9:47 AM
Strong storms and wind across many areas of the Southeast lodged large acreages of wheat, but also brought much needed moisture during the week ending May 11....
May 13, 2008 9:42 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While extreme volatility and the threat of bank-busting margin calls is receiving much of the attention for today’s commodity market problems, lack of convergence is also a sticking point, according to farm leaders....
May 12, 2008 10:30 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After 6 hours and 34 minutes of testimony before the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, U.S. agriculture isn’t any closer to solving problems that surfaced in the commodity markets in early March, when extreme price volatility nearly paralyzed forward contracting of crops....
May 7, 2008 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Fed up with high fertilizer prices, more and more U.S. farmers are looking at poultry litter to feed their crops....
May 6, 2008 9:36 AM
Outside of areas slowed by rainfall, corn planting in the Southeast was pretty much complete during the week ending May 4, and much of the crop was up to a stand....
News from the Farm BillSenate passes farm bill by 81 - 15 voteMay 15, 2008 3:06 PM, By David Bennett The Senate was expected to pass a new farm bill by a wide margin on Thursday morning and that’s exactly what happened. ... House passes farm bill conference reportMay 15, 2008 9:58 AM, By Forrest Laws The House has passed the farm bill conference report by a vote of 318-106, giving farm organizations a major victory over the national news media and environmental and social activist groups who waged a war against it.... Environmental groups try to sink farm billMay 14, 2008 11:12 AM, By Forrest Laws Environmental and social action groups were making a last-ditch effort to derail the 2008 farm bill conference report as the House of Representatives and the Senate prepared to debate and vote on the measure.... Farm bill conferees lambaste press coverageMay 13, 2008 9:30 AM, By David Bennett On May 8, the farm bill still wasn’t finished but was close enough that the main political players lined up to backslap and announce the latest provisions. ... |
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