Feb 9, 2010 10:06 AM
Wallace L. (Wally) Darneille, a Lubbock, Texas, cooperative official, will serve as 2010 president of Cotton Council International, the National Cotton Council’s export promotions arm....
Feb 5, 2010 5:11 PM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
After three straight years of declines, U.S. cotton acreage could be headed back up, according to the National Cotton Council’s 27th annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey....
Feb 3, 2010 9:33 AM
Never before have Southeast and Mid-South agricultural producers faced so much risk and uncertainty prior to a season....
Feb 1, 2010 3:03 PM
Managing price risk can be a daunting task for cotton producers. ...
Feb 1, 2010 10:08 AM, By J. Faith Peppers, University of Georgia
Last year, most commodity prices dropped by 10 percent, leaving Georgia farmers facing their first significant decline in farm gate value in a decade. University of Georgia economists say 2010 should be a better year for them....
Jan 29, 2010 10:21 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The 2009 crop season was one to forget for cotton producers, but it’s unlikely that many will — at least not any time soon. With that, here’s one more look at the mostly ugly 2009 growing season, from Tennessee Extension Cotton Specialist Chris Main, speaking at the 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans....
Jan 29, 2010 10:02 AM, By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Herbicide resistant weeds, stinkbugs and a host of other pests get a lot of attention for their negative impact on crops in the Southeast. However, year in and year out, much less publicized nematodes are among the most destructive pests of cotton in the region....
News from the Farm BillHouse votes to suspend base acre provisionSep 26, 2008 9:14 AM The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits. ... Senators, ag secretary spar over ACRE provisionsSep 16, 2008 10:21 AM, By Forrest Laws A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill.... ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 15, 2008 9:34 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill, flooding: Economist Daryll RayJul 9, 2008 9:57 AM, By David Bennett After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation.... |
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