By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton acreage may be down a bit in the Southeast, but cotton yields look like a sure bet to increase in 2009....
The 13th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference, Southern Corn and Soybean Conference, and the Southern Precision Agriculture Conference will be joined in 2010 by the newly-organized Southern Field Crop Alliance....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Excessive rainfall in September and October has reduced yield, hurt quality and frustrated cotton harvest efforts in the Mid-South and portions of the Southeast....
By Jim Langcuster, Auburn University
We've all heard the saying, "Too much of a good thing can be…"...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Extremes of weather throughout the growing and harvest seasons have prompted USDA to lower projections for the 2009 U.S. cotton crop. ...
By James Langcuster, Auburn University
For many farmers, it's the ultimate monkey wrench — something that is not only making farming more expensive — but is even forcing some to rethink how they farm....
As quickly as cash disappeared from dairy farms in 2009, so too did forward contracts for feed. But a turnaround is likely for whole fuzzy cottonseed, according to senior cottonseed merchandiser Becky Butzler of Cottonseed LLC, La Crosse, Wis....
By Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers
The USDA objective yield survey results collected between Sept. 24 and Oct. 6 have lowered 2009-crop cotton yield expectations and dropped projected cotton production in the Texas High Plains region by 330,000 bales....
Based on a survey of Georgia growers contacted around Oct. 1, corn yields were down slightly from September....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Excessive rainfall in September is eroding yield expectations for Mid-South corn and cotton crops, according to USDA’s Oct. 9 Crop Production Report....
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