By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite a drought that is well into its third year, growers in the lower Southeast are expecting mostly better yields this year than in 2007, thanks primarily to some well-timed rainfall over the region, according to this year’s first crop production forecast from the National Agricultural Statistics Service....
By April Sorrow
University of Georgia
A grand re-opening ceremony, complete with a field day, was held recently at the Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville, Ga....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It is not without irony that, at a time when cotton acres have fallen drastically and newer varieties have smaller, less-weightier seed, demand for cottonseed is exceptionally strong and prices are high....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Kendall Hill is a third generation sweet potato farmer in Kinston, N.C. Never before in the history of Tull Hill Farms has efficiency been so critical to survival, he says....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Talk about your no-win situations. That’s what the Bush administration found itself in the Doha Round negotiations that collapsed when China and India demanded the United States make “unacceptable” concessions on market access and farm subsidies....
Portions of South Carolina received appreciable rain from Tropical Storm Fay last week, but most growers in North Carolina and Virginia were not so fortunate....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“Right now, in a lab somewhere in the Far East, a worker is putting in 12-hour days, making every effort possible to find the perfect polyester fiber that will substitute for your cotton....
Tropical Storm Fay was the big story in the lower Southeast this past week as most of the area received copious amounts of rainfall, and in some cases, damaging winds. ...
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The huge increases in U.S. grain production only highlight the need for a strong program for maintaining and upgrading the nation’s systems of locks and dams to facilitate barge transportation on the Mississippi River and inland waterways, says producer-ginner R.D. James, A.C. Riley Cotton Co., New Madrid, Mo....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying....
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