By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
The state's winter wheat acreage likely will decrease this year because of high input costs and lower commodity prices, said specialists with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture....
The National Corn Growers Association and several of its state affiliates have prepared a computer program that performs detailed benefit analysis of producer operations under traditional farm programs versus the new optional Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program....
Soybean harvest in Kentucky and Tennessee reached the half way point last week as fairly open weather prevailed over the two states....
In the year ahead, U.S. farmers will probably continue to realize fairly strong cash receipts, but by the same token they will see significant increases in input costs. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Three relatively new corn herbicides, Callisto, Impact and Laudis, all from the hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-inhibiting family of chemistry offer growers some highly efficient options for managing corn weeds and grasses and at the same time help reduce herbicide resistance problems....
Corn and tobacco harvests in North Carolina were nearing completion last week as parts of the state received the first frost of the season....
By Austin Hagan
Auburn University
Extension Plant Pathologist
Alabama saw a sizable upturn in 2008 in the acreage of wheat grown for grain. ...
Light rains slowed the Alabama crop harvest this past week as cotton picking lagged last year’s pace by nearly 10 percent and was 4 percent behind the five-year average....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A big question circulating among farmers these days seems to be: Will I make enough money in 2008 to be able to afford the risks involved in raising a crop in 2009....
The National Corn Growers Association began its new fiscal year Oct. 1 with a record membership of 35,046 growers from 47 states and two foreign countries....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While rainfall from tropical storms has been beneficial to some areas of the Southeast this year, other areas remain dry. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Louisiana has lost over 35 percent of its cotton crop to hurricanes and other weather maladies, according to USDA’s Oct. 10 crop production report....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sorghums — grain, sweet and forage — offer unique opportunities as efficient, adaptable and drought tolerant feedstocks for biofuel production....
Farming in a rapidly urbanizing area has its challenges, and Jerry Ray of Tullahoma, Tenn., has found a way to make farming work in such a challenging environment....
Kentucky and Tennessee growers spent last week gathering corn and soybean crops that were cut a little short by dry weather during the growing season. ...
Kendall “Kent” Wannamaker of St. Matthews, S.C., is proof that a farmer can get a strong start in farming by renting land for growing crops, even with little in the way of initial financial resources. ...
A combination of recent rainfall and a delayed planting season last spring has Virginia growers running to catch up with harvest. ...
A week of dry weather allowed lower Southeast growers to make rapid progress with cotton harvest. ...
Kentucky farmers harvested 32.7 million bushels of winter wheat in the summer of 2008, according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service....
Dry weather continued over Kentucky and Tennessee last week, allowing crop harvest to move ahead quickly....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The National Grain and Feed Association says forcing managed index and pension funds to “take delivery” on commodities such as wheat may be one way to solve the lack of convergence on Chicago Board of Trade futures contracts....
Rainfall from a storm that developed off the East Coast brought rainfall to many areas of the upper Southeast last week, slowing harvest operations but bringing much needed moisture for forages and land destined for small grains....
Small grain plantings for 2008 progressed at a normal pace in the fall of 2007, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. ...
A dry week across the lower Southeast region allowed crop harvest to push ahead, even though the droughty conditions led to other problems....
By Peter Hull
Clemson University
Many growers across South Carolina have felt like they were on a roller coaster ride during the last two years, but smoother times are around the corner, according to a leading commodities broker....
Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next
advertisement
This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
(New Course)Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. This online CE accredited course details how best to use this new mode of action insecticide in intensive vegetable production. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and by state agencies for licensed applicators in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
(New Course)This online accredited course focuses on Calcium, an important plant nutrient in fertilizer management for maximum, healthy plant development as well as disease and pest prevention. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and for licensed applicators in licensed Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Credit applications are pending in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington.
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
