By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Grain prices are good, and look to stay up for a while, but the main cause most widely attributed to these prices — biofuels — is just not happening in the Southeast....
An ethanol-fueled spike in grain prices will likely hold, yielding the first sustained increase for corn, wheat and soybean prices in more than three decades, according to new research by two University of Illinois farm economists....
Corn harvest continued in Kentucky this past week, but remained behind schedule despite dry conditions. ...
A late-season outbreak of Asian soybean rust has been reported in South Carolina’s Dorchester and Hampton counties. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Looks like more of the same next year for U.S. grain producers. ...
Early reports from Alabama’s Tennessee Valley region are showing cotton yields ranging from 500 to 600 pounds per acre....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Virginia grain grower Dave Black has been no-till farming about as long as he’s been farming — and that’s most of his life. ...
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Volatility continues to be the name of the game in commodity markets, with the most recent supply and demand numbers giving a hint of what is yet to come, says Bob Goodman, Auburn University Extension economist....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Adding biofuels as a significant part of the U.S. energy equation “plays to America’s strengths,” says David Fleischaker, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy....
By J. Kent Messick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
North Carolina wheat growers faced a dilemma with regard to fertilizing their crop this past season. ...
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Farmers across Kentucky are dealing with corn down in the fields as a result of Hurricane Ike's remnants that hit the state last weekend. ...
Dry conditions prevailed across Kentucky and Tennessee last week allowing for harvest operations to continue, but winds from remnants of Hurricane Ike reportedly did major crop damage....
Large portions of the upper Southeast have received heavy rainfall over the last couple weeks. ...
No-till cropping systems have been such a success in Tennessee that sometimes growers take them for granted. ...
The beginning of cotton harvest was reported last week in Alabama’s Washington County, with growers in many areas busy applying defoliants with hopes of harvesting their crops within the next couple of weeks....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Sept. 12 crop report may have understated demand for corn, while over-estimating average corn and soybean yields, according to analysts at a CME Group press briefing....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s September crop report forecasts smaller U.S. corn and soybean crops and slightly larger cotton and rice production than last month. ...
Based on a survey of Georgia growers contacted around Sept. 1, crop yields for tobacco, cotton and corn all showed slight decreases from the previous month....
By Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia
Poultry litter usually draws attention for its smell. ...
Exciting new information will be available to growers this fall using the FIT mapping service from Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business. ...
Remnants of Hurricane Gustav moved through large portions of Kentucky and Tennessee last week, bringing some much needed rainfall to the two states....
Hurricane Hannah brought copious amounts of rainfall to most of the upper Southeast last week, with most areas being spared crop damage....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Farmers should examine the condition of their cornstalks, because this summer's dry weather may have caused them to deteriorate in strength, said Chad Lee, grain crops Extension specialist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture....
Early peanut and soybean harvest got under way this past week in the lower Southeast region, even though some growers were still assessing tropical storm damage. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Wheat production in the upper Southeast benefits from a stable of reliable fungicide products and research at the Eastern Virginia Agriculture Research and Extension Center (EVAREC) indicates both new and old wheat fungicides still work well. ...
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