By Kim Anderson, Extension Economist, Oklahoma State University
The good news is that wheat prices tend to bottom out in August. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Breeding wheat varieties isn’t a quick proposition. Each takes about 10 to 12 years to develop and they tend to last only about five years before a change in disease races or other factors make them less competitive....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Edgar Woods talks most farmers pay attention. Woods is one of the top grain marketing experts in the Southeast, and he says the outlook is especially good for soybeans, but there appears to be good demand for corn and wheat for 2009 and on into 2010....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Growers incorporating on-farm storage into their grain production, management, and marketing programs, need to be aware of the long-term consequences of pest damage in stored grain, says Jason Ward, Mississippi State University Extension associate agricultural engineer....
The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) will hold its late-season field crops tour during the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 15. ...
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Hard to control common chickweed may be a little tougher than before, as it becomes more likely this pesky pest has developed multiple resistance to several commonly used herbicides....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
On-farm grain storage can offer growers several potential advantages: Gaining early market premiums; improved market flexibility; reduced risk of severe weather; aflatoxin reduction; early fall tillage; improved management of the farm operation, and more timely harvesting....
By Michael Sutphin, Virginia Tech University
Small-grain farmers across the Commonwealth will remember a leader in their profession every time they grow a new wheat variety named Merl, which was recently released by Virginia Tech....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Grain storage entrapments/deaths don’t get much attention in the media because they don’t happen often (a farmer is more likely to be in an vehicle- or farm equipment-related accident), they aren’t high profile, and there has been little university interest and no funded research into numbers/causes....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Early in his farming career Summerton, S.C., grower Chris Cogdill sold a good corn crop for $1.75 a bushel while his father stored his corn and sold it that winter for $3.20 bushel. ...
By Carol Spence, University of Kentucky
Farmers often can look over their fields at specific times of the year and tell from the crop's color whether or not it needs nitrogen. ...
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture wants the state’s organic food producers, processors and handlers to take advantage of cost share assistance to help pay for organic certification before federal funding ends on Sept. 29....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A recent survey by the Virginia Small Grain Growers Association indicates farmers there would plant more wheat, if the price was consistently in the $4 per bushel range....
The Betts brothers of Harnett County, N.C., grew up raising tobacco and, in 1991, assumed management of their father’s farm. ...
During July's annual meeting of the Virginia Small Grains Board, held in Richmond, 25 potential projects were presented to the Board with requests for funds. ...
Now in his 41st year as a farmer, Billy Bain of Dinwiddie, Va., is a diversified row crop and beef cattle producer. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Aug. 12 corn crop production estimate is likely too low and forecasts for corn use and exports too high, which will add even more bearishness to corn once the information is digested by the market, according to Richard Feltes, an analyst with MF Global, speaking at a CME Group press briefing....
Thomas DuRant of Gable, S.C., has developed a remarkable farming record. ...
The first forecast of Georgia's row crops for 2009 indicate yields will be up for cotton, corn and soybeans. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A record U.S. soybean crop is in the making, and U.S. corn producers are on the way to producing the second largest crop on record, according to USDA’s Aug. 12 Crop Production report. ...
During his 27 years of working as an independent farmer, Richard Atkinson of Belvidere, Tenn., has developed an outstanding row crop operation. ...
By Margaret Lawrence, Auburn University
Successful grain producers are firm believers in prevention as the first defense against pests in their grain bins. ...
By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky
Fusarium head blight, also known as "head scab," was widespread in Kentucky winter wheat fields during the past growing season....
Family farming is important for Donald Gant of Merigold, Miss. ...
A Spanish-speaking Kentuckian who grows corn that’s made into premium sour mash bourbon has developed a diversified farming operation during a 26-year farming career....
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