As a child, Orelan Johnson of England, Ark., was kept busy on his family farm chopping cotton. ...
To showcase research and its importance to the agricultural industry in its region, the University of Georgia Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville, Ga., will have a field day Aug. 19....
The National Corn Growers Association is now distributing application materials for members interested in working on an NCGA action team or committee....
Farmers and landowners will not be able to use carbofuran, an insecticide sold under the trade name Furadan, after Dec. 31, according to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries....
By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky
Agricultural technology is rapidly growing and improving as farmers across the nation look for ways to increase profits. ...
The latest agricultural research trends will be on display Aug. 6 at the 2009 Virginia Ag Expo at J.N. Mills & Sons Farm in Hanover County....
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has been made aware that cool, damp conditions have encouraged significant outbreaks of fungi on barley and wheat crops throughout the Mid-Atlantic region....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farming 2,500 or so acres of grain crops comes natural for Hannover, Va., brothers Clay and Robbie Newcomb — they are following a family tradition of excellence established by the grandfather and nurtured by the father, J.M. Newcomb....
“The Importance of Trade in an Uncertain World” was the theme of the U.S. Grains Council’s 49th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting. ...
“I don’t think there is any question. You have to have a strong export market,” said Jim Hansen of U.S. Grains Council member POET to producers, agribusiness representatives and other agriculturalists at the Council's 49th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in San Diego, Calif. ...
Attendees of the U.S. Grains Council’s Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in San Diego, Calif., got a closer look at international markets this week....
The U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization building profitability for U.S. farmers through export market development, has partnered with the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) for nearly 50 years. ...
The National Corn Growers Association is pleased the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow farmers the ability to improve upon the environmental benefits from biotechnology corn. ...
By Margaret Lawrence, Auburn University
A new insect trap network is now in place across Alabama, providing farmers and producers with a valuable tool in their battles against insect pests....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Andrew Young is best known as a Civil Rights Leader and Clergyman, but he began his college career planning to be a biologist, then a botanist — in hopes of helping the World feed itself one day....
Guy Davenport of Creswell, N.C., has been elected to the board of directors of the National Corn Growers Association....
It's time for the biennial showcase in Princeton of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture's latest research and Extension work — work that is not only conducted on its western Kentucky research station, but throughout the entire college. ...
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, and Beck's Hybrids have announced they have entered into research and distribution agreements to bring additional corn and soybean products to growers in the marketplace. ...
By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The adoption of biotechnology, export expansion, and supplier reliability are crucial components to further bolster the U.S. wheat industry — a $16.5 billion economic powerhouse in 2008....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Virginia wheat growers have seen a rapid development of new mildew races. ...
New mathematical models developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists and colleagues could eventually help farmers use climate patterns to predict corn yields....
Corn farmers have until Friday (July 10) for early entries in the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest....
By Brad Haire, University of Georgia
After rough spring weather, the heat is on. ...
By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer
Crop prices are beginning the annual meteorological reaction. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA may have estimated record soybean acreage for 2009, but the estimate was actually a million acres less than what the trade was expecting, according to analysts speaking at a CME Group press briefing on USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage report. Conversely, USDA’s estimate of corn acres was 3 million acres higher than expectations....
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