By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The old saying that what goes up must come down is proving to be true once again in agriculture. ...
For agricultural economist Carl Anderson, the big question over the last year has been whether pogo-ing crop prices indicated a structural shift or just short-term adjustments....
By Carol L. Spence
University of Kentucky
Though the increase in Kentucky’s farm cash receipts for 2008 won't match 2007's double-figure increase, it will rise 7 percent to $4.7 billion, continuing a two-year record-breaking trend....
Lower future prices and a recurring basis problem at Southeast and Mid-South grain elevators may have taken some of the luster off soft red winter wheat. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Planting decisions in 2009 in the Southeast will likely be made later than at any time in recent history. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When University of Georgia Weed Scientist Stanley Culpepper, and his mentor North Carolina State Weed Scientist Alan York, first documented glyphosate resistant pigweed in cotton and soybeans, one of their biggest fears was multiple herbicide resistance in the same weed....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Every corn grower's nightmare is to wake up to a field of downed corn caused by stalk rot. ...
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Row-crop harvest is winding down in Georgia. Farmers don’t know yet exactly how much corn, cotton, peanuts and soybeans they’ve produced....
Ceres, Inc. has announced it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry. ...
By Kim Anderson
Extension Economist
Oklahoma State University
The good news is that the 2009 U.S. winter wheat crop has been planted and that planted acres are expected to be less than last year. ...
National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce the winners of its 2008 NSP Yield and Management Contest. Contestants entered the contest in one of five production categories, and each entry must have harvested for contest purposes a plot of at least five contiguous sorghum acres. ...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amendments to the Chicago Board of Trade’s wheat futures contract. ...
Corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers who attend the 14th Annual Commodity Classic, Feb. 26-28, in Grapevine, Texas, will “discover bright horizons.” ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Dealing with “surplus” stocks of commodities has often been a contentious issue for farmers and government officials, but USDA appears to have found a way to move those stocks without having an adverse impact on crop prices....
USDA forecast 2009 U.S. agricultural exports at $98.5 billion on Dec. 1, down $14.5 billion from August and $17 billion below record 2008 sales. ...
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Vann and Tabatha Wooten work hard to grow crops in environmentally friendly ways that conserve the resources on their farm in Hazelhurst, Ga. ...
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program board of directors was sworn in by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Shafer recently in Washington, D.C....
The 2009 Commodity Classic general session will feature a lively lineup highlighted by entertainers Mark Mayfield and Sam Glenn. Commodity Classic, the premier convention and trade show of the U.S. corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum industries will be held Feb. 26-28 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. ...
By Natalie Hampton
North Carolina State University
The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a Conservation Innovation Grant to North Carolina State University to support development and education of a cover crop and no-till production method for organic grains....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
The price of corn has plummeted since it peaked this summer at around $7 a bushel. ...
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
This time last year, Southeastern growers were scrambling to find wheat seed as the market soared....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Now is the time for some good farmers to come to the aid of their farming infrastructure, though, as one farm economist stresses, the operative word here is some....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A broad coalition of food industry, environmental and other “grassroot” organizations are calling on President-elect Barack Obama and Congress to enact legislation phasing out subsidies for ethanol production....
By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agricultural biotechnology is making substantial footholds in small and large countries worldwide and must remain a part of sustainable agriculture so farmers and consumers can reap the benefits....
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