Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging producers to learn about the new Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program before the August sign-up deadline....
By Margaret Lawrence
Auburn University
Improved grain prices over the last few years have lured many farmers back into grain production across Alabama and the nation. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Weather extremes have forced higher than expected abandonment and prevented plantings in cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas so far this spring....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
By the year 2050, the world population will have increased by some 3 billion souls, up to 9 billion people inhabiting this planet. ...
Two U.S. soybean farmers recently participated in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) fact-finding mission to Colombia, including United Soybean Board (USB) Communications Chair Vanessa Kummer, a farmer from Colfax, N.D....
The Cotton Forum could provide cotton producers with both a timely getaway from mid-season bugs and heat this season and get them up to speed on the latest cotton fundamentals and marketing opportunities....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton is a natural fiber — the most popular natural fiber in the world, but it’s not the natural choice, says Mark Messura, vice-president of the Global Product Supply Chain Division of Cotton Incorporated. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and 15 other senators are trying once again to break the stranglehold of Florida politics on agricultural trade with Cuba by passing legislation that would loosen the decades-old U.S. embargo....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When Jason Hodges finished planting his first crop of cotton last May he immediately left home in Emporia, Va., to return to Virginia Tech to pick up his degree in agriculture and applied economics....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In the Mid-South, spring weather has been more suited for catfish than cotton, with heavy and frequent rains thwarting every effort to shift planting into high gear. ...
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