Cap and trade: Consider the risks 

Nov 2, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Whether writing for the Wall Street Journal or testifying before congressional committees, LSU economist Joseph Mason isn’t shy with his views regarding climate legislation....

Value-added program gets new name 

Nov 2, 2009,

By Leah Chester-Davis, North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University’s Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture became N.C. MarketReady on Oct. 20. ...

Will rye cover suppress pigweed? 

Oct 30, 2009,

By Dennis O'Brien, United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists may soon find a way to enhance the weed-killing capabilities of a cereal grain that enriches the soil when used as a winter cover crop....

Virginia growers expecting good harvest 

Oct 30, 2009

Virginia Farmers who grow corn, soybeans, cotton, hay and peanuts are expecting a successful fall harvest. ...

China intends to reopen market to U.S. pork 

Oct 30, 2009

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Oct. 29 that China intends to re-open the Chinese market to United States pork and live swine, consistent with science-based international standards....

CRP sign-up awaits environmental report 

Oct 29, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

With several unsettled issues including extensions and sign-ups, the Conservation Reserve Program was the subject of several questions from the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research earlier this month....

UT study predicts large biomass markets for Southeast 

Oct 29, 2009,

By Patricia McDaniels, University of Tennessee

A new economic study conducted by the University of Tennessee’s Bio-Based Energy Analysis Group has determined there are significant market opportunities for agriculture if Congress enacts a national renewable energy standard (RES) policy. ...

Georgia growers filling organic niche market 

Oct 29, 2009,

By Sharon Dowdy, University of Georgia

Of the more than 170,000 acres of Georgia farmland devoted to growing vegetables, only 3,000 acres are dedicated to growing organic produce. ...

South Carolina announces specialty crops grant 

Oct 29, 2009

Hugh Weathers, Commissioner of Agriculture, has announced that South Carolina is the recipient of a USDA Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) grant. ...

Progress made in resistant pigweed control 

Oct 28, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

As reports of herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth continue to spread throughout the Southeast, farmers are turning to hand labor to try to keep the pesky weeds at bay. ...

House bill tightens market oversight 

Oct 28, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Following deals and compromises that ended only shortly before the hearing began, the House Agriculture Committee has passed HR 3795 — more commonly known as the “derivatives oversight” legislation —by a bipartisan voice vote....

Conservation initiatives funds scrutinized 

Oct 28, 2009,

By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Broad conservation initiatives being undertaken by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) were given extra scrutiny at a hearing on the implementation of the farm bill’s conservation title....

USDA project benefits Iraqi agriculture 

Oct 28, 2009,

By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University

A U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded project being led by Texas A&M University has brought Iraqi agricultural personnel to Texas for training and to introduce them to new technologies and methods that may be applied in Iraq....

USDA conducting fruit chemical use survey 

Oct 28, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is conducting the USDA Fruit Chemical Use Survey. ...

AFBF 'cautiously optimistic' for agriculture 

Oct 27, 2009

Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...

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