U.S. soybean farmers received an additional $2.5 billion in net returns over the last four years due to the biodiesel industry’s demand for soybean oil, a new study funded by the United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff shows....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Last March 25 I sat in a crowded banquet hall at The Northwood Club in Dallas and listened to Dr. Norman Borlaug speak humbly but eloquently about what the agriculture industry must do to feed the world....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
For the most part, Mother Nature has provided U.S. commodity producers with a good mix of moisture and sunshine this season, resulting in projected records for soybean production and corn yield. ...
According to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office, peanut production in the state is forecast at 1.75 billion pounds, compared with last year’s 2.33 billion pounds....
By Jim Langcuster, Auburn University
Literally and figuratively speaking, the farming landscape has changed radically since the first East Alabama Cotton Tour was held in 1978....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The thorny issue of immigration reform may get pricklier before it gets better, and Congress may have a narrow window of opportunity to make meaningful changes in a system that has not worked well for years before the cycle of national elections makes passing any contentious issue even more difficult....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. soybean crop continues to build toward a new record, along with expected record yields for several southern states, according to USDA’s Sept. 11 Crop Production Report. ...
By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct seven listening sessions over the next several weeks to garner public input on the agency’s proposed National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (NLGMA)....
Norman E. Borlaug, who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding and disease-resistant wheat used to prevent famine in developing countries throughout the world, has died. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following the naming of Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, a wide swath of the U.S. agricultural sector weighed in....
By Dale Miller, Editor, National Hog Farmer
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a press conference Sept. 10 with the intended purpose of explaining the USDA’s preparedness to handle the potential onset H1N1 influenza this fall. ...
When market prices for agricultural commodities skyrocketed to record highs in 2008, so did prices for inputs such as fertilizer, fuel and seed. ...
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust has made its way into the Carolinas about on schedule — too late to do much damage....
By Mary Lou Peter, Kansas State University
The pain of recent record losses in the U.S. cattle feeding industry will not diminish soon, but tightening supplies could lead to a modest rebound in late 2010, according to agricultural economist James Mintert....
By Ginger Trice, University of Tennessee
In Tennessee, many soybean fields are looking good this year, but experts say more cases of Sudden Death Syndrome are showing up which means there could be trouble below in the form of soybean cyst nematodes....
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