Kentucky wheat field day is May 20 

May 13, 2008,

By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture’s annual wheat field day will be Tuesday, May 20, amid a background of high wheat prices and high production costs....

WASDE report is bullish for soybeans 

May 12, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Prospects for continued wet weather in major U.S. growing regions and lower-than-expected ending stocks add up to bullish news for soybeans. ...

Soybean prices heading to $16? 

May 12, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Soybean prices might head toward $16 per bushel this summer and could pull other grain prices to higher ground as well, according to Jon Marcus, Lakefront Futures and Options, Chicago, Ill....

Commodity markets under review 

May 12, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

After 6 hours and 34 minutes of testimony before the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, U.S. agriculture isn’t any closer to solving problems that surfaced in the commodity markets in early March, when extreme price volatility nearly paralyzed forward contracting of crops....

Farm bill war of words escalates 

May 12, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says the farm bill conference report Congress will consider in the next few days would cost taxpayers another $20 billion above baseline spending for the long-awaited legislation....

House, ag leaders seek farm bill veto override votes 

May 9, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report....

Peanut variety choice looms large 

May 9, 2008,

By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer

As competition from other crops increases, variety choice is looming as a very important management tool to make peanuts more profitable....

Kentucky wheat growers get 'crisis exemption' 

May 9, 2008

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a crisis exemption allowing Kentucky wheat farmers to apply Folicur 3.6F from May 1 through May 15....

Peach field day set May 22 in Attapulgus, Ga. 

May 9, 2008

Peaches come in many varieties. Anyone who wants to see the latest and best to grow in the Southeast should go to the Florida-Georgia Twilight Peach Field Day May 22 at 5 p.m. at the University of Georgia Research and Education Center in Attapulgus, Ga....

Conferees to announce farm bill agreement 

May 8, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package....

Efficient seed use critical in double-crop beans 

May 8, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Soybean seed in some of the most popular varieties is in short supply in the upper Southeast. ...

Alabama to conduct grain storage workshop 

May 8, 2008,

By Margaret Lawrence
Auburn University

High prices have lured farmers across Alabama into growing wheat this year — with acreage reaching a 27-year high. ...

Russia to import U.S. livestock 

May 8, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the United States will begin exporting breeding cattle, bovine embryos; breeding, fattening and slaughter swine; and breeding and sport horses to Russia....

USAID tops $1.39 billion in emergency food aid 

May 8, 2008

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing assistance in response to the increase in food prices worldwide. ...

Growers search for alternative fertilizers 

May 7, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Fed up with high fertilizer prices, more and more U.S. farmers are looking at poultry litter to feed their crops....

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