Kentucky schedules turfgrass field day 

Jul 8, 2009,

By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture will host a free Turfgrass Research Field Day July 9 at the Turf Research Center at Spindletop Farm in Lexington. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. EDT. ...

New allocations for dairy exports 

Jul 8, 2009,

By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Noting that other countries are showing no signs of reducing their export subsidies, USDA has announced the initial round of allocations under the Dairy Export Incentives Program for the period July 1 through June 30, 2010....

Agribusiness: Dimilin peanut label expanded 

Jul 8, 2009

Chemtura Crop Protection is pleased to announce that Dimilin 2L is now approved for control of the lesser cornstalk borer (LCB) in peanuts, giving growers a more convenient and cost-effective weapon for controlling the destructive pest this growing season. ...

Southern Peanut Growers Conference July 12-14 

Jul 7, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The 11th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference is scheduled for July 12-14, at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla. ...

Jim Bone selected to Sunbelt judging team 

Jul 7, 2009

Jim Bone of Valdosta, Ga., has been selected to his first three-year term as a member of the judging team for the 2009 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award....

Friday deadline for early corn yield entries 

Jul 7, 2009

Corn farmers have until Friday (July 10) for early entries in the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest....

Shook wins PPA for Southwest states 

Jul 6, 2009,

By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Weldon Shook has always wanted to farm. He grew up on a farm near Seagraves, Texas, and told his dad early on that he wanted to pursue that career....

Cotton industry worth bragging about 

Jul 6, 2009,

By Cary Blake, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Despite its naysayers, the U.S. cotton industry creates a positive environmental footprint worthy of bragging rights....

Disease pressure building in Mississippi peanuts 

Jul 6, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

One of the biggest benefits to growing peanuts in Mississippi has been the relative lack of disease pressure compared to other more established growing regions of the Southeast....

Disease can sneak up on Mississippi peanut producers 

Jul 6, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Earlier this year, more than 80 growers from Mississippi’s three major peanut-growing areas gathered in Hattiesburg, Miss., for the second annual Mississippi Peanut Growers Association meeting and short course. ...

Georgia crops suffering 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Brad Haire, University of Georgia

After rough spring weather, the heat is on. ...

Virginia Extension expands online presence 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Michael Sutphin, Virginia Tech University

Virginia Cooperative Extension has revamped its online presence with a new and improved website that connects citizens with the research-based knowledge at Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University....

Peanut Profitability Award winners named 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff

This past year was probably the most interesting year growers have seen in the history of peanut production, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards....

Markets watching weather 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer

Crop prices are beginning the annual meteorological reaction. ...

Livestock under heat stress 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Aimee Nielson, University of Kentucky

Recently Kentuckians have experienced some of the highest heat indices of the season....

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