By Jim Langcuster
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Spiking grain prices have inspired some producers to build grain bins for the first time ever or after a lapse of years to capitalize on these premium prices....
By Ann Perry
United States Department of Agriculture
Underground phosphorus deposits around the world are mined for use as a much-valued fertilizer. Now Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientists Ariel Szogi, Matias Vanotti and Patrick Hunt have found a way to “mine” the phosphorus in poultry manure....
Responding to President Bush's call for governments around the world to accelerate the development of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced USDA's wide-ranging initiative at the Washington International Energy Conference....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. winter fresh-market vegetable and melon area for harvest, which covers January through March, is expected to decline by 3 percent from that of a year earlier, according to the USDA’s latest Vegetables and Melons Outlook. This estimate does not include onions....
By Henry Dorough
Regional Extension Agent, Animal Science and Forages
and
Charles Mitchell
Extension Agronomist-Soils, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Today’s cattle producers are facing record-high fertilizer prices. Adding insult to injury, this is on top of two years of record-drought causing poor growth of pastures and hayfields. Because of this, farmers are shopping around for any cheap source of nitrogen (N) and praying for rain to bring their forages back to life. ...
The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association (NCPGA) is seeking eligible peanut producers to come forward who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. ...
Alabama’s beef producers have a new tool available thanks to a collaborative effort between the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association. The “Alabama Beef Cattle Pocket Guide” covers a wide range of topics crucial to successful management....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Stink bugs in the Southeast and plant bugs in the Mid-South have created problems for cotton growers who once thought these little critters were gone for good. The reasons for the dramatic rise in sucking bug pressure are varied, according to entomologists across the South....
The Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Vegetables has announced the vegetable marketing order put forward to Georgia growers passed by an 80 percent margin....
The North Carolina Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board has adopted a measure intended to stave off potential fuel shortages in the state....
The University of Tennessee Plateau Research and Education Center at Crossville will sell cattle from its herd on Friday, March 28, starting at 10:00 a.m. CDT....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In corn, as in all crops, herbicide resistance has become a major issue, and it’s one that must be weighed carefully as growers enter a new production year....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Memphis cotton merchant Joe Nicosia, CEO of Allenberg Cotton Co., told producers attending the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in Memphis that even though the impact of index funds on the market continues to baffle objective analysis, the outlook for cotton is rosy for 2009-10....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The pace of farm bill negotiations remains glacial. Even with Southern farmers’ planting windows sliding open, Congress and the White House seem unable to get unstuck from the rhetorical muck....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The number of farms in the United States continues to fall, while the average size of farms continues to grow, according to a report by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service....
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