Hurricane season mandates livestock care plan 

Jun 22, 2009

With Hurricane season officially under way, Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s Commissioner of Agriculture, is encouraging livestock owners to prepare for potential severe weather....

Camouflage promising against thrips in Florida tomatoes 

Jun 18, 2009,

By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture

It only takes a few minutes of feeding for thrips to transmit the virus that causes tomato spotted wilt disease (TSW), despite growers’ attempts to prevent such assaults with insecticide spraying....

Farmers encouraged to look at energy use 

Jun 18, 2009

About 40 Central Virginia farmers got insights into how to make their operations more energy efficient at a recent conference....

AFBF, counties fighting CWA legislation 

Jun 18, 2009

The nation’s county governments and farmers are partnering to oppose legislation to significantly expand the federal jurisdiction of The Clean Water Act (CWA)....

Kentucky imposes livestock restrictions 

Jun 18, 2009

Kentucky State Veterinarian Robert C. Stout has imposed restrictions on certain livestock entering the state from Nebraska and Texas as a result of outbreaks of tuberculosis in cattle in those states.
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World Food Prize Laureate announced 

Jun 18, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A Purdue University scientist who was born in a one-roomed thatched hut in Ethiopia and went on to become one of the world’s leading experts on sorghum has been named the recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize....

Ferrell named USDA deputy undersecretary 

Jun 18, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of John Ferrell, a native of Iowa and graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, as deputy undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at USDA....

Don't become farm accident statistic 

Jun 17, 2009,

By Aimee Nielson
University of Kentucky

Summer is a busy time for Kentucky farmers, and farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States....

Farm bill had high levels of support 

Jun 17, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 received more than 80 votes when it passed the U.S. Senate not once but three times after Congress voted to override then-President Bush’s two vetoes....

ASA seeks Young Leader applicants 

Jun 17, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business, are seeking applicants for the 2010 Young Leader Program. ...

CI launches new sustainability Web site 

Jun 17, 2009

Cotton Incorporated has launched a new sustainability-oriented Web site: http://CottonToday.cottoninc.com....

Georgia emerges from three-year drought 

Jun 16, 2009,

By David Stooksbury
University of Georgia

Thanks to one of the wettest springs in Georgia’s history, the drought that has gripped the state for three years has ended....

West Virginia agricultural grants available 

Jun 16, 2009

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has awarded nearly $90,000 in grants, during the current funding cycle, to 34 agricultural research and marketing improvement projects throughout West Virginia. ...

Late planting complicates soybean production 

Jun 15, 2009,

By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky

Soybean growers are full-speed ahead with planting, however, the wet spring has put many of them behind schedule....

Weather takes out more cotton acres 

Jun 15, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Weather extremes have forced higher than expected abandonment and prevented plantings in cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas so far this spring....

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