Input costs pushing farm risk levels higher 

Jul 18, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The same corn prices that many experts said would settle in at $4 per bushel or so edged up to near that level as summertime approached. ...

Family pioneers use of plasticulture in Stokes County, N.C. 

Jul 18, 2008

This year, Ricky Fulk and his family planted 32 acres of vegetables on black plastic with drip irrigation. ...

Kentucky wheat yields outstanding 

Jul 18, 2008,

By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky

The recent 2008 wheat harvest has been a textbook example for producing outstanding to near record breaking yields for Kentucky producers, according to University of Kentucky College of Agriculture specialists....

$202.5 million added for conservation programs 

Jul 18, 2008

An additional $200 million will be made available through the 2008 farm bill to help farmers and ranchers nationwide to solve natural resource problems through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, according to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer....

Nighttime fungicide boosts peanut yields 

Jul 17, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The nighttime is the right time…for spraying peanuts? ...

Kentucky, Tennessee crops behind schedule 

Jul 17, 2008

Kentucky growers were winding down their planting of double-crop soybeans last week, and with recent rains, germination was taking place rapidly....

Cotton forecast trimmed by 500,000 bales 

Jul 17, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA is projecting smaller crops for U.S. cotton, corn and soybeans in its July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....

Ag secretary to lead delegation to Colombia 

Jul 17, 2008

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will lead a bi-partisan Congressional delegation to Cartagena, Colombia, on July 18. ...

South Carolina soybean crop gets reprieve 

Jul 16, 2008

South Carolina soybeans may have been saved by rainfall this past week, but the crop isn’t out of the woods yet as more moisture will be needed before maturity. ...

Southeast states eye record wheat yields 

Jul 16, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As wheat prices continue to bump up against the $9-per bushel range, growers in the lower Southeast are rushing to take advantage of the lofty prices with what could be — in some states — record-high yields....

Milan no-till field day scheduled July 24 

Jul 16, 2008

If the tradition holds, then thousands of producers, agribusiness representatives, and interested participants are expected to attend the 25th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day July 24 at the University of Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Milan, Tenn....

Georgia's wheat yield up 

Jul 16, 2008

The July 1 crop report shows Georgia’s wheat yield was up from the June 1 forecast, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office....

Congress gets earful on commodity speculators 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

It’s not often that the CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines and the leaders of some of the biggest cotton merchandising firms come down on the same side of an issue. ...

Rains beneficial to lower Southeast corn crop 

Jul 15, 2008

It varied drastically, but recent rainfall in Alabama might have saved the corn crop in some counties, while other areas got little relief....

ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmers 

Jul 15, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ...

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