Florida modifies plans for ethanol plant 

Jun 15, 2009,

By Stu Hudson
University of Florida

Plans for a new cellulosic ethanol research and demonstration plant to be built by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are being revamped for a location closer to Gainesville....

Georgia wheat yield down 

Jun 15, 2009

The June 1 Ag Yield survey indicates the State’s wheat yield was down 2 bushels per acre from the May 1 forecast, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office....

Increasing population boosts cotton demand 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By the year 2050, the world population will have increased by some 3 billion souls, up to 9 billion people inhabiting this planet. ...

Tennessee accepting ag enhancement applications 

Jun 11, 2009

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has begun accepting applications for the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program. ...

Nightime fungicides effective on peanuts 

Jun 11, 2009,

By Brad Haire
University of Georgia

The peanut plant grows a thick canopy of compound leaves close to the ground. ...

ASA sees flaws in EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard 

Jun 11, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) has provided comments in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Public Hearing on the EPA’s Proposed Rule for the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2). ...

Florida offers cogangrass cost-share control program 

Jun 11, 2009

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced the department's Division of Forestry will offer a pilot Cogongrass Treatment Cost-Share Program to eligible non-industrial private landowners in several north Florida counties beginning next week....

Vilsack says USDA met biofuels directive 

Jun 11, 2009

Responding to President Obama's directive to expedite and increase the production of biofuels, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA met its 30-day deadline to help produce more energy from homegrown, renewable sources....

Cotton weed control systems compared 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As producers in central Alabama have continued or begun to grow conventional cotton, specialists with the state’s Extension system have conducted trials to compare these systems with the Roundup Ready system....

Planting delays impact on corn, rice crops 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Planting delays in the Delta and eastern Corn Belt are expected to reduce yields for corn and rice, according to USDA’s June 10 Crop Production Report. ...

Scab infecting many Southeast wheat fields 

Jun 10, 2009

By the time the calendar flipped from May to June, Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) infection levels had reached very worrisome levels in several southern soft winter wheat states, according to university small grain specialists. ...

Alabama EQIP sign up ends June 19 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

Alabama farmers who want to become better stewards and improve environmental quality have until June 19, 2009, to sign up for an incentive provided through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)....

May was wet, windy in Georgia 

Jun 10, 2009,

By Pam Knox
University of Georgia

May in Georgia was very wet. Temperatures were normal to 2 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. ...

Ethanol needed to meet growing auto numbers 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Millions of viewers saw Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves cross the finish line first at the Indianapolis 500 a couple of weeks ago. ...

Virginia growers offered business transition assistance 

Jun 9, 2009,

By Michael Sutphin
Virginia Tech University

With the U.S. Census of Agriculture pointing to an aging population operating Virginia’s farms, the need for education and planning for the complicated issue of transitioning the farm from generation to generation could not be greater....

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