Five Florida families receive Century Farm designation 

Apr 21, 2008

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that five Florida properties have qualified for recognition as Century Pioneer Family Farms. ...

Rising oil prices challenging agriculture 

Apr 18, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Corn for ethanol production has gotten the most ink, but Kendall Keith, executive director of the National Feed and Grain Dealers Association, says the demand for agricultural products and challenges to U.S. farmers goes much deeper....

Southeast growers showing positive attitude 

Apr 18, 2008,

By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer

Financing was sometimes a problem and some machinery just cost too much, but the Southeast farmers who attended machinery shows this past winter seemed to have a more positive attitude than in the recent past....

Tennessee wheat growers warned about armyworms 

Apr 18, 2008

University of Tennessee Extension entomologist Russ Patrick warns Tennessee producers that armyworms may be waiting to devour their wheat crop....

North Carolina seeks to extend organic grains production 

Apr 18, 2008

Two recent grants will support the organic grains program at North Carolina State University and provide education to promote the production of organic grain in the state, according to Chris Reberg-Horton, assistant professor of crop science and organic cropping specialist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences....

Big grain crop may test infrastructure 

Apr 17, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Wheat acreage is expected to increase in 2008 in some Southeastern states by more than 25 percent from 2006/2007 planting and harvest. Soybeans, especially in double-crop situations with wheat, are also expected to increase, as is corn at over $5 per bushel....

House approves short farm bill extension 

Apr 17, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The new farm bill’s conference committee met twice Wednesday afternoon and nearly completed a new forestry title. The farm bill is slowly taking shape, but slowly won’t get the job done in time to beat Friday’s deadline. ...

Rains slowing field work in Kentucky 

Apr 17, 2008,

By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky

When the calendar turns to April, farm work normally is in high gear. But soggy fields are staying soggy, leaving the state’s grain producers with little opportunity to get any work accomplished. ...

Alabama growers cautioned about grain sales 

Apr 17, 2008

Current high grain prices have given Alabama producers a chance to have a profitable year. As a precaution, Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries’ Commissioner Ron Sparks warns that the high and volatile grain prices can cause certain problems in the grain industry. ...

Financing of new farm bill still bogged down, deadline looms 

Apr 16, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Not long after the farm bill conference committee was gaveled back in session on Tuesday morning, several key legislators, with the encouragement of their colleagues, headed to a negotiating session of their own. With a Friday deadline looming, Charlie Rangel, House Ways and Means chairman, and Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee chairman, are attempting to untangle a knot of funding issues outside the main conference. As of Wednesday morning, there’d been no word of their success....

Consider all costs of on-farm grain storage 

Apr 16, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

With seemingly ever-increasing corn prices, many growers are rushing to construct on-farm storage facilities. But it’s important to consider all costs — including those pesky hidden ones — before making such an investment decision, says Audrey Luke-Morgan of the University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development (CAED)....

Southeast corn planting behind schedule 

Apr 16, 2008

Even though growers in some areas have their corn crops in the ground, many in the Southeast are behind schedule due to cool, wet soil conditions....

CFTC announces ag roundtable participants 

Apr 16, 2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released the participant list for an April 22 roundtable discussion on the agricultural markets. The roundtable is designed to gather information about whether the futures markets are properly performing their risk management and price discovery roles....

USDA announces findings from citrus greening summit 

Apr 16, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the findings from the Dec. 2007 meeting between federal, state and industry leaders to improve America's defense against citrus greening and its insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)....

First farm bill conference unproductive 

Apr 15, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Only the primary authors of a new, approximately $280 billion farm bill still say the legislation will be in place by an April 18 deadline. ...

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