Animal ID program has benefits, problems 

May 21, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As critics and proponents continue to clash over the possibility of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) becoming mandatory, the USDA has set up “listening sessions” in an attempt to hear all sides, allay fears and combat misperceptions about the program....

Kentucky upgrades feeder cattle program 

May 21, 2009

Recent changes to Kentucky’s CPH-45 program will enhance its stature as an elite feeder cattle program and add value to the cattle in the program, Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said....

Peanut growers affirm national checkoff 

May 21, 2009

The USDA recently announced the passage of a referendum to continue the National Peanut Board, a farmer funded advertising, promotion and research board that works to increase demand for USA-grown peanuts. ...

Florida schedules "Farm to Fuel" summit 

May 21, 2009

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that he is hosting this year's "Farm to Fuel" summit July 29-31 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando....

Cotton aphid: Biocontrol success story 

May 21, 2009,

By Jack Bachelor
North Carolina Extension Entomologist

Although North Carolina cotton producers routinely get banged up with thrips, in recent years we’ve been fortunate that cotton aphids have only been a sporadic pest....

Southern rust a threat to corn crop 

May 21, 2009,

By Austin Hagan
Alabama Extension Plant Pathologist

Given plenty of rainfall and a susceptible variety, one of several leaf spot and blight diseases can cut corn yields....

USDA rules on dairy import checkoff 

May 21, 2009

USDA has announced a proposed rule for applying the dairy promotion checkoff to imported dairy products, a development many years in the making that has drawn the praise of the National Milk Producers Federation....

Soybean growers support animal agriculture 

May 21, 2009

Take time this month to indulge in a hearty breakfast of steak and eggs to celebrate beef month and egg month and support U.S. beef and egg producers as well as U.S. soybean farmers....

Climate change bill concerns corn growers 

May 21, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Corn growers want to see a mechanism in which they can sell carbon credits on a regulated market to help offset rising production costs from newly introduced climate change legislation, the president of the National Corn Growers Association says....

Honey bee losses decline 

May 21, 2009,

By Kim Kaplan
United States Department of Agriculture

Honey bee colony losses nationwide were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture....

Biofuels initiative generating concern 

May 20, 2009,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There has been plenty of commodity group support for President Obama’s recent directive to the USDA, the EPA and the Department of Energy to pick up the biofuels development pace....

Weather a mixed blessing for Kentucky hay crop 

May 20, 2009,

By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky

The cool, wet weather Kentucky recently experienced was a mixed blessing for many hay producers....

'Stay the course' on sugar 

May 20, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The nation’s food manufacturers are not in danger of running out of sugar despite their claims to the contrary, the American Sugar Alliance said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday (May 18)....

Vilsack holds community forum in southeast Georgia 

May 20, 2009

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited southeast Georgia this week and held a rural community forum to listen to comments and concerns of local residents. ...

Alabama peanut growers help needy families 

May 19, 2009

The Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) made a special delivery recently and donated 24 pallets (approximately 25,000 - 12 ounce jars) of peanut butter to the Montgomery Area Food Bank, for distribution to other food banks throughout the state. ...

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