Kentucky schedules wheat field day May 19 

May 13, 2009

The 2009 University of Kentucky Wheat Field Day is May 19 at Boddie Farm in Christian County....

Obama budget riles farm groups 

May 12, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Obama administration is continuing to push for a $500,000 cap on direct payments, a new limit on total farm program payments and elimination of cotton storage credits in its budget proposals for fiscal year 2010....

Peanuts included in high protein snacks 

May 12, 2009,

By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia

Soybeans are the typical replacement for ground meat in patties. ...

Is corn earworm becoming more pyrethroid-resistant? 

May 11, 2009,

By Ames Herbert
Virginia Tech\Department of Entomology

Growers in our area have been dependent on pyrethroids for controlling corn earworm (CEW) for many years in many crops including cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sweet corn, tomato and several other vegetable crops. ...

Volatile April weather smacks Georgia 

May 11, 2009,

By Pam Knox
University of Georgia

April hit Georgia with almost every weather punch, including floods, hail, high winds, tornadoes and even two earthquakes....

ASA refutes EPA's land use rules 

May 11, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) has submitted comments to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research regarding the impact of the indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2). ...

USDA sets animal ID listening sessions 

May 11, 2009

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a series of listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System. ...

Late-season insects could hit Kentucky corn crop 

May 8, 2009,

By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky

Cool temperatures, coupled with periods of rain, have kept much of Kentucky’s corn out of the ground. ...

Funds provided in lawsuit by minority farmers 

May 8, 2009

The Obama administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposal will include funds to provide a final settlement for the lawsuit that alleged discrimination against minority farmers in USDA’s farm programs....

U.S. spring vegetable acreage declines 

May 7, 2009,

By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. fresh-market area for harvest for 11 selected vegetables was forecast to decline by 4 percent to 194,200 acres this spring, largely April through June, according to the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook. ...

ASA organizes commodity roundtable 

May 7, 2009

The American Soybean Association (ASA) recently led a Commodity Roundtable in Washington, D.C., where representatives from 19 national agricultural groups discussed how organizations representing American crop and livestock producers can work together on potential climate change legislation and current animal welfare issues....

Forage testing helps maximize profits 

May 7, 2009

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer advises forage and livestock producers to test their forages. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture provides a forage testing service for a small fee....

USDA, Canada re-affirm pork industry support 

May 7, 2009

Canada's Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have re-affirmed that all appropriate steps are being taken to protect public health and strengthen the pork industry in both countries....

Butler to head grain inspection agency 

May 7, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that J. Dudley Butler, an attorney and cattleman from Mississippi, will serve as administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. ...

Biofuels working group established 

May 6, 2009

President Obama has issued a presidential directive to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to aggressively accelerate the investment in and production of biofuels. ...

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