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)....
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. ...
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. ...
The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected a group of 10 young agricultural leaders, including one from Tennessee and another from Virginia, to participate in the fifth class of the Partners in Agricultural Leadership honors program....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In the Mid-South, spring weather has been more suited for catfish than cotton, with heavy and frequent rains thwarting every effort to shift planting into high gear. ...
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is offering grants to fund new projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the marketplace....
American Soybean Association officials are supporting the Obama Administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for aquaculture research that could increase demand for soybean meal in aquafeed....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The nation’s oldest state Extension Service is drastically scaling back the number of county agents who are on the front lines of providing agricultural information to producers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. economy stands to lose $5 billion to $9 billion in sales to its foreign competitors over the next two years if Congress does not take steps to help solve the nation’s ongoing agricultural labor shortage....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sit back and enjoy the ride. That’s basically the advice marketing experts are giving producers now that cotton futures have risen out of the 40s and 50s and into the low 60-cent range....
By Tom Nordlie
University of Florida
Perennial peanut, a versatile and nutritious forage sometimes called “Florida’s alfalfa,” will take the spotlight Saturday, June 6 at the 9th Annual Perennial Peanut Producers Field Day, held in Moultrie, Ga....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The biggest move of the year could be a bear market in new crop soybeans, according to market analyst Richard Brock, Brock and Associates, participating in a Web cast following USDA’s May 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There’s an old saying that East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
FMC Corp. officials say they strongly disagree with and will file objections to EPA’s decision to revoke all U.S. food tolerances for carbofuran, the active ingredient in the company’s Furadan pesticide....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. soybean production is projected at 3.2 billion bushels, up 236 million from 2008-09, according to USDA in its May 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
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