Winter wheat plantings up 4 percent 

Jan 15, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

According to USDA’s Jan. 11 crop production report, winter wheat planted area for 2008 is estimated at 46.6 million acres, up 4 percent from 2007. ...

USDA issuing tobacco payments 

Jan 15, 2008

USDA is issuing this year's installment in the Tobacco Transition Payment Program with more than $950 million in payments to former quota holders and producers. ...

USDA reports lower corn stocks 

Jan 14, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA reported lower U.S. corn ending stocks and soybean production from last month and record U.S. rice yields, in its Jan. 11 world supply and demand estimates....

Farmers, ranchers on short end of trade negotiation stick 

Jan 14, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. farmers and ranchers typically get the short end of the stick in international trade deals as negotiators give priority to other segments of the economy over agriculture’s interests, says Larry Combest, former House ag committee chairman....

Georgia crop yields better than expected 

Jan 14, 2008

Weather conditions for the 2007 crop year were hot and dry, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. The spring was drier than normal over most of the state, and this trend continued through most of the summer, as the state endured drought conditions. ...

Georgia's Paterson wins cotton research award 

Jan 14, 2008

Andrew H. Paterson, a research professor in the University of Georgia’s Crop and Soil Sciences and Genetics departments, is the recipient of the 2007 Cotton Genetics Research Award....

Sonny Hatley: High Cotton Award winner from West region 

Jan 11, 2008,

By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Sonny Hatley is one of those folks who, within 15 minutes of meeting, you say, “What’s not to like about this fellow?”...

Growers compare module-building cotton pickers 

Jan 11, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

One says he would bleed red if you pricked his finger, the other says he bleeds green; but Kenneth Hood and Charles Parker have one thing in common: They both believe the new on-board, module-building pickers could help save the U.S. cotton industry....

Virginia schedules grain, soybean conference Feb. 7 

Jan 11, 2008

Among the featured speakers at this year’s Virginia Grain and Soybean Conference are Darin Newsome of DTN, Jerry Gulke of Strategic Marketing Services, Don Mennel of Mennel Milling, as well as representatives from Virginia Petroleum Industry and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. ...

Agribusiness: Monsanto announces testing for three-way stack cotton 

Jan 11, 2008

Monsanto has announced it is working with glufosinate-tolerant traits in its cotton technology programs. The company’s work with glufosinate-tolerant traits paves the way for the development of the industry’s first three-way stack of herbicide-tolerant technologies across its cotton business including Roundup Ready Flex, dicamba-tolerance and glufosinate tolerance....

Clint Abernathy: High Cotton Award winner for Southwest region 

Jan 10, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Clint Abernathy hasn’t just accepted technology. He’s embraced it. Drip irrigation, GPS, reduced-tillage and transgenic cotton varieties help Abernathy and sons Justin and Jarod improve efficiency on their Altus, Okla., cotton and wheat farm....

Ag conferees face veto threat 

Jan 10, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

House and Senate ag committee conferees face four options, including extending current farm law, as they work toward a farm bill reconciliation....

Carolina grower boosts yield with better soil samples 

Jan 10, 2008

Sid Cayton farms an array of soils in Beaufort and Pamlico counties in North Carolina. In 2005, he became concerned about low yields with no-till corn he was growing in rotation with wheat and soybeans on peaty, organic soil....

Farmer begins second term as Kentucky's ag commissioner 

Jan 10, 2008

Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has pledged to work with Kentucky leaders of every political persuasion to build on the gains Kentucky agriculture has made in the past four years and meet the challenges facing the Commonwealth....

B Lindsey: High Cotton Award winner for Mid-South region 

Jan 9, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

“B” Lindsey was born to run, say those who recall his athletic career at Forrest City High School. In 1957, the starting backfield of Lindsey, Sonny Holmes, Dan Wilford and Clinton Gore was considered the best backfield in the state of Arkansas....

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