Value of catfish sales drops 8 percent 

Apr 3, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

US. catfish sales totaled $445 million in 2007, down 8 percent from $484 million the previous year, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana accounted for 94 percent of the total U.S. sales....

U.S. peanut industry needs more acres 

Apr 2, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. peanut farmers need to increase acreage by as much as 20 percent in 2008 to meet demand and shellers have offered contract prices as high as $500 a ton to compete with corn, cotton, wheat and milo for available land....

Kentucky growers adding grain storage 

Apr 2, 2008,

By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky

Storing grain on the farm gives farmers more harvest and marketing flexibility than transporting it from the field directly to the grain elevator. For the past several years, Kentucky farmers have been adding to their on-farm storage to take advantage of this added flexibility....

Grassley hoping plan breaks farm bill impasse 

Apr 2, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As all sides continue to jostle over a new farm bill, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa is an enthusiastic member of the scrum....

North Carolina hay program extended 

Apr 2, 2008

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has announced that Golden Hay Relief, a program that assisted drought-stricken livestock owners with the cost of transporting North Carolina-grown hay and forage to their farms, is launching a second phase....

Southeast growers follow acreage intentions trend 

Apr 1, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The March 31 USDA prospective plantings report was one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent memory, due largely to the fact that farmers’ choices could affect what American consumers pay for necessities like gasoline and groceries....

Blanche Lincoln: The coming farm bill 

Apr 1, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee — and chair of the Production, Income Protection and Price Support Subcommittee — Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln has been in the thick of crafting a new farm bill. ...

Southern biomass an answer to energy needs? 

Apr 1, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

In the face of increasing world energy demands, could the abundance of woody biomass in the South provide some relief? William Batchelor certainly believes so....

Sustainability initiative launched 

Apr 1, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Corn growers — and to a lesser extent, cotton, soybean and wheat producers — have a public perception problem, and the National Corn Growers Association, industry and environmental groups are joining together to try to do something about it....

Growers asked to 'make every acre count' 

Mar 31, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

U.S. farmers could plant fewer acres of corn than in 2007 but more acres than analysts are expecting them to put in the ground in 2008, the president of the National Corn Growers Association says....

Ag role in fuels production still being defined 

Mar 31, 2008,

By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The investment now taking place in alternative energy sources “is phenomenal,” but agriculture’s role in that picture is still being determined, says Kater Hake, Cotton Incorporated vice president for agricultural research....

Kentucky project to aid drought-stricken growers 

Mar 31, 2008

Governor Steve Beshear and Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer have announced an $8.15 million program to help Kentucky farmers affected by last year’s drought....

Perennial peanut provides quality pasture, hay 

Mar 31, 2008,

By Alfredo Flores
United States Department of Agriculture

After more than a half century of research, the rhizoma perennial peanut is now considered by many growers to be the best perennial warm-weather legume for Southeastern states — the "alfalfa of the South."...

Growers, consumers need good wheat crop 

Mar 28, 2008,

By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky

With wheat prices setting records, farmers hope 2008 will not be a repeat of 2007 when a disastrous late spring freeze left their once promising wheat crop with little or no hope....

Schafer: Farm bill could be wrapped up in weeks 

Mar 28, 2008,

By Cary Blake
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The differences remaining between the Bush administration and Congress in the 2007 farm bill could be worked out within the next few weeks, predicts Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer....

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