Obama backing off direct payment proposals? 

Mar 10, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The Obama administration appears to be having second thoughts about its proposal to phase out direct payments to agribusinesses with sales of more than $500,000 and replace them with “green” payments....

USDA: World cotton acreage to decline 2.3 percent 

Mar 10, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA is projecting a world cotton crop for 2009-2010 of 107 million bales, a 2.3 percent decline from the previous year and the lowest output since 2003-04....

Drought conditions return to Georgia 

Mar 9, 2009,

By David Emory Stooksbury
University of Georgia

Due to an abnormally dry January and February, drought conditions have returned to much of Georgia. ...

Economic woes impacting Florida ag dealers 

Mar 9, 2009

Claims filed by Florida growers against agricultural dealers have increased dramatically this year, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson. ...

Commodity Classic trade show sets record 

Mar 9, 2009

With 236 companies exhibiting in 943 booths, the 2009 Commodity Classic Trade Show set a record in Grapevine, Texas, for the largest show in the history of Commodity Classic....

USDA estimates 8.5 million acres of cotton 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA analysts are projecting 2009 U.S. cotton plantings at 8.5 million acres, which is slightly higher than the 8.11 million acres projected by the National Cotton Council’s Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey, released Feb. 13....

World cotton acreage expected to decline 

Mar 6, 2009

Farmers are expected to plant fewer acres not only in the United States but in the rest of the cotton-producing world in 2009-10, economists with the International Cotton Advisory Committee said....

Crop insurance decision time March 16 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Roy Smith

The first impression I get looking at this year’s crop insurance decision is that not much has changed. ...

ASA welcomes South Korea approvals 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Government regulatory agencies in South Korea have given approval to imports of two new biotech-enhanced soybean varieties – Roundup Ready 2 Yield from Monsanto and LibertyLink from Bayer CropScience – from the United States....

Donations would help Virginia peanut industry, food banks 

Mar 6, 2009

Todd Haymore, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), has appealed to all people in the state to support Virginia’s peanut industry which has been hit hard by a drop in consumption due to the recall of peanut products from a manufacturer in Georgia. ...

Webinar to tackle soybean issues 

Mar 5, 2009

“I’ve never seen farmers so undecided about what they intend to plant this late in the season.” ...

AFBF president pushing rural development 

Mar 5, 2009

The need to emphasize rural development issues such as high-speed Internet access, improved healthcare services, enhanced education and improved infrastructure is growing in importance to America’s farm and ranch families, according to American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman....

20,000 buyers expected for Kentucky Beef Expo 

Mar 5, 2009

Twenty thousand potential buyers are expected to descend on Louisville March 6-8 to attend 12 purebred cattle shows and sales at the 23rd annual Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo at the Kentucky Exposition Center....

State legislatures face tough choices 

Mar 4, 2009,

By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

State legislatures throughout the Southeast are currently dealing with some of the worst budget crises seen in decades, and most farm group leaders agree that in many cases, decisions will have to be made to either cut services or raise taxes....

Obama's farm subsidy proposals challenged 

Mar 4, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Two of the top Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are praising President Obama’s new “honesty in budgeting” approach. ...

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