By James Langcuster, Auburn University
For many farmers, it's the ultimate monkey wrench — something that is not only making farming more expensive — but is even forcing some to rethink how they farm....
Strong export and crush demand and a tighter-than-expected supply report from the Agriculture Department on Oct. 9 should mean an improving price picture for soybeans, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Gebisa Ejeta says the world will have to increase its production of food more in the next four decades than it has since the dawn of civilization....
Mississippi agriculture will enter new territory when the first certified peanut seed grown in the state becomes available to growers in spring 2010. ...
By April Sorrow, University of Georgia
Peanut harvest is under way in Georgia, and farmers are on track to set record-breaking yields for the state, say University of Georgia peanut experts....
By Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers
The USDA objective yield survey results collected between Sept. 24 and Oct. 6 have lowered 2009-crop cotton yield expectations and dropped projected cotton production in the Texas High Plains region by 330,000 bales....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln presided over her first Senate Agriculture Committee hearing as chairman on Sept. 30. ...
Based on a survey of Georgia growers contacted around Oct. 1, corn yields were down slightly from September....
Members from the Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the American Peanut Council (APC) traveled oversees last month to meet with the Japan Nut Association and U.S. Embassy trade officials to look for ways to promote and increase imports of American peanuts into Japan....
The agricultural appropriations bill now pending in the Senate would provide nearly $150 million in child nutrition initiatives aimed at fighting hunger and promoting health among children in Arkansas and around the country, Sen. Blanche Lincoln said. ...
By Patricia McDaniels, University of Tennessee
Three research projects housed within the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have been awarded a total of $2.5 million in federal appropriations for FY 2010....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Excessive rainfall in September is eroding yield expectations for Mid-South corn and cotton crops, according to USDA’s Oct. 9 Crop Production Report....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA will distribute approximately $1.7 billion in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments to participants across the country in fiscal year 2010....
By Suzanne Stanard, North Carolina State University
The North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission recently awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant to expand the AgriSafe Network of North Carolina program and to establish a new component, the Certified Safe Farm program for North Carolina agriculture....
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held U.S. agricultural land and 0.92 percent of all land in the United States, according to a recent USDA report. ...
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