USDA project benefits Iraqi agriculture 

Oct 28, 2009,

By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University

A U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded project being led by Texas A&M University has brought Iraqi agricultural personnel to Texas for training and to introduce them to new technologies and methods that may be applied in Iraq....

USDA conducting fruit chemical use survey 

Oct 28, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is conducting the USDA Fruit Chemical Use Survey. ...

AFBF 'cautiously optimistic' for agriculture 

Oct 27, 2009

Speakers painted a “cautiously optimistic” outlook for U.S. agriculture at Farm Bureau’s mid-October commodity outlook conference, in Albuquerque, N.M. ...

UT to hold November cattle sale 

Oct 27, 2009

The University of Tennessee Plateau Research and Education Center will host a fall sale of cattle from its herd on Friday, Nov. 20, starting at 10:00 a.m. CST....

Frost damages Kentucky soybean crop 

Oct 26, 2009,

By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky

While the rains have stopped and harvest is progressing, Kentucky growers continue to deal with the ramifications of a cool, wet growing season....

Wetter, cooler winter headed to Georgia 

Oct 26, 2009,

By David Stooksbury, University of Georgia

There is a high likelihood that Georgia’s winter will be wetter and cooler than normal....

Weakened dollar could cause farm problems 

Oct 26, 2009,

By Jim Langcuster, Auburn University

The mighty American greenback has fallen on hard times — so hard, in fact, that countries throughout the world are clamoring for its replacement as the world's reserve currency....

North Carolina announces grant funds 

Oct 26, 2009

Innovative projects that address agricultural issues and the needs of communities and North Carolina farmers affected by the changes in the tobacco industry can apply now for grant funds. ...

Conservation, Field Crop Alliance conferences scheduled 

Oct 23, 2009

The 13th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference, Southern Corn and Soybean Conference, and the Southern Precision Agriculture Conference will be joined in 2010 by the newly-organized Southern Field Crop Alliance....

Good bull provides high pregnancy rates 

Oct 23, 2009,

By Peter Hull, Clemson University

The keys to a successful cattle breeding program are pregnancy and calving rates, a leading beef cattle expert said at the recent South Carolina 2009 Cattlemen’s Day....

Rainfall playing havoc with cotton harvest 

Oct 22, 2009,

By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

Excessive rainfall in September and October has reduced yield, hurt quality and frustrated cotton harvest efforts in the Mid-South and portions of the Southeast....

USDA announces DCP, ACRE numbers 

Oct 22, 2009

Approximately 255 million base acres on about 1.7 million farms were enrolled for 2009 in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program....

Agricultural Outlook Forum agenda released 

Oct 22, 2009

Speakers at the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum will include the co-president of Whole Foods, the recently retired CEO of Sysco Corporation and the CEO of Bon Appétit Management Company....

Minnesota pig positive for H1N1 

Oct 22, 2009

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. ...

Proposed Chesapeake Bay changes 'short-sighted' 

Oct 22, 2009

Farmers across Virginia are alerting their representatives in Congress that proposed changes to the Chesapeake Bay Program threaten the state’s top economic sector in a time of extreme uncertainty....

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