By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Each year, soybean producers spend countless hours preventing and combating diseases that annually result in a 14 percent yield loss to the crop in the United States. ...
By Tom Thomas
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Newly developed varieties of peaches that grow well in Florida's sub-tropical climate will enable consumers to enjoy fresh domestic peaches in the spring — nearly three months ahead of the traditional beginning of the U.S. summer peach crop....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
With a big investment in concrete and steel, agriculture and the world economy could blow right through today’s recession into global prosperity, according to Bruce Scherr, chairman, Informa Economics, Inc....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Criticism continues to rain down on the Obama administration’s proposal to reduce government spending by phasing out direct payments to agribusinesses with more than $500,000 in annual sales, capping payments to individual farmers at $250,000 and ending cotton storage payments. ...
Senate Democrats have unveiled a “rural agenda” for the 111th Congress and a Web site highlighting issues important to rural communities and promoting policies that will benefit rural areas....
National Cotton Council directors for 2009 were announced at the industrywide organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C....
By Don Shurley
University of Georgia Extension Economist
In 2001, Georgia is on the road playing at Tennessee. ...
Though confronted by numerous challenges, America’s young farmers and ranchers express a high level of optimism about agriculture and say they are better off than they were five years ago. ...
The Renewable Fuels Association joined with Growth Energy, the American Coalition for Ethanol, the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, and other groups in filing an official waiver request with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking it to approve for general use gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15)....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Higher gasoline prices might not be good for the travel industry, but it sure seems to be good for corn fundamentals. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers could plant 3.8 million fewer acres of corn, soybeans and wheat in 2009-10 as dramatically lower commodity prices and higher input costs force them to rethink the scale of their operations....
By David Stooksbury
University of Georgia
Spring will likely be drier than normal for most of Georgia. March will have wide swings in temperature. ...
By Todd P. Haymore
Commissioner, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Agriculture is Virginia’s largest industry, with nothing else coming a close second, but lately the national industry has come under fire with the recent salmonella-related recall of manufactured products using peanut paste from a single supplier....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA will begin making $145 million in direct operating loans to farmers as one of the first steps in distributing the $28 billion earmarked for the Department in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
As the contracting season got under way in earnest for tobacco in late January and February, it appeared that both the volume and the price would be down from 2008....
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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
(New Course)Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. This online CE accredited course details how best to use this new mode of action insecticide in intensive vegetable production. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and by state agencies for licensed applicators in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
(New Course)This online accredited course focuses on Calcium, an important plant nutrient in fertilizer management for maximum, healthy plant development as well as disease and pest prevention. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and for licensed applicators in licensed Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Credit applications are pending in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington.
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
