Three field days headline Tennessee's June calendar 

May 6, 2008

June is the month for the official start of summer, and three University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture events are scheduled to herald the occasion....

South Carolina schedules cogongrass survey 

May 6, 2008

Would you like to see South Carolina’s rural areas empty of whitetail deer, turkey, doves, squirrels, quail and rabbits?...

Diseases more of an issue in Georgia corn 

May 5, 2008,

By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff

There was a time when Georgia corn growers didn’t give much thought to diseases or nematodes. But now, with the state’s acreage hovering between 350,000 and 400,000 acres and prices soaring, they could become major issues....

New uses found for soybean oil 

May 5, 2008,

By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture

Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based polymers known as "hydrogels," developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Peoria, Ill....

Virginia Century Farm total tops 1,000 

May 5, 2008

The number of Virginia Century Farms has passed the 1,000 mark. As of March 31, 2008, the program had recognized a total of 1,009 farms since the Virginia General Assembly established it in 1997....

USDA employees honored for work in Iraq, Afghanistan 

May 5, 2008

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has recognized the efforts of nearly 60 USDA employees who volunteered to serve as agriculture advisors in Afghanistan and Iraq....

Committee approves 'final' farm bill provisions 

May 2, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007; oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?...

Virginia 'never-till' growers reaping benefits 

May 2, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Grain growers in the Southeast have all heard the concerns they can’t compete for corn and soybean yields with the fertile soils of America’s Midwest. ...

Brown named assistant dean for Georgia Extension 

May 2, 2008,

By Faith Peppers
University of Georgia

Steve L. Brown has been named the assistant dean for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, said J. Scott Angle, the dean and director the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences....

Kentucky to get cellulosic biofuel plant 

May 2, 2008

Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer recently congratulated Alltech and its CEO, Pearse Lyons, on a federal grant of up to $30 million for a new cellulosic biofuel plant in Washington County....

West Virginia growers urged to practice conservation 

May 2, 2008

A group of state and federal conservation organizations is encouraging farmers throughout West Virginia to implement best management practices to protect the environment — and improve producers’ bottom lines....

World energy demand driving grain prices 

May 1, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Farmers in the Southeast will benefit in the short-term from historically high commodity prices, but how long the boom days will last and what is to follow are tough questions that will shape the future of agriculture....

Republicans ask for farm bill meeting with president 

May 1, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Republican senators reportedly are asking for a meeting with President Bush to discuss his latest criticism of the ongoing efforts to reach a compromise agreement on the 2008 farm bill....

Bush displeased, farm bill conference postponed 

May 1, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash. ...

Satellites used to monitor conservation-tillage 

May 1, 2008,

By Sharon Durham
United States Department of Agriculture

To find out how much acreage is being farmed using conservation-tillage, Agricultural Research Service scientists have gone up high — to satellites....

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