Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and newly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will address the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) 70th annual meeting, set for Feb. 7-11 at The Peabody Hotel, site of the NCC’s organizational meeting in November 1938....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The clock is ticking, says Sen. Tom Harkin, and the Bush administration needs to show a little more flexibility if it wants farmers to have a new farm bill by the time the extension of the current law expires on March 15....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The International Cotton Advisory Committee is projecting world ending stocks will decline to 52.5 million bales by the close of the current marketing year (July 31) as world consumption continues to outpace production....
By Art Latham
North Carolina State University
Research conducted by North Carolina State University soil scientists has shown that by applying only nitrogen in their starter fertilizer, farmers who have fields already high in phosphorus can not only slowly decrease the amount of phosphorus that shows up in soil tests, but they also can reduce their phosphorus fertilizer application costs....
All cattle and calves on Georgia farms on Jan. 1, 2008, are estimated at 1,130,000 head, down 3 percent from Jan. 1, 2007 according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
A whole host of substitute enterprises have been proposed for former tobacco growers since leaf began to lose its luster at the end of the 1990s....
Biotechnology is undoubtedly a major constraint, in many cases, when developing markets and enabling trade for U.S. feed grains. ...
By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky
This past year was difficult for many alfalfa growers, but the calendar pages have turned, and it’s time to think about the 2008 production year. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that for the first time in the 74-year history of the brucellosis program, all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have simultaneously achieved Class Free status. Texas is the last and final state to be declared brucellosis free....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn acreage nationwide reached 50-year records in 2007, and the Southeast was no exception. The dramatic drop in cotton acreage in the Carolinas and Virginia was accompanied by steep increases in corn....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The new on-the-go module-making cotton pickers from Case IH and John Deere are called the biggest revolution in cotton harvest and handling since the invention of the module builder....
Members of the American Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Committee elected Townsend Kyser as the committee’s chairperson for 2008. He will take over as chair this month, at the end of the committee’s leadership conference, and serve one year. ...
The new Web site for farm-based tourist destinations in Kentucky will be unveiled at the 2008 Kentucky Agritourism Summit Feb. 21 at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset....
By Eddie McGriff
Coffee County, Ga., Extension Coordinator
Each year, Atkinson County Extension Agent Mark von Waldner and I conduct a peanut variety trial to help growers determine the best varieties to plant the next year. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
President Bush said he would make the “successful” conclusion of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization negotiations a top priority of his administration during his last year in office....
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