Fertilizer prices creating anxiety 

Dec 29, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The old saying that what goes up must come down is proving to be true once again in agriculture. ...

Economist sees return to market fundamentals 

Dec 29, 2008

For agricultural economist Carl Anderson, the big question over the last year has been whether pogo-ing crop prices indicated a structural shift or just short-term adjustments....

Kentucky farm cash receipts at record levels 

Dec 24, 2008,

By Carol L. Spence
University of Kentucky

Though the increase in Kentucky’s farm cash receipts for 2008 won't match 2007's double-figure increase, it will rise 7 percent to $4.7 billion, continuing a two-year record-breaking trend....

Old grease makes inexpensive, yet risky fuel 

Dec 24, 2008,

By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia

When the cost of diesel skyrocketed to more than $4 a gallon, Travis Sweat fought back. ...

Georgia Cotton Conference scheduled Jan. 28 

Dec 24, 2008

Plans are coming together for the Georgia Cotton Commission’s 2nd Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center....

Agribusiness: PowerFlex gets Section 3 in wheat 

Dec 24, 2008

Lower future prices and a recurring basis problem at Southeast and Mid-South grain elevators may have taken some of the luster off soft red winter wheat. ...

Farm financing costs likely higher for 2009 

Dec 24, 2008,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cost of farm financing may be a bit higher and producers may need to be more prepared when they apply for operating and capital investment loans in 2009, say Texas agricultural lenders Alan Eubank and Jeff Taylor, both with the Panhandle-Plains Land Bank....

Tobacco growers barely beat the freeze 

Dec 24, 2008,

By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer

Despite one of the longest seasons in recent memory, U.S. flue-cured tobacco growers escaped with only small losses to cold weather when freezing temperatures finally set in the last week of October....

North Carolina to conduct ag water use survey 

Dec 24, 2008

North Carolina farmers will have the opportunity to document agriculture-related water use through a survey by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services....

Holiday light technology could boost crop growth 

Dec 24, 2008,

By Stu Hutson
University of Florida

It’s the time of year when festive lights outline rooftops and driveways, but University of Florida researchers have a different reason to celebrate the same technology that’s becoming popular Yule-time décor — better-growing crops....

Understanding global agriculture a must 

Dec 23, 2008,

By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Planting decisions in 2009 in the Southeast will likely be made later than at any time in recent history. ...

Kentucky to host fruit, vegetable conference 

Dec 23, 2008,

By Aimee Nielson
University of Kentucky

Horticulture in Kentucky continues to be big business. ...

Experimental soybeans sabotage cyst nematode 

Dec 23, 2008,

By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture

Using biotechnology, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have fortified the defenses of soybean plants against tiny but destructive pests called soybean cyst nematodes (SCN)....

Virginia ag development officials form organization 

Dec 23, 2008

Together, agriculture and forestry make up the No. 1 industry in Virginia with an economic impact of $79 billion annually....

USDA announces payment limit rules 

Dec 22, 2008,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA is publishing an interim final regulation that will require individuals and entities to make significant contributions of (1) capital, equipment, land or a combination of those and (2) personal labor or active personal management to be considered “actively engaged in farming.”...

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