By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mike Johanns resignation as secretary of agriculture to run for a senate seat from Nebraska could be seen as a blow to the Bush administration’s efforts to influence the 2007 farm bill. ...
With almost half of Alabama’s peanut crop rated in poor to very poor condition, many of the state’s producers face an uphill battle as they enter harvest season. But scattered showers in August and September could salvage a portion of the crop....
East Tennessee is going to become the center for alternative energy in the nation. At least Congressman Zach Wamp of Tennessee’s Third Congressional District thinks it could....
Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has announced that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated Scott County a primary natural disaster area due to reductions in farm production caused by frost, freezing and low temperatures that occurred from April 6, 2007 through April 8, 2007. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn seed companies have proven highly successful in screening new hybrids for disease resistance, and combined with chronic low prices of corn in the past, most Southeastern growers rarely sprayed their crop with fungicides....
By Eddie Jolley
USDA, NRCS Agronomist
Auburn, Ala.
For John and Jim Lavender, cattle producers in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., the drought that has covered Alabama could have devastated their livestock operation. ...
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that two north Florida properties have qualified for recognition as a Century Pioneer Family Farm. Recognition in this program means the families have maintained continuous ownership of the property for at least 100 years....
Agriculture at the University of Tennessee means safe food, affordable fibers, healthier pets, wood products, sustainable environments and now Grassoline....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Drought and extreme heat in the lower Southeast has slowed movement of soybean rust into the Carolinas and Virginia. However, as growers in the Delta and lower Midwest will attest, rust spores can move quickly as a recent find in South Carolina shows....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scattered showers in the Southeast during the latter part of August may have been too little too late, as a portion of the parched region continues to be categorized as being in an exceptional drought....
The Cotton Board approved Cotton Incorporated’s proposed 2008 budget of $78 million during the board’s annual meeting in Boston, Mass. The allocated budget and plan will now be forwarded to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for final approval....
USDA has announced that $4 million will be available in Fiscal Year 2008 for a 4-year Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) to research ways to improve the health and protection of honeybees, which are facing serious threats that have the potential to heavily impact the nation's food supply....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Though the south to north movement of Asian soybean rust has been blunted in the Southeast this year, it appears the potentially lethal disease has made its way into the Carolinas....
Most areas of the Southeast received at least some rainfall during the week ending Sept. 16, but the moisture was too late to help most row crops....
Despite drops in the estimated amount of corn consumed by U.S. ethanol production in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 marketing years, strong export demand will minimize the impact, according to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. ...
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