Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has announced the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has designated Albemarle, Buckingham, Caroline, Fluvanna, Franklin, Goochland, Greene, Hanover, Henry, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Powhatan and Rockbridge counties primary natural disaster areas due to reductions in farm production caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred this calendar year....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has decided against holding a mid-December ministerial meeting that some said would have been aimed at trying to wrap up the Doha Round before a new U.S. administration takes office....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. textile manufacturers can begin signing up for the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program that Congress included in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to help stabilize the textile industry....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
How low will it go? That’s what many in the U.S. cotton industry are asking about planted acreage for the 2009 crop....
By Stephanie Yao
United States Department of Agriculture
A new small-seeded soybean variety that was developed for the lucrative Japanese soyfoods market has been released by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists....
Patricia "Patsy" Nathe of Dade City, co-owner of R.J. Nathe and Sons logging company and Tall Timber Cattle and Grove, has been selected to receive the "Woman of the Year in Agriculture Award" for 2008....
Ceres, Inc. has announced it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry. ...
Based on a survey of growers contacted around Dec. 1, Georgia’s cotton yield was the same as last month, while pecan production showed a slight decline from the October forecast....
By Kim Anderson
Extension Economist
Oklahoma State University
The good news is that the 2009 U.S. winter wheat crop has been planted and that planted acres are expected to be less than last year. ...
National Sorghum Producers is proud to announce the winners of its 2008 NSP Yield and Management Contest. Contestants entered the contest in one of five production categories, and each entry must have harvested for contest purposes a plot of at least five contiguous sorghum acres. ...
In a news release issued Dec. 10, the United Soybean Board had the following response to earlier allegations made by the American Soybean Association regarding the board:...
By Mark Lange
The world cotton market is replete with subsidies across the entire spectrum of producing countries, large or small, developed or developing. ...
The 2009 Tennessee Agritourism Conference is set for Jan. 26-27 at the Chattanooga Marriott and Convention Center....
By Don Comis
United States Department of Agriculture
A computer model called ALMANAC promises to provide answers about a key issue facing agriculture today: The management of crops such as corn and switchgrass for bioenergy production....
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