Virginia growers cashing Cuban trade chips 

Nov 19, 2008

Todd P. Haymore, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), and Charles Green, VDACS marketing director, recently hosted a booth at the Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV) in Cuba....

U.S. soybean exports set another record 

Nov 19, 2008

U.S. soybean farmers already have one reason to give thanks this fall — 2008 exports of U.S. soy have set another all-time record....

USDA offers on-line risk management tool 

Nov 19, 2008

USDA’s Risk Management Agency has launched an online resource to aid farmers and ranchers in focusing on how to protect against downside risks, as well as how best to take advantage of upside opportunities in the market....

Peanut hay removal can be expensive 

Nov 18, 2008,

By Eddie McGriff
Extension Coordinator, Coffee County, Ga.

There are no free lunches. Many peanut growers, especially those with cattle, have considered peanut hay as a side benefit of peanut production....

Virginia peanut yields, grades promising 

Nov 18, 2008

According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Virginia peanut farmers are enjoying one of the better harvests in recent years. ...

Florida well represented on Watermelon Board 

Nov 18, 2008

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced the appointment of two producers, two handlers, six importers and one public member to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. ...

Tennessee's Plateau center to hold fall cattle sale 

Nov 18, 2008

The University of Tennessee Plateau AgResearch and Education Center will host a fall sale of cattle from its herd on Friday, Nov. 21, starting at 10:00 a.m. CST....

Georgia drought conditions worsen 

Nov 17, 2008,

By David Emory Stooksbury
University of Georgia

Drought conditions continue to grow harsher across north Georgia. ...

Tennessee offers nitrogen calculator for corn 

Nov 17, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The University of Tennessee is developing a corn nitrogen calculator which will be available this winter as a link on the UT Web site: ...

USDA announces disaster funds 

Nov 17, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers and ranchers will receive $77 million in Emergency Conservation Program funds to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters in 2008....

Florida cotton yields up 18 percent from 2007 

Nov 17, 2008

As of Nov. 1, 2008 Florida’s cotton yield was forecast at 812 pounds per acre, up 125 pounds or 18 percent from last year. ...

Blueberries becoming big business in Georgia 

Nov 14, 2008,

By Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia

Blueberries are becoming big business in Georgia. ...

Florida approved for outside cotton storage 

Nov 14, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has announced that Florida, Kansas, and Missouri are storage deficit areas for the 2008-crop cotton marketing year....

Curly Calf Syndrome worries cattlemen 

Nov 14, 2008,

By Aimee Nielson
University of Kentucky

The recent discovery of Curly Calf Syndrome in the Angus cattle breed has some producers feeling uncertain about the future of the breed, but University of Kentucky Extension Beef Specialist Darrh Bullock says there's no reason for Kentucky's beef producers to panic....

NCGA credits growers for huge corn crop 

Nov 14, 2008

In its report on crop production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reiterated its expectation that the 2008 corn crop now being harvested will be the second largest ever, with the second-highest yield in history. ...

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