Now in his 41st year as a farmer, Billy Bain of Dinwiddie, Va., is a diversified row crop and beef cattle producer. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA’s Aug. 12 corn crop production estimate is likely too low and forecasts for corn use and exports too high, which will add even more bearishness to corn once the information is digested by the market, according to Richard Feltes, an analyst with MF Global, speaking at a CME Group press briefing....
Thomas DuRant of Gable, S.C., has developed a remarkable farming record. ...
The first forecast of Georgia's row crops for 2009 indicate yields will be up for cotton, corn and soybeans. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A record U.S. soybean crop is in the making, and U.S. corn producers are on the way to producing the second largest crop on record, according to USDA’s Aug. 12 Crop Production report. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust has been found in extreme southeast Arkansas. Hard on the heels of the latest discovery in Mississippi, the Arkansas find is of low severity and has not necessitated a blanket recommendation for fungicide applications....
Thornton, Miss., is the most recent location Asian soybean rust has been discovered. ...
Family farming is important for Donald Gant of Merigold, Miss. ...
A proposed federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) uses assumptions and methodologies that exclude vegetable oil (including soybean oil), or about 70 percent of all available domestic raw material for biodiesel. ...
By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky
For years, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture crop specialists have conducted research and developed recommendations to help the state's farmers increase their bottom lines by increasing yields in the most cost-effective way. ...
As a child, Orelan Johnson of England, Ark., was kept busy on his family farm chopping cotton. ...
To showcase research and its importance to the agricultural industry in its region, the University of Georgia Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville, Ga., will have a field day Aug. 19....
North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will lead an agricultural trade mission to China Aug. 1-8....
Farmers and landowners will not be able to use carbofuran, an insecticide sold under the trade name Furadan, after Dec. 31, according to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the results of the request for referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Program (soybean checkoff). ...
The latest agricultural research trends will be on display Aug. 6 at the 2009 Virginia Ag Expo at J.N. Mills & Sons Farm in Hanover County....
Eighty-four percent of consumers rate soy products as healthy, according to the recently completed 16th Annual Consumer Attitudes About Nutrition Study, funded by the soybean checkoff....
It's time for the biennial showcase in Princeton of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture's latest research and Extension work — work that is not only conducted on its western Kentucky research station, but throughout the entire college. ...
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Asian soybean rust has been found on actively growing soybeans 3-4 weeks earlier than in recent years in southwest Alabama and Mississippi, which may mean problems for thousands of acres of late-planted, full-season beans and all of the Upper Southeast double-crop beans....
Soybean production has made it to the Chicago Zoo with funding from the United Soybean Board (USB) and the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA). ...
By Brad Haire, University of Georgia
After rough spring weather, the heat is on. ...
By Ray Nabors, Contributing Writer
Crop prices are beginning the annual meteorological reaction. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA may have estimated record soybean acreage for 2009, but the estimate was actually a million acres less than what the trade was expecting, according to analysts speaking at a CME Group press briefing on USDA’s June 30 Planted Acreage report. Conversely, USDA’s estimate of corn acres was 3 million acres higher than expectations....
The United Soybean Board (USB), the national organization that invests soybean checkoff dollars to create greater demand for U.S. soy, recently voted to undertake a market analysis identifying effective models of international marketing. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Growers still contemplating planting late-season beans should get them in the ground as soon as possible to avoid reductions in yield potential, according to Clemson University Agronomist Pawel Wiatrak....
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