Jan. 23, 2009 marks the date for the 15th Annual Kentucky Commodity Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn University Plaza in Bowling Green, Ky....
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has informed the American Soybean Association (ASA) that Secretary Schafer has signed a memorandum recommending that USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) conduct an audit and, as appropriate, investigation of the National Soybean Checkoff Program based on the petition filed by the ASA on Dec. 10, 2008. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If you want to design the perfect weed, start with a blueprint of Palmer amaranth pigweed....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If current trends continue corn and soybean acreage will probably remain fairly stable, cotton acreage will trend down slightly and peanuts and tobacco will be up and down only slightly, says Rich Pottorff, an economist working with Doan Advisory Services....
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. ...
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....
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....
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. ...
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)....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When University of Georgia Weed Scientist Stanley Culpepper, and his mentor North Carolina State Weed Scientist Alan York, first documented glyphosate resistant pigweed in cotton and soybeans, one of their biggest fears was multiple herbicide resistance in the same weed....
Over 1.5 billion bushels of soy, valued at more than $12 billion, were exported from the United States this year, according to the United Soybean Board....
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Row-crop harvest is winding down in Georgia. Farmers don’t know yet exactly how much corn, cotton, peanuts and soybeans they’ve produced....
The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) has confirmed Johnny Dodson from Halls, Tenn., as president, and John Hoffman from Waterloo, Iowa, as chairman. ...
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....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry. ...
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:...
In the best interest of U.S. soybean farmers, the Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) yesterday voted unanimously to ask the Secretary of Agriculture to order an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation and financial audit of the National Soybean Checkoff Program. ...
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased to learn that Monsanto’s second generation Roundup Ready soybean called Roundup Ready 2 Yield, also known as event MON 89788, has received regulatory approval for importation in the European Union (EU). ...
USDA forecast 2009 U.S. agricultural exports at $98.5 billion on Dec. 1, down $14.5 billion from August and $17 billion below record 2008 sales. ...
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Vann and Tabatha Wooten work hard to grow crops in environmentally friendly ways that conserve the resources on their farm in Hazelhurst, Ga. ...
By Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia
For millennia, people have grown soybeans and turned them into useful products like oil and livestock feed....
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. has announced a submission to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a federal Section 3 registration of a new herbicide for use on soybeans. ...
The 2009 Commodity Classic general session will feature a lively lineup highlighted by entertainers Mark Mayfield and Sam Glenn. Commodity Classic, the premier convention and trade show of the U.S. corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum industries will be held Feb. 26-28 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. ...
By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture
The soybean rust fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi may meet its match, thanks to a gene-silencing technique that scientists of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plan to deploy to identify genes that enable plants to naturally resist this fungal foe....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Now is the time for some good farmers to come to the aid of their farming infrastructure, though, as one farm economist stresses, the operative word here is some....
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