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Good times for farm prices, but costs keep upward climb...More

Spanning the Peanut Belt, from Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, the winners of the Farm Press 2011 Peanut Profitability Awards all are quick to admit they could not have reached this achievement on their own. There are many factors involved in achieving a farming success, not the least of which are the basic, everyday production practices that are based on painstaking research....More

Manure and farmer's markets: The solution for a growing world's food needs?...More

When many state legislatures were cleansed by the voters this past election, we hoped for better, even though for some of us, our general opinion of politicians is so deeply ingrained by now that it’s not likely to change significantly. And though they’ve been in office for only a few short months, some of our newly elected office-holders already have proven themselves unworthy, a couple of cases in point being the recent actions of legislators in Alabama and Georgia....More

As U.S. food, feed, and fiber producers are confronted with increasing and more diverse demand, they will be challenged to expand the boundaries of productivity even farther....More