Growers in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina will get to see the progress of a number of row crops and hear the latest in research-driven production information at a June 5, field day at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, Va....More
In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Roberts (R-Kan.), Sens. Coburn (R-Okla.) and Durbin (D-Ill.) have called for a $40,000 payment limit to be imposed on crop insurance premium subsidies....More
USDA’s May 10 projections for old and new crop cotton would have to be considered bearish as ending stocks are unchanged for old crop and prospects are for increased stocks for both the U.S. and the world in new crop....More
Research efforts between the Lower Southeast land-grant colleges of the University of Georgia, Clemson University and Auburn University continue to focus on thrips injury on early season cotton and how to avoid it....More
The North Florida Research and Education Center is a collection of dated-looking, low-slung buildings surrounded by fields that look like anywhere else....More
The Textile and Apparel Alliance for the TPP (TAAT) expressed deep appreciation to the 76 U.S. Representatives who sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk stressing the need for job-creating textile rules in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)....More
TheWeed Science Society of America (WSSA) has announced its Board has endorsed a series of best management practices designed to reduce the incidence of herbicide-resistant weeds and the threat they pose to agricultural productivity....More
Southern farmers know there’s a lot of truth to the adage “if you don’t like the weather here today, just wait awhile.” The only thing certain about weather in the rain belt is the uncertainty. Monsanto’s Davey Wilson talked about a new product that could help farmers offset some of the problems brought by adverse planting conditions....More
The Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC) has initiated legal action to force government regulators to analyze potential problems with proposed biotech crops tolerant of the synthetic auxin herbicides, which include 2,4-D and dicamba....More
With our exceptionally warm winter and good moisture levels, at this point it looks like thrips flights into cotton should be both large and early this year....More
A warm winter, an exceptionally warm March, heavy and early thrips flights — all the elements seem to be coming together for the perfect storm of damage to cotton for 2012....More
Texas cotton producer Woody Anderson says Congress needs to approve a new farm bill this year and one that will provide American farmers the key to long-term viability — effective risk management opportunities....More
As with most innovations in farming, the bottom line in determining whether or not to adopt is cost, and subsurface drip irrigation has proven no different....More
