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Jun 17, 2010 2:40 PM, From Corn & Soybean Digest
Tyler Bruch of Global Ag Farms, is harvesting cotton in Bahia, Brazil....
May 26, 2010 10:24 AM, By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The continually rising costs of farming inputs are driving more and more growers to the use of precision agriculture guidance systems, says Amy Winstead, Auburn University regional Extension agent for precision agriculture....
May 10, 2010 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Surveys conducted of Southern cotton producers since 2000 indicate continued adoption of precision farming technology and a significant increase in the use of GPS guidance....
Apr 30, 2010 10:18 AM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers are prone to tinker and experiment with standard agricultural equipment, and it was probably inevitable many would do the same when computers came to the farm....
Apr 29, 2010 10:14 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
For farmers, says Chip Davis, “There are toys and there are tools. We all have our toys — but for something to be a tool, you have to make more from it than you pay for it."...
Apr 21, 2010 8:08 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The most cost-efficient means of controlling nematodes in cotton may be to hit them only in parts of the field where they’re inflicting economic damage — which provides a great opportunity for growers to employ precision agriculture techniques like electrical soil conductivity mapping, zone sampling and site specific applications....
Apr 20, 2010 10:33 AM, By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sensor-based irrigation is the next step in building a better farming enterprise for South Carolina grower, Bradley O’Neal of Coosaw Farms. ...
News from the Farm BillFinal rule on country of origin labelingUSDA has announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program required by the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. ... NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rulesDespite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying.... MU Breimyer Seminar unpacks farm bill, Sept. 3Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... |
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