Aug 24, 2010 3:25 PM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Order forms for Arkansas Foundation Seed Program offerings are mailed out in January. The seed is released in March...
Aug 24, 2010 8:34 AM, By Robert Coats, Arkansas Extension Economist and Professor — Economics
Four key reasons come to mind for the recent price strength in wheat and rice prices....
Aug 23, 2010 3:18 PM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
One-third of the Russian wheat crop may be abandoned due to decimated yield potential...
Aug 18, 2010 5:01 PM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Amid the dog days of August, corn is being harvested and wheat seed is increasingly hard to find...
Aug 18, 2010 4:22 PM, By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Russia banned grain exports on Aug. 15, and it now appears Ukraine will follow suit. Both nations are suffering from massive drought — the worst in 50 years — that has ruined yields and made the countries leaders eschew export sales to shore up native food supplies...
Aug 18, 2010 12:40 PM, Source: USDA
Individual kernels of wheat and barley can be quickly evaluated for resistance to a damaging scab disease by using near infrared light (NIR) technology, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture study conducted in support of a program to safeguard these valuable grain crops...
Aug 17, 2010 2:29 PM, By Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D.
The recent upheavals in grain markets were threatening to drive feed costs sharply higher...
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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