5/19/2013 3:42:00 PM
Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow discussed differences in Senate and House versions of the next farm bill during a press briefing at the annual meeting of the Delta Council in Cleveland, Miss.
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5/19/2013 3:35:00 PM
Days after the Senate ag committee passed its version of the next farm bill, Sen. Debbie Stabenow told members of the Delta Council the bill would provide a strong safety net for farmers while reducing expenditures significantly.
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5/17/2013 4:07:00 PM
“We’re not going back to $2/bushel corn.”
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5/17/2013 2:00:00 PM
By Logan Hawkes, Contributing Writer
Rod Pinkston, a former U.S. Army Master Sergeant and war veteran, may well be one of the world's best and most intuitive wild hog hunters in the world.
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5/17/2013 1:41:00 PM
With family and friends, I have spent some of the best hours of my life on the Buffalo, which was designated the nation’s first “national river” in 1972. The designation was well-deserved. Outside Ponca, Arkansas’ only elk herd can be heard bugling as it moves through the morning mist blanketing riverside meadows. Rental cabins – rustic or tricked out -- are plentiful, as are hiking trails, small-mouth bass, and friendly folks.
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5/17/2013 11:48:00 AM
Our A to Z of farm technologies story, featured in our May issue, is being used to inspire some key agricultural initiatives in North Dakota. The state currently has a budget surplus, fueled by its recent oil boom. The state legislator is investing a portion of those funds to agriculture, the state’s number one industry.
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5/17/2013 10:12:00 AM
The best program for nutsedge control in soybeans is to plant STS-tolerant varieties and use Permit Plus herbicide. - Ford Baldwin
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5/17/2013 9:42:00 AM
From the office of Senator Thad Cochran
Legislation to exempt small farms from EPA fuel storage requirements has been incorporated into the Senate-passed Water Resources Development Act.
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5/17/2013 9:18:00 AM
From the University of Tennessee
The Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center in Springfield, Tenn., will host the Tobacco, Beef and More Field Day on June 27, 2013.
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5/17/2013 8:04:00 AM
By Casey Chumrau, U.S. Wheat Associates Market Analyst
Global wheat production is projected to increase 7 percent to 701 million metric tons (MMT), 4 percent greater than the five-year average.
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5/17/2013 7:49:00 AM
By Aimee Nielson, University of Kentucky
Get them bred before end of June
A large number of Kentucky beef producers have spring-calving cow herds that graze fescue pastures.
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5/17/2013 7:23:00 AM
By Larry Steckel, Tennessee Extension Weed Specialist
Quite a few calls have come in and most can be divided into two main questions.
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5/17/2013 5:20:00 AM
Continually seeking ways to do things better has paid dividends for Mississippi farmer Keith Morton.
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5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
SipcamAdvan recently introduced Muscle ADV, a new fungicide delivering a forceful punch to foliar and soil-borne diseases found in peanuts, soybeans and cucurbits.
Muscle ADV is the evolution of two proven and powerful fungicides, tebuconazole and chlorothalonil, combined in a versatile pre-mix.
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5/16/2013 5:28:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Indiana soybean farmer who planted Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seed without the company's approval.
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5/16/2013 5:24:00 PM
Gas prices spiked in Minnesota this week and in other areas around the Midwest. Were you affected?
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5/16/2013 5:10:00 PM
The High Court squeezed seed patents back into Pandora’s box, but more cases will come.
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5/16/2013 4:35:00 PM
Some define success as the long-term succession of your kids at the farm. Albert Schweitzer defined success as loving what you do. How you treat others, from family to strangers, is Barbara Bush's definition of success.
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5/16/2013 4:25:00 PM
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Rising production costs and falling crop prices curbed farm income growth in the first quarter of 2013, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s quarterly Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions.
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5/16/2013 3:18:00 PM
By Jim Langcuster, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama farmers benefit from data management.
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5/16/2013 3:12:00 PM
Source: USDA
During the second half of the week, a new weather system swept across the Midwest, South and East, producing additional showers and closing a brief window of opportunity for fieldwork. Mid- to late-week rainfall was not especially heavy, although many parts of the Corn Belt received in excess of an inch. Farther west, dry weather prevailed across the northern Plains and far Upper Midwest, promoting an acceleration of spring wheat planting and other fieldwork.
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5/16/2013 3:10:00 PM
The Evangeline Parish Rice Tour will be held May 23 starting at 8 a.m.
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5/16/2013 2:39:00 PM
From the Cotton Board
Texas research shows
Research shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills.
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5/16/2013 2:03:00 PM
By Dominic Reisig, North Carolina Extension Entomologist
Kudzu bug activity in North Carolina has heightened with the warm weather in the past two weeks.
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5/16/2013 1:24:00 PM
On Monday, editors were invited to tour Monsanto's headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., and see the work the company is doing in its Asgrow soybeans, particularly in fighting major pests and diseases which can be devastating to yields. Here is a look at the research being done at Monsanto to fight these yield-robbing problems.
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5/16/2013 12:13:00 PM
The USDA
USDA grants will target research on cattle health in varying climate.
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5/16/2013 11:00:00 AM
Nutrition programs and dairy policy face major debate
Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the farm bill on a 36 to 10 vote.
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5/16/2013 10:15:00 AM
Source: House Agriculture Committee
Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) issued the following statements after the House Agriculture Committee approved the farm bill, H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013, by a large, bipartisan vote of 36-10. Committee members also adopted, by voice vote, an en bloc amendment.
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5/16/2013 9:12:00 AM
House ag committee's farm bill meets with approval from most farm groups, although some express reservations.
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5/16/2013 9:00:00 AM
Keith Morton is always looking for ways to do things better on his Mississippi farm.
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