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Free Times
January 27, 2018
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, City Roots Farm Manager Eric McClam and S.C. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers discuss ... are called "specialty crops" — a category that covers most non-commodity crops, from fruit to spinach, as opposed to commodities like cotton and soybeans.
Houston Chronicle
January 27, 2018
Below, Matagorda County cotton crops were spoiled from the rain before Hurricane Harvey made landfall. .... Cotton already is one of the most heavily subsidized farm commodities in the U.S. agricultural system, which has sought to protect farmers from the vagaries of weather and markets since the GreatÃÂ ...
Farm and Dairy
January 26, 2018
The dairy folks agree; they joined to push their own bigger, wider “safety net.” Indeed, in 2015, Big Cotton attempted to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to institute a similar program. Former USDA chief Tom Vilsack rejected it, claiming only Congress had the authority to reopen the 2014 farm bill.
Southeast Farm Press
January 26, 2018
The pest significantly impacted Georgia's cotton and fall vegetable crops last year. To avoid another infestation this year, Sparks and fellow UGA entomologist Phillip Roberts have stressed the importance of crop sanitation during their visits with farmers at winter county production meetings. “Any crop that'sÃÂ ...
Southwest Farm Press
January 25, 2018
"As a cotton producer organization serving 41 counties where growers usually produce about two-thirds of the state's cotton crop, we appreciate this team ... The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has recognized a cotton and weed team with a Superior Service Team Award for their efforts on educatingÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 17, 2018
Severe cotton leaf damage from near Walgett in northern New South Wales. Photograph: Cotton Australia. The vice chair of the Walgett Cotton Growers' Association, Bernie Bierhoff, says cotton crops on more than 10 farms, including his own, had been affected by the off-target spray drift – some seriously.
Delta Farm Press
January 11, 2018
Wayne Ebelhar, MSU research professor and agronomist, discussed the long-term research project at the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio. The study was conducted on two sites, the Centennial Farm at Stoneville, Miss., where cotton has been grown continuously “for at least 100 years,”à...
AgWeb
January 10, 2018
Civil War ghosts watch from the field's edge as an agricultural tale of backbone and innovation demands a refreshingly misfit farmer: enter Garrett Heil. ... Just outside the tiny town of Norborne, the self-proclaimed soybean capital of the world, Heil's family farms 4,000 acres of corn, grain sorghum, soybeansÃÂ ...
Farm Bureau News
January 10, 2018
Dr. Keith Coble reviewed the supply and demand fundamentals for major field crops including corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice for both U.S. and foreign markets. Following the crop outlook, Dr. Coble discussed several key topics for the 2018 farm bill debate that may impact commodity and cropÃÂ ...
AgWeb
January 10, 2018
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma also left their mark on U.S. agriculture. Harvey made landfall in Texas in late August just as corn, cotton and rice harvest was wrapping up. The South Texas Cotton and Grain Association reports the final tally on crop losses could reach $150 million. Cotton farmers in the UpperÃÂ ...
Farm Futures
January 9, 2018
The disaster assistance bill looks to set the stage for the next farm bill, offering a higher baseline for funding and likely taking care of two contentious issues related to dairy and cotton, according to Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. Speaking at a workshop at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2018 AnnualÃÂ ...
Hindu Business Line
January 9, 2018
The company's major target segments for farm equipment business are small and medium farms, gardens and landscaping categories. The company has a capacity to produce 6000-7000 units of power tillers and 10,000 units of other farm equipment and implements. All these are made at its RanipetÃÂ ...
Southwest Farm Press
January 7, 2018
“We've got producers that are not experiencing one of the most profitable crops due to a couple of things: ever-increasing production costs and the cotton price. Cotton prices are really at pretty good levels right now. But when you throw in the quality of the crop, and a lot of the quality is not what we'd like itÃÂ ...
Chron.com
January 2, 2018
The longest winning streak in two decades propelled cotton to 2017's biggest increase among crop commodities, and hedge funds are ready for more gains in 2018. Of the nine components tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex, only cotton and wheat contracts posted gains last year. The fiber ledÃÂ ...
Farm Futures
January 1, 2018
The longest winning streak in two decades propelled cotton to 2017's biggest increase among crop commodities, and hedge funds are ready for more gains in 2018. Of the nine components tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex, only cotton and wheat contracts posted gains last year. The fiberÃÂ ...
Delta Farm Press
December 19, 2017
Several university cotton specialists offer suggestions to help growers take advantage of these cover crop benefits. Dr. Randy Boman, Oklahoma State University cotton specialist, says many irrigated producers use a terminated small grains cover. After they harvest cotton, they immediately plant wheat or rye to get someÃÂ ...
ABC Online
December 31, 1999
Hamish Millar from company Cowal Agriculture, which grows the cotton crop in question in Queensland's Emerald region, said this years' crop was even earlier than conventional (or non-GM) crops of decades past. He said he understood they were the first to harvest cotton this year in Australia.
Agrimoney.com
September 19, 2017
A hefty Washington estimate for world cotton stocks, which fuelled a slump in prices last week, looks like being undermined by weakerÃÂ ...
wtkr.com
September 18, 2017
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has ... National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) September Crop Production, showed ... to row crops beginning in August through the remainder of the growing season. ... Producers expect to harvest 83,000 acres, up 9,000 acres from theÃÂ ...
Southeast Farm Press
September 18, 2017
'Put Farm Safety into Practice' during Farm Safety Week ... They are on track to produce their best cotton crop ever, and they ... Following two back-to-back years of rain-damaged crops, South Carolina is due a good cotton crop this year. ... get it out of the field and have a pretty good harvest,” Jones said.
InsideClimate News
September 1, 2017
Bits of cotton—the state's biggest cash crop—are hanging in trees. ... Texas, the country's third-largest agricultural state, took in about $25 billion in ... The losses will extend beyond damaged crops and livestock fatalities. ... Harvey's damage to Texas's agriculture extended to farm equipment, barns and theÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
August 30, 2017
Cotton crop ruined by Harvey in Refugio County, about 6 miles ... The powerful winds and rains destroyed crops, displaced livestock and ... “A lot of cotton didn't get harvested,” said Gene Hall, a spokesman for the Texas FarmÃÂ ...
CNBC
August 29, 2017
The Lone Star state produces high volumes of cotton, wheat, rice and soy and is a large exporter of crops from around the country.
CNBC
August 25, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that harvest activity has now ... A tractor carries a cotton module ready for transport to the gin at a farm in Texas. ... nation in cattle and cotton production, and rice also is a major ag crop. ... At the same time, Harvey is expected to delay agricultural export activityÃÂ ...
Economic Times
December 31, 1999
Farmers are likely to harvest a record 40 million bales of cotton in the 2017/18 season beginning Oct. 1, 2017, bringing domestic prices downÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
Georgia's agricultural leaders say Irma's path through the state has left pecan and cotton crops vulnerable, but could signal a boon for anotherÃÂ ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 31, 1999
Georgia pecan and cotton farmers face heavy losses and early reports suggest more than a dozen other row crops and vegetables were damaged in Tropical Storm ... Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to assess the storm's impact, ... and dairy farms, among other businesses, get back up and running.
Hoosier Ag Today
March 29, 2017
The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) risk management program and crop insurance have been critical to helping corn farmers during a weak farm economy and should be maintained in the next farm bill, National Corn Growers Association President Wesley ...
AgWeb
March 29, 2017
Green Mississippi fields will be a blanket of white this fall as area farmers are eyeing cotton as a more profitable crop to plant this year. "Out of the 8,500 acres we farm, I'm going to farm about 5,000 acres of cotton, and the other half, what's ...
Chinchilla News
March 29, 2017
... into the cotton harvest. On Ian Wolski's farm, Heimat, 10km south of Chinchilla, yields are looking to be down on what he was expecting.
KTIC
March 29, 2017
Growers hope to plant another record soybean crop this spring while scaling back corn acres, according to Farm Futures latest survey of intentions for 2017.
Fence Post
March 29, 2017
The American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Farmers Union and six groups representing commodities grown mostly in the northern states have reached consensus on a series of farm bill proposals, but groups representing generally southern crops have ...
Plainview Daily Herald
March 29, 2017
"We'll also be looking at possible opportunities for producers found in the farm bill to improve their bottom line by planting program crops on cotton generic acres to qualify for program payments," Smith said. "But the main item of workshop business ...
The Ledger
March 28, 2017
The products are made using only fair trade labor on the farms and in the factories. The challenge for Naithani and his ... Cotton covers 2.5 percent of the world's cultivated land, yet growers use an estimated 10 to 25 percent of the world's ...
The Herald
March 28, 2017
FACTS are stubborn. That Command Agriculture is a success is fact even before we start counting our harvest. ... VP Mnangagwa said the thinking within Government was to spread the Command Agriculture net to such crops as cotton, soya beans and wheat.
Daily Times
March 28, 2017
KARACHI: The Textile Ministry and concerned agencies responsible for the protection of crops should take preemptive measures in order to safeguard the cotton crop from different virus attacks and use of uncertified seeds by growers. The cotton crop ...
AgriLife Today
March 28, 2017
"We'll also be looking at possible opportunities for producers found in the farm bill to improve their bottom line by planting program crops on cotton generic acres to qualify for program payments," Smith said. "But the main item of workshop business ...
AllAfrica.com
March 28, 2017
The agricultural sector is expected to grow by 12 percent this year buoyed by a bumper harvest expected this season, with early projections showing the countryÃÂ ...
Stanly News & Press
March 28, 2017
The Burlesons have grown cotton every year since then, and they plan to stay with the crop. Today, Ronnie farms with his son, Andrew, brother Dennis, and Dennis' son, Aaron. The Burlesons are known for their commitment to soil conservation, adapting ...
DAWN.com
March 26, 2017
Having failed to achieve cotton sowing targets for the past few years, Sindh's agriculture department estimates that 650,000ha may be brought under cotton cultivation this year. The last season's cultivation target was 660,000ha. However, the Multan ...
The Madera Tribune
March 26, 2017
An active member of the Madera County Farm Bureau, Henry Bitter served as president for two years, on its board for 13 years, and as the District 9 director for the California Farm Bureau Federation for six years. He farmed wine and ... He sold his ...
The Missoulian
March 26, 2017
Cotton covers 2.5 percent of the world's cultivated land, yet growers use an estimated 10 to 25 percent of the world's pesticides, according to Rodale Institute, a Pennsylvania organic farm and researcher. AMIS Global, an agriculture data firm ...
Iowa Farmer Today
March 25, 2017
But, again, the amount exported varies significantly among crops - from about half of the soybean, wheat, and rice crop to 75 percent of the cotton crop. Farmers are also concerned that our export markets may be stifled by U.S. trade policy. According ...
Southeast Farm Press
March 23, 2017
Each producer should have their own breakeven price number that they calculate based on their farm operation. ... Sometimes that may not give a lower cost crop like soybeans a fair shake compared to a higher cost crop like cotton. ... For example, if ...
Southwest Farm Press
March 22, 2017
That's why he established Pat Pilgrim Farms, PPF Gin and Warehouse, built the gin, and set up the cotton company to work very much like the vertically integrated poultry business his family ran until they sold it a year or so ago.
Fast Company
March 22, 2017
Consider the farmers in India, the world's largest producer of cotton. There, the crop is generally harvested on small farms, where families go into debt to buy seeds from Monsanto, a seed supplier that dominates 90% of the Indian market. As I've ...
Moree Champion
March 21, 2017
The excessive heat caused a great deal of stress to local cotton plants, especially dryland crops. On top of the heatwave, local cotton crops have been hit with above-average rainfall throughout March which has sparked concern for crop downgrades.
Scottsbluff Star Herald
March 21, 2017
To go a day without agricultural means no cotton briefs or boxers. You would not ... The by-products off the farm and ranches across this great nation are found in every aspect of our lives. From our ... But, as the farmer says after watching the white ...
Nasdaq
March 21, 2017
But it does allow the import of GMO crops, such as soybeans for use in its huge animal feed industry. The number ... "The trend is moving in the wrong direction in terms of the product being approved in the past few years," said Gao Yong, co-chairman ...
Delta Farm Press
March 21, 2017
"I attended UT Martin for a while one spring, but when it got time to harvest cotton, I couldn't stand it any longer - I had to come home.
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