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Sub-surface irrigation is 'radical' approach

Aug 4, 2008 9:37 AM, By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

A radical approach to irrigation is making a deep impression on thousands of acres of Georgia cropland and could make a similar imprint on Alabama fields....

Engineer stresses irrigation needs in Alabama

Aug 1, 2008 8:24 AM, By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

Alabama once again finds itself on the end of a 50-state list. Compared with other states, particularly neighboring Georgia, Alabama is lagging behind in the number of acres under irrigation....

Alabama to hold precision agriculture field day

Jun 24, 2008 9:37 AM, By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

Farmers from Alabama and neighboring states keen on earning more by using less will have the chance to learn how at a precision agricultural field day scheduled Thursday, July 10 in northwest Alabama....

Precision agriculture conference set July 20-23

Jun 19, 2008 9:39 AM

The 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) will be held July 20-23 at the Hyatt Tech Center in Denver, Colorado....

On-the-go sensing could cut nitrogen costs

May 27, 2008 9:44 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Several Southern producers and researchers are hoping to reduce nitrogen costs on corn and increase harvest efficiency in cotton this coming season with variable-rate applications based on on-the-go sensing technology....

Clemson adds irrigation expert at Edisto REC

May 23, 2008 8:00 AM, By Tom Lollis
Clemson University

Clemson University has added an irrigation expert to the faculty at the Edisto Research and Education Center at Blackville....

Alabama to debut new precision farming technology

Apr 25, 2008 9:45 AM, By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University

Beginning May 16, life may get easier for the growing number of Alabama farmers who are adopting precision agriculture methods to maintain their competitive edge in an increasingly global farming economy....


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News from the Farm Bill

House votes to suspend base acre provision

Sep 26, 2008 9:14 AM

The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits. ...

Senators, ag secretary spar over ACRE provisions

Sep 16, 2008 10:21 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill....

ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmers

Jul 15, 2008 9:34 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ...

Farm bill, flooding: Economist Daryll Ray

Jul 9, 2008 9:57 AM, By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation....

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