By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
As Kentucky producers begin to plan for the 2009 growing season, they face several economic challenges that could stymie their ability to obtain operational loans and impact their decisions on which crop to grow....
Todd P. Haymore, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), and Charles Green, VDACS marketing director, recently hosted a booth at the Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV) in Cuba....
U.S. soybean farmers already have one reason to give thanks this fall — 2008 exports of U.S. soy have set another all-time record....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There’s a strong possibility corn and soybean prices will move sharply higher this spring, likely led by beans, according to market analysts speaking at a CME Group press briefing on USDA’s Nov. 10 crop production report....
South Carolina growers are finishing a 2008 peanut crop that has been averaging 3,500 pounds per acre, which would set a new state record if realized. ...
Combines continued to roll through Kentucky soybean fields last week as 89 percent of the crop has now been harvested. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
It’s starting to look like planting delays and other weather maladies experienced in several major growing regions last spring may be starting to have an impact on crop yields....
Alabama cotton growers are putting the finishing touches on the 2009 cotton harvest, with highly variable yields being reported....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
Recent fluctuations in the commodity markets and input prices have left farmers wondering whether to purchase next year's inputs now or wait to see if prices drop....
BY Rosalie Marion Bliss
United States Department of Agriculture
A team led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist Thomas Carter will soon release advanced soybean breeding lines that carry slow-wilting traits....
Corn and soybean harvest in Kentucky and Tennessee made good progress last week as growers put the finishing touches on the 2008 crops....
Growers in the Piedmont and Coastal Regions of North Carolina took advantage of the lack of rain during the week and made great progress in the harvest of cotton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and the planting of small grains....
Cool, dry weather has helped Alabama growers surge ahead with harvest activities although wet fields from previous rainfall kept producers in some central areas out of their fields until mid-week....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Tropical Storm Fay brought much needed rainfall to Georgia in late August, but it caused $159 million in damage to crops in 31 south Georgia counties, according to a University of Georgia economic impact study....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has announced that WhiteWave Foods is expanding its commitment to a project that provides nutritious meals to school children in Ghana, as well as supports sustainable economic development in the West African country. ...
Kentucky growers received some much needed rainfall last week as the main farm activities were seeding wheat, harvesting corn and soybeans, and stripping tobacco....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A million acres too much here and there added up to an embarrassing moment for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in late October. ...
North Carolina growers are making good harvest progress, with corn, tobacco and peanuts mostly out of the field. ...
Cool, wet weather arrived in the lower Southeast last week, delaying cotton, peanut and soybean harvest, but benefiting small grain seeding and forage crops....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
The state's winter wheat acreage likely will decrease this year because of high input costs and lower commodity prices, said specialists with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture....
Soybean harvest in Kentucky and Tennessee reached the half way point last week as fairly open weather prevailed over the two states....
Corn and tobacco harvests in North Carolina were nearing completion last week as parts of the state received the first frost of the season....
Light rains slowed the Alabama crop harvest this past week as cotton picking lagged last year’s pace by nearly 10 percent and was 4 percent behind the five-year average....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Average yields this year of 76 bushels per acre for irrigated soybeans grown in south Georgia sound pretty darn good. ...
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is celebrating final passage of legislation that includes an extension of the biodiesel tax incentive for one year through Dec. 31, 2009, and provisions to shut down the abusive "splash and dash" practice that currently allows foreign-produced fuel to enter the U.S., claim the biodiesel tax incentive and be shipped to a third country for end use....
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