Crops
Rice prices have declined for several years because of competition from huge rice producers like Vietnam and Thailand as well as increases in agricultural productivity that have boosted supplies. Over the past few decades, hundreds of rice farmers in Southeast Texas have given up the crop entirely but that could soon change.
While spring floods left many rice farmers with fewer acres of rice than they originally planned, they’re hopeful a rising market can offset at least some of the lost acreage.
In the heart of Canada’s bread basket, a Richardson International Ltd. processing plant stands as a testament to what may be the country’s most successful agricultural experiment.
In the early 1900s, cotton was king around Enterprise, Ala., and much of the southern U.S. But a silent southern invasion was just beginning.
According to the USDA, 44 percent of the sorghum crop has been planted out of the top 11 producing states, which is five points behind the five-year average.
For the past several years, sorghum research has trailed that of corn and soybeans, but that could soon change.
Too much supply even with record peanut butter, snack demand.
As weeds become more resistant to herbicides, plant breeders are faced with the challenge of developing new varieties that are resistant to new or older herbicides. A new rice variety being released by rice researchers at the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter is showing promise.
Louisiana rice farmers are ahead of the average planting schedule thanks to a relatively warm and dry spring.
For the past several years sorghum research has lagged behind that of corn and soybeans, but that could soon change with technology advances. DuPont Pioneer partnered with the Sorghum Checkoff to improve sorghum breeding.
While many ag groups voiced strong concern about the thought of pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), other ag groups think the 20-year-old treaty needs a second look.
For more than two decades, Commodity Classic has helped set the stage for the growing season. Farmers and presenters from across the country pour into one place with one goal in mind—to get ready for 2017. As attendance has grown, so has the event’s influence.
Broader trade talks have moved slowly amid political spats.
One of the keys to the sorghum industry is finding new demand and one of those new sources of demand might be the American consumer.
Tobacco is one crop struggling to keep acres.
Cover crop support groups foster opportunities to learn from others
A former USDA scientist has plead guilty to stealing seeds.
Think of it as photosynthesis on steroids. Photosynthesis is how plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food. But it’s a very inefficient process, using less than one percent of the energy available, scientists said.
Canada supplies half of oats used in U.S. snack bars, cereals.
Hurricane Matthew created a second year of tough harvest conditions for South Carolina farmers. Producers say the damage in the northeastern part of the state was mostly concentrated in cotton and peanuts.
The major beer brewers aren’t planning on buying as much barley from Montana.
The rice crop in parts of Arkansas appear promising after August rain.
Nearly half of all rice produced in the U.S. is exported, so Mississippi farmers need rice variety options to ensure strong foreign demand for their harvests.
A severe drought that is threatening Asia’s top rice producers and drying up the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia has exerted only limited impact on prices, thanks to last year’s huge rice surplus, according to officials.
After a dicey planting season last year in Missouri, producers plan to return to their normal rotations by planting as many acres of corn and soybeans this year as they did two years ago.
Consumers in New York and California sued PepsiCo Inc.’s Quaker Oats for false advertising over claims that the brand’s signature product contains a possible carcinogen that is not listed as an ingredient.
Demand and increasing that demand both domestically and internationally may be the biggest topic of all among farmers this year. We discussed how to make that happen with the chief executives of each of the grain associations.
If you haven’t planted cover crops yet, you naturally need to know what it’s going to cost before you do. As the cliché goes, there’s an app for that. (Well, a spreadsheet.)
China drove a lot of the recent demand for sorghum, driving premiums as high as 20% above corn at times.