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Earmarks and estate tax language are just two issues Democratic leaders face when lawmakers return
‘Effort a step toward better and more targeted verificqtion activies that will reduce erroneous payments’
Brought to you by DuPont, Sponsor of the 2009 Commodity Classic AgDay reports from the 2009 Commodity Classic in Grapevine, Texas. This special edition includes insight on the four commodity groups that make this event possible - the National Corn Growers Association, the American Soybean Association, the National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National Sorghum Growers. Watch Now! Segment One Segment Two Segment Three Segment Four
Larry Moffett woke early this morning with a feeling that he needed to get up and moving. The cattleman raises prize winning Polled Herefords near Decatur, Ill.
Jerry Gulke, owner of Strategic Marketing Services and Top Producer columnist, says farmers need to watch how the markets close today, following USDA’s Supply and Demand Report.
CRS report gives detailed background on ethanol blend hike issues
Comments seen as effort to restore consumer confidence
Can you not figure out how to keep that elusive deer out of your crop field? Or, would you really like to make that naughty opossum leave your barn? The answers to your questions and more are waiting at the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management.
Another Univ. of Minnesota study brings different analysis from ethanol industry watchers
Dec. 1 EPA deadline on Growth Energy petition filed March 6
That’s a question we received from one forward thinking farmer following Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt eruption.
Rice planting is almost completed near St. Martinville, La. As the new growing season begins, Jeff Durand, of the Louisiana Rice Growers Association, discusses the concerns and challenges for rice producers.
Perspective and outlook on long road ahead for climate change legislation
Controversial regulation worries biofuel proponents
Growing a specialty crop can require special machinery. Steve Conrad farms in Webbers Falls, Okla., and when it comes to harvesting his spinach crop the best machine for the job was sourced from their farm shop.
USDA pushing to reopen markets
It could take weeks - or longer - before U.S. pork producers recover from export restrictions tied to a worldwide influenza outbreak, said a Purdue University agricultural economist.
Ag chief comments on H1N1, COOL, nutrition and food safety, ag research, and climate change
Cites jobs impact and nation’s dependence on foreign oil as reasons for waiver request
Effort only for those maturing Sept. 30, 2009
Will volunteer corn in your corn-on-corn or soybean fields cause you problems this year? Listen in as Mike Moechnig, extension weed specialist at South Dakota State University, provides agronomic advice on the topic.
May day. May day. This study shows every day of delay in May trims back potential soybean yields.
This weed is really obnoxious, but it can’t hide from remote sensing. Scientists are hunting down the invasive weed from the air.
Some call it charcoal, others see it as black gold. Could biochar made from biomass be the perfect fertilizer?
Caution—this video contains graphic violence. Find out exactly how the new herbicide Kixor kills its weedy victims.
The general public’s impressions of farmers are improving, according to a survey of consumer views funded by the United Soybean Board.
Weathers says water issues cause Colorado corn farmers many problems. Listen as he describes this and other challenges and opportunities corn farmers are facing.
There’s no doubt that the hysteria over the H1N1-- commonly referred to as swine flu-- is impacting agriculture commodities especially pork. Here are some of the headlines and other resources to provide you more information.