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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Oat futures for delivery in March fell 1 percent to close at $3.09 a bushel at 1:15 p.m.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that the 43,000 pound shipment of rice from Pakistan was infested with Khapra beetle larvae. Authorities say only dead larvae were found.
Canadian wheat growers will probably reduce output by 26 percent this year and canola production will also fall, the government’s statistics agency said today.
Louisiana is starting a program to honor farms, ranches and tree farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.
Nationwide, the total rice acreage averages around 2.8 million to 3 million, but that total could exceed 3 million this year.
Here are four things to keep in mind about armyworms, especially if you’re seeing damage but no worms.
If you plan to grow medium-grain rice in 2014, there are a few things to consider going into the year
Few broadleaf herbicides that exhibit soil residual activity are available for rice. Sharpen is a group 14 inhibiting herbicide and supplemental labeling will allow in-season applications to rice in 2014.
Sorghum has been part of Chris Curtis’ crop portfolio for the past several years. In 2012, sorghum was a standout on his Osborn, Mo., farm.
Nearly 70% of the U.S. rice crop is in good to excellent condition, about on par with the same time last year.
Farmers find new gluten-free market opportunities with this stress-tolerant crop
Farmers find new gluten-free market opportunities with this stress-tolerant crop
The radish serves as one of many cover crop options for a no-till operation.
Higher-than-previously expected rice stocks results in a 5.0- million-cwt reduction in all rice 2012/13 domestic and residual use.
Agency is looking to start making payouts in Oct. 2010
Genetically modified sugar beets on hold; update your health care directive; Large farms better suited for cob collection; new products for crop insurance
R&B farms, family owned and operated, not only produces rice to feed the world, but uses it to fuel advocacy for agriculture.
Chad Godsey demonstrates peanut blasting to identify maturity levels.
Travel to St. James Parish in Louisiana to learn about one of the state’s lesser-known commodities: perique tobacco.
Declining stocks and higher prices may bring cotton back to the South.
USDA’ s sorghum planting progress ratings for the week ended June 6.
Canada is closely following the U.S., in so many political and trade matters, as a steadfast wingman. But what is the cost?
Damage assessments to agriculture are starting to emerge from North Carolina and South Carolina. Ag losses could swell into the billions of dollars.
Floods unleashed across North Carolina by deadly Hurricane Florence are destroying crops after the storm wreaked havoc on cotton and tobacco.