…according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, include dry edible beans, down 13 percent from last year, and upland cotton, down 4 percent to the lowest intended acreage ever recorded….
Farms Face Increased Financial Pressure, FB President Tells Ag Subcommittee
…some, since they started farming.” Duvall’s testimony included a long list of bad economic news: Cotton — 80 cents a pound just a few years ago — now brings prices…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…cotton, rice, sorghum, oil crops, dry beans, potatoes, and sugarcane/sugar beets are forecast to rise by at least 1 percent in 2016. Direct government farm program payments are forecast to…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…hunting industry. According to a 2012 survey conducted by University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, peanuts, corn and cotton are the most frequent crops damaged by…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…cotton in 2016, down 4 percent from the acreage seeded in 2015. If realized, upland cotton planted area in California for 2016 will be a record low. In addition, growers…
The Western View: Fake Science
…all of the corn, cotton and soybeans grown in the US is from GMO seed, and it has cut the amount of pesticides used by 90 per cent in corn,…
Agri View: Standards and Grades Facts
…marketing and procurement. Quality Standards USDA provides quality standards for agricultural products such as cotton, dairy, fruits and vegetables, livestock, poultry, nuts, and processed foods. Quality Standards for Grain USDA…
Agri View: Pigweed Research
…is considered a threat most specifically to the production of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops in the southern United States because in many places, the plant has developed resistance…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…hemp was a crop that touched a great many industries. An acre of hemp, for example, can provide as much fiber as two or three acres of cotton, according to…
What is GMO Food?
…as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Genetically modified crops have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and for better nutrient profiles. GM livestock have been developed,…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…the product of many curious and ingenious people who made incremental improvements to the work of their predecessors. This slideshow requires JavaScript. 1. Cotton Gin: In colonial times, cotton cloth…
Johnsongrass Target of New Research
…problem in California cotton fields. In California, johnsongrass is found in the Central Valley, Cascade Range foothills, Western California, and the Sierra Nevada foothills to about 2600 feet (800 m)….
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…Economy.) Historically, bulk commodities-wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, cotton, and tobacco-accounted for most of U.S. agricultural exports. However, in the 1990s, U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products inlucding high-value products (HVP)-…
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, lettuce, alfalfa, tomatoes, watermelon, and bell peppers, with some crops having as many as 6 applications per year. Crops that have been properly treated with…