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DOANE: Cotton Comment

Closing Livestock: Lean Hog Rebound by Triple Digits 2-8

Closing Cotton: Cotton Surges Almost Limit, Finishes Strong 2-8

Closing Grain: Short-Covering Rally 2-8

Linn Corn Commentary: Market Opened Higher 2-8

Linn Wheat Commentary: Grain Prices Seem to be Stabilizing 2-8

Linn Soybean Commentary: Soybeans Were Higher 2-8

U.S. Stock Market News 2-8

Midday Livestock: Lean Hogs Post Strong Gains 2-8

Midday Grain: Higher 2-8

Opening Cotton: Bounces On Outside Influences 2-8

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 2-8

Opening Grains: Post Solid Rallies During Overnight Session 2-8

Opening Livestock: Live and Feeder Futures Should Open Moderately Higher 2-8

K. Good's Farm Policy: Budget Issues; Ag Economy; Climate Change; Trade 2-8

Almond Crop In California Moving Toward Bloom - How Fast? 2-7

Diesel And Gasoline Prices Drop For Third Straight Week 2-5

Cotton For 2010 Could Hit 10.1 Million Acres: NCC Survey 2-5

Kentucky: Producers Can Manage Genetic Defects in Cattle 2-5

Closing Rice: Futures Down Again 2-5

Crop Insurance: A Vital Marketing Tool 2-5

Upgrading China Soy Logistics 2-5

Newsom on the Market 2-5

USDA National Weekly Cotton Summary 2-5

Virginia Cotton: Variety Report Card 2-5

USDA National Weekly Grain Summary 2-5

New RFS Draws Mixed Reviews 2-4

Sanow's Market Sense 2-4

Digging Through the Marketing Toolbox 2-4

Louisiana: Annual Crops Symptomology Symposium - Focus on Cotton and Rice 2-4

Kentucky: UK Researcher on Ground Floor of Biofuels Study 2-4

Louisiana: AgFax.com Editor Among Speakers at Louisiana Ag Tech, Management Conference 2-3

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Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Texas "Selecting, Developing and Working a Marketing Plan," Feb. 8-9, 8:30 am, Texas AgriLife REC, Amarillo

Regional Cotton Production Meeting, Feb 9, 6 pm, Stagecoach Cafe, Stockton, Alabama.

Louisiana: St. Martin Rice Production Meeting, Feb. 9, 6 pm, St. Martin Extension Office, Breaux Bridge.

Private Applicator Training, Feb. 9, 6 pm, Winona Extension Office, Winona, Mississippi

Texas Llano Estacado Corn Conference, Feb. 9, Castro County Exposition Building, Dimmitt, Castro County, 806-647-4115 (continuing ed).

Texas: Blackland Income Growth Conference, Feb. 9-10, Heart of Texas Fair Complex, Waco.

Iowa Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management Short Course, Feb. 9-10, Knapp-Storms Dining Complex, Iowa State University campus, Ames.

"What to Plant in 2010 for the Most Profit Potential", February 11, Coffee County Extension Office, Douglas, Georgia.

Texas Southwest Farm and Ranch Classic, Feb. 9-11, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock.

Parmer County Cottonseed Variety Meeting,9 a.m.-12.00p.m. Feb. 10 in the Farwell Community Center.

Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference, Feb. 10-12, SAI Convention Centre, Alexandria.

Texas South Plains Ag Conference, Feb. 10, Brownfield, Terry County, 806-637-4060, (continuing ed).

Texas Cottonseed Variety Meeting, Feb. 10, Farwell, Parmer County at 806-481-3619, (continuing ed).

Vermilion Parish Rice Growers Meeting, Feb. 10, 7 pm, Hebert's Steakhouse in Nunez.

Georgia Crop Marketing Meeting, Feb. 11, 6:30 pm, "What to Plant in 2010 for the Most Profit Potential", Coffee County Extension Office, Douglas.

Cotton Marketing Network Teleconference, Feb. 11.

Cotton Production Seminar and Discussion, Feb. 11 Vaiden Library, Vaiden, Mississippi.

Texas Cotton Production Meeting, Feb. 11, Lamesa, Dawson County, 806-872-3444, (continuing ed).

Tennessee 2010 Cotton Focus Meeting, Feb. 11, 8 am, West Tenn. REC, Jackson.

Louisiana: 75th Annual Livestock Show Feb. 13-20. Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Gonzales.

Mississippi Crop College/Joint Pest Conference, Feb. 16-18, Delta REC, Stoneville.

Arkansas: Commercial Tree, Fruit Workshop, Feb. 16. Natural Resources Center, Conway.

Georgia: Southern Green for Professional Landscapers, Feb. 16, 8 am, Albany Technical College, Albany.

Cotton Price Risk Management Seminar, Feb. 17, 8:30 am, The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., Sponsored by Cotton Incorporated.

Louisiana Ag Industries Association Annual Meeting, Feb 18-19, 9:30 am, Paragon Casino, Marksville.

RTWG (Rice Technical Working Group) 33rd Conference, Feb. 22-25, Biloxi, MS.

Texas Cotton Production Meeting, Feb. 22, Tahoka, Lynn County, 806-561-4562, (continuing ed).

Texas Cotton Variety Selection, Cotton Outlook and Fertilizer Management, Feb. 23, Brownfield, Terry County, 806-637-4060, (continuing ed). 

Texas Farm, Ranch, Wildlife Expo, Feb. 23-24, 10 am, Taylor County Expo Center, 1700 state Highway 36, Abilene.

Private Applicator Training, Carrollton Extension Office, February 25, Carrollton, Mississippi.

Louisiana: Greenhouse Tomato Seminar, Feb. 26, 1 pm, Call 318-741-7430 to register, Bossier City.

Mid-South Farm And Gin Show, Feb. 26-27, Memphis.

Louisiana Advanced Entomology Training, March 1, 8:30 am, LSU Ag Center, Acadia Parish Extension Office, Crowley.

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Outreach Sessions, March 1-19.

Louisiana Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar, March 2, 7:10 am, The Holiday Inn, Lafayette, Agenda, Registration Form.

Virginia “Agricultural Trade: From Farm, to Port, to the Global Marketplace” Workshop, March 3-4, Sheraton Waterside, Norfolk.

Mississippi: Greenhouse Tomato Short Course Scheduled for Growers, March 9-10, Paid registration required, Eagle Ridge Conference Center, Hinds Community College, Raymond.

Mississippi: High Tunnel Field Day for Fruit, Veg and Cut Flower Professional Growers March 11, Paid registration required, MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station, Crystal Springs.

Mississippi: Women in Agriculture Conference, March 11-12, Bost Extension Center, MSU campus.

Tennessee: 26th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day, July 22, tennu@bellsouth.net

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor

Advisories/Analysis

(Date indicates when posted)s

Updated: February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (ET)

Alabama:

Alabama: 2010 Peanut Disease Risk Index, 2-5, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service._

Peanuts: Impact of Soil Insecticide Treatments On Yields Of Newly Released Runners, 2-1._

CALIFORNIA:

Almonds: How Australian Growers Dealt With Their Own Drought. 2-7.|

Almonds: New pesticides are effective on Peach Twig borer in early sprays, 2-7. From The Almond Doctor Blog.|

Almonds: Early bud break, 2-7. From The Almond Doctor Blog.|

Almonds: Bloom Sprays, What To Use And When, 2-7. From The Almond Doctor.|

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Florida:

Florida Fiber Notes, 2-8, Impacts of Grazing Small Grain on a following Cotton Crop.|

Florida Crop Report, 2-1._

GEORGIA:

Georgia Cotton Marketing News, 2-5, Mixed Signals Right Now._

Georgia Market Watch, 2-5._

Georgia Seminole Crop E News, 2-5, Still pretty soggy; weed control cost calculator; 2010 Cotton Cost Enterprise Budgets; Crop Performance Variety Tests._

Georgia 2010 Cotton Enterprise Budgets, 2-3, Conventional Tillage, Non-Irrigated; Strip-Till, Non-Irrigated; Conventional Tillage, Irrigated; Strip-Till, Irrigated._

Georgia Cotton Enterprise Tool, 2-2. Excel spreadsheet budgets._

iLLINOIS:

Illinois: Beef Industry Hopeful for 2010 Recovery, 2-1, Weekly Outlook by D. Good._

iOWA:

Iowa: Center for agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT)2-8, Top Ten Agricultural Law Developments of 2009.|

Iowa: Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT), 2-8,  The Death (for the moment) of the Federal Estate Tax.|

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Kansas:

Kansas Crop Report, 2-1._

LOUISIANA:

Ag Report (E-Central Louisiana), 2-7. Can cotton cash flow, even with reduced land costs? Rain further delays 2010 crop season.|

Louisiana Farm Reporter, 2-5, from USDA._

MISSISSIPPI:

Mississippi Field Notes (Central Miss.), 2-8, Make sure your planting seed are good.|

2009 Mississippi State University OVT Cotton Data, 2-6. Excel spreadsheet_

Mississippi County Cotton Yield Trials For 2009, 2-6._

Mississippi Bi-Weekly Ag Report, 2-5, from USDA._

Mississippi Field Crops Newsletter, January, Cotton has made fairly significant improvement in price during recent  weeks, while corn and soybeans remain in doldrums or worse._

NEBRASKA:

Nebraska: Crop Watch - Recommendations for Managing Stored Grain in February, 2-6._

OHIO:

Ohio: Don't rely on chemicals to reduce vomitoxin contamination of corn, 2-3._

TENNESSEE:

Tennessee Market Highlights, 2-5, Crop market comments by Chuck Danehower; Livestock comments by Emmit L. Rawls._

Farmers Have a Stake in the Health Care Debate, 2-5, D. Ray, UTenn Agricultural Policy Analysis Center._

TEXAs:

Texas Rice, Winter 2009, Cold Tolerance at Germination and Seedling Stages in Rice._

VIDEO: Lower Colorado River Authority Weather Blog, 2-3. Bob Rose, LCRA chief meteorologist, looks at February's weather and potential conditions going into spring._

Texas Crop, Weather, 2-2, Panhandle wheat growers always like a good snow._

Texas Crop Report, 2-1._

virginia:

Virginia Crop Report, 2-3._

Virginia: Weekly Roberts Agricultural Commodity Market Report, 2-2, Monday's market mantra, "Sell the rally!"_

RELATED MATERIAL:

USA Rice Federation Daily, 2-8, Miss Arkansas Rice Shares Heart Healthy Message During American Heart Month.|

Rice Advocate, 2-5, Texas Rice Planting Outlook: Dr. Mo Way; US Rice Producers Association Travels to Capitol Hill this week._

Riceland Daily Market Review, 2-5._

Arkansas Farm Bureau Market Report, 2-5, Covers Major Commodities._

USDA Peanut Prices, 2-5._

Arkansas Farm Bureau Bi-Weekly Market Briefings, 2-5, Soybeans may have turned the corner; corn is showing bottoming signs; wheat is also due a bounce; rice in process of confirming a temporary low; cotton could come back into the planting mix._

U.S. Grains Council Global Update, 2-4, International Marketing Conference; Syria Enforces Levy on Imported Corn, Barley, USGC Expects Duties to be Eliminated._

USDA Grain Transportation Report, 2-4, FY 2011 Budget Emphasizes Safe and Reliable Inland Waterways; Corn Inspections Highest Since October; Surface Transportation Board (STB) Railroad Competition Study Updated._

USDA Weather and Crop Summary, 2-2._

Cotton Quality Report, 2-1, From National Cotton Council._

Peanut Outlook: Impacts of the 2008-09 Foodborne Illness Outbreak Linked to Salmonella in Peanuts, 2-1, From USDA._

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