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Doane Closing Cotton Commentary

Peanut Harvest Starts In Georgia, South Carolina - Some Fields Ahead Of Schedule 9-02

DTN Livestock Close: Meat futures scored decent progress across the board 9-02

AFB Rice Close: Stopped The Downturn Of The Past Two Days And Ended Higher 9-02

Soybean Insects Still Piling Up In Southeast And Delta, Treatments Continue 9-02

AFB Cotton CLose: Blasted Through The Long Term Chart Resistance 9-02

AFB Grain-Soybean Close: Soybeans And Wheat Ended Higher 9-02

Panama Canal Authority And Mississippi State Port Authority Sign Partnership Agreement 9-02

DTN Cotton Close: Follow-through buying powers create new highs 9-02

DTN Grain Close: With a late push, corn and bean contracts joined wheat's high 9-02

Rice Yield Slump Continues, With Prospects For Lower Averages Possibly Ahead 9-02

DTN Livestock Midday: Futures rally 9-02

DTN Grain Midday: Light trade, wheat higher 9-02

Linn Corn: Lower yields, big demand push market higher 9-02

Linn Soybeans: Strong moves by corn and wheat not enough to boost soybeans 9-02

Virginia Cotton: Defoliation begins 9-02

Criminals see opportunity in...rice? Wall Street Journal Blog 9-02

DTN Grain Open: Grain contracts subdued overnight following corn and wheat rally 9-02

DTN Livestock Open: Set to open mixed 9-02

Keith Good Farm Policy: Ethanol v. Gasoline Prices; USDA and Roundup Ready Sugar Beets 9-02

Covering the Basis: The Wheat Market Situation 9-01

USDA Responds to Deregulation of Roundup Ready Sugar Beet Case 9-01

Diesel Price Update: Down Slightly 9-01

Cotton Pickers Start Rolling In Tennessee, Defoliation Going On A Wider Basis In The Midsouth 9-01

Cotton Picking Starts In Georgia, Defoliation Gaining Momentum In Southeast 9-01

Arkansas Cotton: Micronaire Defoliation Alert Issued On 2 Cotton Varieties 9-01

DTN MBAg by Adam Erwin: Non-Scientific Causes of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in Soybeans 9-01

DTN Cotton Open: Wipes Out Modest Losses to Trade Ahead 9-01

Creditors of bankrupt Verasun demand farmers pay up or get sued 8-31

Arkansas and South Dakota farmers compare who had a dryer summer, SD wins 8-31

When No-till Continuous Corn Doesn't Work, Try Vertical Tillage 8-31

Texas and New Mexico: Peanut Field Day on Sept. 8 near Brownfield 8-31

Georgia Cotton And Peanut Field Day Set For September 8 In Tifton 8-31

U.S. Rice Sale to Iraq Confirmed 8-30

Did August Weather Reduce Corn Yield Potential? 8-30

Louisiana Wheat Acreage Expected To Increase 8-30

Manufacturers Unveil Tillage Tools 8-30

NASS Field Surveys Under Way 8-30

Fertilizer prices are staying firm on tight supply 8-30

Soybean Rust: North Carolina Reports Its First Find Of 2010 8-30

Virginia: Tidewater Late-Season Field Crops tour, September 14 8-27

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Texas and New Mexico Peanut Field Day, Sept. 8, 5 to 8 p.m. Delwin Marrow Barn near Brownfield

Georgia Cotton And Peanut Field Day, Tifton, September 8, 9 a.m.

Tennessee Cotton Field Day, September 8, Jackson, W. Tenn. REC

Virginia: Late-Season Field Crops Tour, Sept. 14, Virginia Tech Tidewater REC, Suffolk

Georgia Peanut Tour, September 14-16, More Information Inside (701)

West Texas Deer Research Group meeting,September 16-17 at Kingsville

California Almond Industry Conference, December 7-9, Modesto

Mississippi: 2010 USA Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 8-10, Biloxi 8-11

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