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DOANE: Cotton Commentary

Closing Livestock: Cattle Futures Finish Mixed With Live Contracts Higher, Feeders Lower 1/6

Closing Rice: Slightly lower as the market followed the same pattern as seen the last several days 1/6

Closing Cotton: Cotton Surges Amid Soaring Soybean Prices 1/6

Closing Grain: Chinese Soy Enthusiasm Spills Through Sector 1/6

U.S. Stock Market News 1/6

U.S. Economic News 1/6

Midday Grain:  Corn, Soybeans Higher at Midday; Wheat Trade Firm 1/6

Midday Livestock: Cattle Futures Jump Sharply Higher at Midday 1/6

Linn Corn Comment: Corn Market Should be Stronger This Morning 1/6

Opening Cotton: Futures Surge To New Rally Highs 1/6

Opening Grain: Higher Overnight and All to Open Higher 1/6

Opening Livestock: Cattle Complex to Open With Mixed Prices Thanks to Bull-Spreading, Residual Buying, Profit-Taking 1/6

Jurgens Bauer's Cotton Comments: Cotton is the AWP Game 1/6

DTN Fertilizer Outlook 1/5

Outlook 2009: Focus on Ag Markets 1/5

Outlook 2009: The Confidence Game 1/5

Alaron Energy Comment: New Optimistic Mood Greets New Year 1/5

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 1/5

USDA National Weekly Cotton Review 1/2

USDA National Weekly Grain Review 1/2

Canadian Railways Fined $68 Million 1/2

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 12/28

Grain news from STAT

Fruit and Vegetables from STAT

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Sugar, U.S. Nut Markets

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Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/6/09, noon, O’Laughlin Center, Spearman.

Southwest Louisiana Rice Forum, 1/6, 8 am, Welsh Community Center, Welsh, Agenda.

Southwest Louisiana Soybean Clinic, 1/6, 12:45 pm, Welsh Community Center, Welsh, Agenda.

Louisiana Evangeline/St. Landry Rice and Soybean Meeting, 1/7, Ville Platte Civic Center, Ville Platte.

Texas Feed Grains Marketing Workshop, 1/7-8, 9 am, Texas AgriLife REC, Amarillo.

Louisiana Acadia Rice Grower Meeting, 1/8, Crowley.

Louisiana 53rd Annual Tri-State Soybean Forum, 1/9, 7:30 am, lunch provide, Thomas Jason Lingo Center, Oak Grove.

Louisiana Vermilion Rice Grower Meeting, 1/9, 7:30 am, American Legion Hall, Kaplan.

2009 UK Winter Wheat Meeting, 1/13, Bowling Green, Ky, Transpark Center.

Texas High Plains Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, 1/14, 8 am, Amarillo Civic Center.

North Carolina County Meetings, 1/15 - 2/23, Various locations and dates.

Mississippi Peanut Growers Association Annual Meeting, 1/16, Forrest County Extension Complex, Hattiesburg.

2009 Ag Expo Forestry Forum, 1/17, Hilton Garden Inn, West Monroe, Louisiana.

South Texas Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, 1/20, 8:30 am, Medina Co. Fair Hall, Hondo.

Northeast Louisiana Crop Forum, 1/21, 8:30 am, Delhi Civic Center.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Winter Commodity Conference, 1/22-23, 12:30 pm, MFBF office, Jackson.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/26, 7 am, Dalton.

National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, 1/26-27, 2009, Marksville, La.

Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/27/09, 10 a.m., Deaf Smith Co. Ext. Center, 903 14th Street, Hereford.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/27, 7 am, Gainesville Civic Center, Gainesville.

2009 Arkansas Crop Management Conference, 1/27-30, 2009, North Little Rock Wyndham Hotel, Little Rock Arkansas.

Georgia Cotton Conference, 1/28, 2009, 7:30 am, UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Registration.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/28, 7 am, Statesboro.

Farm Day 2009 (in cooperation with Alabama, Florida and Georgia Extension Systems), 1/29, 8 am, Walnut Hill Community Center,Walnut Hill, Florida.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/29, 7 am, Tifton.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/30, 7 am, Macon.

Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop, 2/5, 8 am, Ashmore Inn and Suites, Amarillo.

15th Annual Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference, 2/11, 8 am, ASU Fowler and Convocation Centers, Jonesboro.

Louisiana Agricultural Technology and Management Conference, 2/11-13, SAI Conference Center, Alexandria.

8th Annual Mississippi Farm Toy Show, 2/27-28, MAFES Conference Center, Starkville.

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Worth Downloading

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Updated: January 06, 2009 05:28 PM (ET)

FLORIDA:

Crop Report, 12-29._

Florida Agronomy Notes, January, Corn for 2009; cattle impacts on top-soil used for cotton; should I consider conventional cotton?; top dressing winter grazing crops and grain._

GEORGIA:

Crop Report, 1-5.|

Georgia Cotton Marketing Newsletter, 12-22, USDA’s December supply and demand estimates._


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KENTUCKY:

Kentucky Corn and Soybean Science Newsletter, 12-24, Soybeans for 2009: GMO or non-GMO?; yield advantage for GMO corn; ear injury possible from application targeting corn diseases; what are my crop residues worth?_

Kentucky:  Five Fertilizer Mistakes to Avoid, 12-24._

LOUISIANA:

LSU Ag Center Newsletter, 12-22._

Crop Report, 12-22._

Louisiana Soybean and Feed Grain Review, 12-22._

MISSISSIPPI:

Field Notes (Central Miss.) 1-5, Meeting time again.|

OKLAHOMA:

Crop Report, 1-5.|

TENNESSEE:

Tennessee Market Highlights, 1-2, Crop market comments by Delton C. Gerloff; Livestock comments by Emmit L. Rawls.|

Worst Financial Crisis in Decades and the Usual Remedies Are Unavailable, 1-2, D. Ray, UTenn Agricultural Policy Analysis Center.|

TEXAS:

Crop Report, 1-5.|

VIRGINIA:

Virginia: Roberts Agricultural Commodity Market Report, 1-6, A three-week high by the U.S. dollar.|

Crop Report, 1-5.|


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Nunn Cotton Letter, 1-2, Market posts 300 point gains trading to highest levels since November 5.|

USDA Grain Transportation Report, 1-2, Flooding Stops Barge Traffic ; corn inspections continues._

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