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Closing Livestock: Pork Complex Sinks Thanks To Defensive Fundamentals 3-11

Closing Rice: Continued Free Fall, USDA lowered long grain exports 3-11

Closing Grain: Soybeans Sink on Bearish Export News 3-11

Closing Cotton: Skids To Lowest Close Since Feb. 18  3-11

U.S. Stock Market News 3-11

Arkansas: New Rice Variety Roy J Stands Tall,Yields High 3-11

AgFax Blog: Monsanto Breaks Ground For Mississippi Corn Research Center. More Bad News For The Delta. 3-11

Midday Livestock: Sluggish Trade 3-11

Linn Soybean Commentary: Rally After USDA Crop Report 3-11

Linn Corn Commentary: Bears are in Control 3-11

Linn Wheat Commentary: Export Sales Near High of Estimate Range 3-11

Midday Grain:  Beans are sharply lower 3-11

Opening Cotton: Under Pressure Near Midrange  3-11

Opening Grains: Mostly Lower Overnight 3-11

Opening Livestock: Anticipated to Open Mixed 3-11

K. Good's Farm Policy: Jobs Bill; Insurance- SURE; Competition; Climate; and Trade 3-11

US Corn Prices May Find Support 3-10

Projected Economic Turnaround Fuels Recovery in Commodity Prices, According to 2010 FAPRI Outlook 3-10

Diesel, gasoline prices up yet another week 3-10

Hurricanes: AccuWeather Calls For More Active 2010 Season 3-10

Seed Trait Battles Raise Eyebrows 3-10

Fertilizer Outlook 3-10

Kentucky: Control Volunteer Corn Early to Prevent Problems in Fields 3-10

Kentucky: UK Entomologists to Look for New Stink Bugs 3-10

For Argument's Sake: Changing Pricing Dynamics Between Gasoline and Ethanol 3-9

Get More Coverage for the Money: 2010 Crop Insurance Decisions 3-9

Retail Fertilizer Trends 3-9

Georgia: Need Commercial Pesticide Credits? Here's The Place 3-9

Mississippi: New Corn Breeding Facility Coming 3-9

Monsanto says Bollgard Bt toxin resistance confirmed in pink bollworms in India 3-9

AgFax Blog: Corn Planting Starts In Louisiana - Ready Or Not 3-9

AgFax Blog: With More Cotton, Will Used Picker Prices Increase? 3-9

Ohio: Take Steps to Reduce Compaction Before Spring Planting 3-9

Indiana: Purdue Web Site Helps Farmers Manage Corn Mold Issues 3-9

Crude oil and gasoline prices inching up again 3-9

Vietnam: Sluggish rice trade dampens local price 3-9

Cotton: Brazil Intends $591 Million Retaliation for U.S. Cotton Export Subsidies 3-8

Southern Grain: Don't Expect Long Elevator Lines When Wheat Harvest Starts 3-9

California Almonds: Wet weather pushes more growers toward third fungicide 3-9

Deaths Related to Grain Handling Continue to Increase 3-8

Personalize Crop Insurance Decisions 3-8

Georgia, Mississippi,Texas Included in 18 State Rural Broadband Project 3-8

Virginia Cotton: March Cotton Update 3-8

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 3-8

Arkansas: UA Weed Scientist Receives National Award 3-8

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Alabama: Row Crop Insect Management for Maximum Profit, March 18, 9 am, David’s Catfish House, Atmore.

Georgia: Cotton Production Meeting, March 22, 7 pm, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Florida: Beef Production Workshop, March 24, 11:30 am, Miami Community Center, Miami.

Georgia: Commercial Pesticide Credit Meeting, March 26, 8:30 am, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Arkansas: Ozark Food Processors Association Convention and Exposition, April 6-7, Springdale.

Mississippi: Magnolia Beef and Poultry Expo, April 8, Smith County Agricultural Complex, Raleigh.

Pennsylvania Agronomy Scout School, April 10, Penn State Campus.

Texas: Predator Workshop, April 13, 8 am, Edward County 4-H Barns, Rocketsprings.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, April 15, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

Texas Brush Control Workshop, April 20, 8 am, Edwards County Annex Building, Edwards County.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, May 20, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, June 17, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

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

North Carolina 2010 Cotton Field Day, Sept. 16, Gary Respess Farm, Beaufort County.

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Advisories/Analysis

(Date indicates when posted)

Updated: March 11, 2010 05:32 PM (ET)

ALABAMA:

Alabama: Timely Information, 3-10, 2009 Screening Trials for Cotton Variety Resistance to Verticillium Wilt.|

Alabama: Timely Information, 3-3, Some Important Crop Insurance Changes for Cotton Farmers._

Alabama On The Farm Newsletter, 3-1, Bob and Max's Best Guess Outlook for Different Row Crops in 2010; Cotton: How much does it cost to grow and which variety do I plant?_

arkansas:

Arkansas Farm Bureau Bi-Weekly, 3-4._

Arkansas: Rice Research News, 3-3, "Roy J" is new high-yield and lodge resistant variety._

USDA Arkansas Soybean County Estimates, 3-2._

FLORIDA:

Florida Crop Report, 3-8.|


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GEORGIA:

Georgia Crop Report, 3-9.|

Georgia Cotton Marketing News, 3-5, Need to Balance Hope with Reality._

Georgia Seminole Crop E News, 3-5, Finally able to break some land._

Georgia Market Watch, 3-5._

ILLINOIS:

Illinois: Handling Untilled Fields of Cornstalks, 3-9.|

Illinois: Value of the U.S. Dollar and Corn Prices, 3-8, Weekly Outlook by D. Good.|

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IOWA:

Iowa: Webinar Covers Spring Management of Stored Grain, 3-11.

Iowa: Spring Thaw May Bring Floods, 3-7.|

Iowa: Projected Demand for Iowa Crops,3-4._


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Kansas:

Kansas Crop Report, 3-1._

kentucky:

Kentucky Pest News, 3-10, Corn: Consider Where the Susceptible Hybrids go in 2009.|

LOUISIANA:

Louisiana March Rice Newsletter, 3-9.|

Louisiana Crop Report, 3-8.|

AMS Ag Report (E-Central La.), 3-7. Fight the urge to plant into vegetation; too cold to plant corn; still more cotton coming.|

Louisiana Rice Insects:, 3-5 Advanced Entomology Training Presentations._

MISSISSIPPI:

Mississippi Bi-Weekly Ag Report, 3-10.|

Mississippi Field Notes (Central Miss.), 3-8, Is this false spring or real spring?|

Mississippi Farm Bureau Capital Comments, 3-5, Cotton Warehouse Tax;  Boll Weevil._

Mississippi Grain Crops Update, 3-3, Corn planting requirements._

Missouri:

Missouri Pest and Crop Newsletter, 3-3, Nitrogen Loss Cuts Into 2009 Corn Profits._

Nebraska:

Nebraska: Monitor Corn for Grain Mold Diseases, 3-8.|

Nebraska: Cornhusker Economics, 3-3, Cost of Production and Crop Insurance._

NORTH CAROLINA:

Wheat Crop: To Save Or Not To Save?, 3-3. That's the critical question._

OHIO:

Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter, 3-9, Private Pesticide Applicator License Renewal by March 31st; Foliar Manganese on Glyphosate Tolerant Soybeans; Corn Flea Beetle and Stewart¹s Bacterial Leaf Blight.|

Oklahoma:

Oklahoma Crop Report, 3-8.|

TENNESSEE:

Since 1980 US wheat exports down by half while competitors’ exports double, 3-5, D. Ray, UTenn Agricultural Policy Analysis Center._

Tennessee Market Highlights, 3-5, Crop market comments by Chuck Danehower; Livestock comments by Emmit L. Rawls._


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TEXAS:

Texas FOCUS on South Plains, 3-11, Bt or non-Bt, pre-season thrips, pre-plant weed control, variety selection.|

Texas Crop, Weather, 3-9, Corn planting in eastern half of state 'well behind the eight ball'.|

Texas Crop Report, 3-8.|

VIRGINIA:

Virginia: Roberts Agricultural Commodity Market Report, 3-9, Soybeans found support from expectations that U.S. bean crop will be slow to get planted due to the wet winter.|

Virginia Crop Report, 3-1._

RELATED MATERIAL:

USDA Grain Transportation Report, 3-11, Containerized Ag Exporters Face More Rate Increases; Wheat Inspections Highest Since October.|

USA Rice Federation Daily, 3-11, Rice Industry Testifies in Support of Open U.S.-Cuba Agricultural Trade and Travel.|

Arkansas Farm Bureau Market Report, 3-11, Covers Major Commodities.|

Riceland Daily Market Review, 3-10.|

USDA Crop Production, 3-10.|

USDA Weather and Crop Summary, 3-9.|

Nunn Cotton Letter, 3-7. Bullish talk continues, but ample supplies loom for 2011.|

Rice Advocate, 3-5, Cuban Trade and Travel, H.R. 4645._

USDA Peanut Prices, 3-5._

 

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