Sunbelt Ag News

High Plains: Winter Water Level Measurements Indicate Average Decline of 1.87 Feet5-23

AFB Grain-Soybean Close: Wheat Boosted by Strong Exports5-23

AFB Cotton Close: Under Pressure from Negative Chinese Reports5-23

AFB Rice Close: Futures Continue Higher on Tightening Supplies5-23

DTN Cotton Close: Market Lower as July Takes Out 82 Cents5-23

Farm Bill: Comparison of Approaches to Price Supports5-23

DTN Grain Close: July Wheat Higher on Drought, Increased Exports5-23

DTN Livestock Midday: Under Pressure, Futures Slide Lower5-23

River Conditions Continue to Improve5-23

Grain Transportation: Corn Inspections Increase 17 Percent5-23

Georgia: Peanut Industry Sending Products to Oklahoma Storm Victims5-23

AgFax Peanut Review: Soil Sampling for Calcium Needs; Farm Bill Safety Net5-23

DTN Cotton Open: Trades Mixed within Tight Ranges5-23

Gasoline Prices: Average Rises by 7 Cents5-23

Propane Stocks: Increase by 2.2M Barrels5-23

Diesel Prices: National Average Up 2 Cents5-23

DTN Livestock Open: Meat Futures to Start Lower5-23

DTN Grain Open: Wheat, Soybeans Posting Gains5-23

Keith Good: Corn Planting Forecast Good; Farm Bill Amendments Abound5-23

Southern Grain Crops – Scattered Pests, More Delays – AgFax5-23

Grain TV: Strong Ethanol Production Boosts Corn5-22

Attempts to Reform Current Sugar Policy Shot Down5-22

Texas: Extension Meetings to Discuss ACRE Program5-22

Doane Cotton Close: Short Term Prospects Negative5-22

Arkansas: Storms Add More Headaches, Knock Down Hay, Wheat5-22

Estate Planning: Is a Dynasty Trust the Right Way to Protect Your Successors?5-22

Rough Rice Prices Decrease5-22

Farmland Values Not Dropping Yet but It Could Happen Soon5-22

Southeast Cotton: Scattered Fields Now Too Dry For Planting – AgFax5-22

Tips for Hurricane Preparedness from Texas Extension5-22

Kansas: Ag Mediation Services Available to Help Producers and Lenders5-22

AgFax Grain Review: Record Planting Speed; China to Increase Soybean Imports5-22

DTN Grain Midday: Corn, Wheat Trade Move Higher5-22

Good on Grain: Corn Planting Progress Rapid but Below Record Pace5-22

What Does Monsanto’s Win Mean for Self-Replicating Technologies?5-22

Southwest Cotton Planting Picks Up, Still Dry, Fleahoppers Arrive – AgFax5-21

Corn: Planted By Farmers, Helped By Technology5-21

Peanuts: Argentine Crop Hit By Frost5-21

USDA National Peanut Prices5-21

How To Become A Farmer 1015-21

How Low Interest Rates Are In Line With Farmland Prices5-21

AgFax Rice Review: U.S. Production, Exports Down; Japanese Rice Returns to Evacuation Zone5-21

DTN Fertilizer Trends: 6 of 8 See Slight Price Drop5-21

“Fungicides For Field Crops” – Multi State Project5-21

Louisiana: Crop Production Field Day Set June 19 in St. Joseph5-21

Roberts Commodity Report: USDA Corn Planting Data Questionable5-21

Taiwan: Working Out Grading Issues on U.S.-Taiwan Rice Trade5-20

Weekly Crop Progress: Corn Planting Jumps 43% in 1 Week5-20

Rice Progress: Crop 80% Planted, 60% Emerged5-20

Texas: Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan Meetings, June 4-55-20

Welch on Wheat: Crop Condition Drops, but Still Higher Than 20115-20

Judas Pig Betrays The Herd5-20

Roundup Ready Alfalfa Back in the Game5-20

U.S. Aquifers Drained at Accelerated Rate, Study Says5-20

USDA Faces Deadline to Modify Country of Origin Labels5-20

Cotton: Where Did Your Denim Jeans Come From?5-20

Good on Grain: Corn, Soybean Prices Retracing 2012 Drought Rally5-20

Flint On Crops: Late Planting Changes Everything5-20

USDA Foreign Catfish Program to Crank Up by Year’s End5-20

Rice Market: Southern Crop 4 Weeks Behind in Some Locations5-18

New Focus on Fertilizer Safety, Storage Regulations5-17

Sunbelt Ag Events

• Louisiana: Evangeline Parish Rice Tour, Herbert Farms, May 23
• Indiana: No-Till Diagnostic Workshop, West Lafayette, May 23
• Rice Market & Technology Convention Set For May 28-30 In Miami
• California: 2013 No-Till Cotton Production Field Day, Dos Palos, May 30
• Texas: Grass-Fed Beef Conference, College Station, May 30-31
• Texas: Feral Hog Management Workshop, Floresville, May 31
• Florida: Perennial Peanut Producer’s Field Day, June 1
• Virginia: Early-Summer Row Crops Tour, Suffolk, June 6
• Louisiana: Crop Production Field Day, St. Joseph, June 19
• Southern Peanut Growers Conference, Panama City Beach, July 18-20
• International Cotton Advisory Committee Plenary Meeting, Cartagena, Columbia, Sept. 29-Oct. 4
• 25th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference, December 10 - 11, 2013, Brazos Center, Bryan, Texas.

Rice News

• AFB Rice Close: Futures Continue Higher on Tightening Supplies
• Farm Bill: Comparison of Approaches to Price Supports
• Arkansas Rice: Weather and Akiochi Disease — Is There a Link?
• Arkansas Rice: How Late Can You Plant?
• Gasoline Prices: Average Rises by 7 Cents
• Propane Stocks: Increase by 2.2M Barrels
• Diesel Prices: National Average Up 2 Cents
• Keith Good: Corn Planting Forecast Good; Farm Bill Amendments Abound
• Mississippi Rice: Rains Continue to Slow Planting
• Arkansas: Storms Add More Headaches, Knock Down Hay, Wheat
• Estate Planning: Is a Dynasty Trust the Right Way to Protect Your Successors?
• AFB Rice Close: Futures Firm on Grain Strength

 

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