Sunbelt Ag News

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

Nebraska: Assess Condition of Alfalfa Fields at 1st Harvest5-18

Grain TV: Soybean Contracts Rally While Cash Markets Fall5-17

New Focus on Fertilizer Safety, Storage Regulations5-17

DTN Livestock Close: Futures End Week with Sharp Losses5-17

Florida: Perennial Peanut Producer’s Field Day, June 15-17

Cleveland on Cotton: U.S. Plantings Mostly in Southwest, Drought Continues5-17

Doane Cotton Close: No New News5-17

Wheat Price Highlights: Nearby Contracts Down on Technical Selling5-17

AFB Rice Close: Under Modest Pressure In a Light Trade5-17

AFB Cotton Close: Ended The Day Higher5-17

AgFax Rice Review: Why the Farm Bill Is Important; Tight U.S. Stocks Could See Prices Jump5-17

AFB Grain-Soybean Close: Wheat Lower, Corn Mixed, Soybeans Higher5-17

DTN Cotton Close: Posts Gains to Finish Week Nearly Flat5-17

DTN Grain Close: Corn And Soybeans Push Higher5-17

Farm Bill: Serious Debate Expected On The Floor5-17

Corn Planting To Decrease And Soybean to Increase5-17

Mississippi: Entire State Suffering Historic Planting Delays5-17

AgFax Peanut Review: Prices Up; Georgia Peanut Commission Supports Farm Bill5-17

Peanut Planting Gains Speed With Warmer Weather – AgFax5-17

USDA: Peanut Price Highlights5-17

DTN Livestock Midday:Futures Post Sharp Losses5-17

DTN Grain Midday: Old Crop Corn And Beans Get Double-Digits5-17

AgFax Cotton Review: Cotton Replant Costs; Environmental Use for Low-Grade Cotton5-17

Energy: Domestic Ethanol Production Starts to Grow Again5-17

Propane Inventories Increase5-17

Gasoline Prices Climb 7 Cents5-17

Diesel Prices Rise 2 Cents5-17

DTN Cotton Open: Trades Slightly Mixed Near Unchanged5-17

Texas: Plains Cotton Growers Produced 2.93M Upland Bales5-17

DTN Livestock Open: Early Buying Interest to Support Lean Hog Futures5-17

DTN Grain Open: Corn And Soybeans Higher, Wheat Low5-17

Keith Good: The Fastest Farm Bill Moves To Senate Floor5-17

Virginia: Early-Summer Row Crops Tour, Suffolk, June 65-17

Rice Farmers Make Planting Push In Midsouth – AgFax5-16

North Carolina: Grain Sorghum Shows Economic Advantage In Doublecrop Production5-16

EPA Budget Examined Amid Calls for More Transparency5-16

ELS Cotton Competitive Payment Rate 05-16

Chumrau on Wheat: May WASDE Report Provides First Glimpse of New Marketing Year5-16

Farming With Social Media – It’s Not a Choice5-16

Rice Sales Increase, Exports Decrease5-16

USDA Designates 6 Counties in Texas as Natural Disaster Areas5-16

Farm Bill Update: More Changes to Commodity Programs5-16

U.S. Drought Outlook: Improvement Slowly Spreads West5-16

Southern Soybean Farmers Dealing With Crusting, Kudzu Bugs – AgFax5-16

DTN Grain Close: Corn, Wheat Lower on Last Day of Planting Weather5-16

Organic Food Industry Likely To Get Check Offs5-16

Total Farm Safety Net Spending Drops By Two-Thirds as More Farmers Purchase Crop Insurance5-16

House Farm Bill Advances That Could Cut Spending Up to $39.7 Billion5-16

House Ag Committee Approves Farm Bill With Significant Savings & Reforms5-16

Cotton Offers A New Ecologically Friendly Way To Clean Up Oil Spills5-16

The Statistics of Late Planted Corn5-15

Farm Bill: Senate Debate Next Week5-15

Louisiana: Evangeline Parish Rice Tour, Herbert Farms, May 235-15

University of Georgia Receives $15M Grant for International Peanut Research5-15

Estate and Succession Planning: Keeping the Family Informed5-15

Virginia: New Diesel Terminal Opening in Chesapeake5-15

Nematode-Resistant Wheat Rotation Can Protect Tomatoes5-15

Southwest Cotton Gets a Little Rain and Weeds Start Coming – AgFax5-15

‘Creative Arguments’ in Bowman v. Monsanto Says Ag Law Professor – Podcast5-14

AgFax Grain Review: Drier Weather to Boost Planting; Double-Crop Soybean Acres Expected to Drop5-14

Arkansas: Farmers Make Late Inning Rally After Rain Delays5-14

Sunbelt Ag Events

• Alabama: Stored Grain Workshops Planned for May
• Texas: Water Day Event, Castroville, May 21
• 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
• 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

• Rice Market: Southern Crop 4 Weeks Behind in Some Locations
• New Focus on Fertilizer Safety, Storage Regulations
• Mississippi Rice: Planting Way Behind and Farmers Replanting
• Louisiana Rice: Why Disease Are More Severe Some Years Than Others
• AFB Rice Close: Under Modest Pressure In a Light Trade
• AgFax Rice Review: Why the Farm Bill Is Important; Tight U.S. Stocks Could See Prices Jump
• Farm Bill: Serious Debate Expected On The Floor
• Mississippi: Entire State Suffering Historic Planting Delays
• Changes In American Farm Debt
• Propane Inventories Increase
• Gasoline Prices Climb 7 Cents
• Diesel Prices Rise 2 Cents

 

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