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DOANE: Cotton Comment

Louisiana: More North Louisiana Farmers Switch to Rice 3-12

Closing Rice: Very weak mixed close, remains in a strong downtrend 3-12

Closing Cotton: Cotton Surges To Strong Closing Gains  3-12

2009 Grain Stocks Reports Key 3-12

Closing Grain: Corn and soybeans closed lower while wheat found support 3-12

Farmers Vent Over Competition 3-12

Closing Livestock: Cattle closed significantly higher; pork complex settled on a mixed basis 3-12 

Texas: Ag Cooperatives Have Billion Dollar impact on State Economy 3-12

AgFax Blog: North Carolina Extension Agent Makes A Case For Twitter 3-12

Midday Grain: Mixed at Midday 3-12

Midday Livestock:  Strong Buying Pushes Livestock Complex Higher 3-12

Georgia: Blueberry Farmers Turn to Olives 3-12

Linn Soybean Commentary: Prices declined sharply on Thursday 3-12

Linn Corn Commentary: Story was the soybean market 3-12

Linn Wheat Commentary: Still trading into fresh six month lows  3-12

Opening Cotton: Prices Move Higher After Retail Sales Gains 3-12

Opening Grains: Solid sell-off by U.S. dollar index provided support for higher overnight 3-12

Rapid Rise In Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny 3-12

Opening Livestock: Pork Futures Projected to Begin With Softer Prices 3-12

K. Good's Farm Policy: Trade; Climate; Ag Competition; Animal Ag 3-12

U.S. Stock Market News 3-12

Morgan Keegan to Offer Farmer Mac Programs to Commercial Banking Clients 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

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

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

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 3-8

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

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.

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor

 

 

South Carolina:

Clemson cut-away tractor display to be shown at John Deere

By Alex Hill
Clemson University

CLEMSON, S.C. (November 7, 2007) – Students in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS) at Clemson University, will have their cutaway tractor displayed at the John Deere Commercial Products facility in Augusta, Ga., during winter break.

Students in the agriculture mechanization and business department have been working on the project for two years and have put more than 2,000 hours of their time into the display.

The cutaway is a full-scale model that demonstrates how the components of a tractor and engine workTractor Cutaway together. Prior to beginning work on the cutaway tractor, it was a perfectly good tractor in working order. The cuts that are made on a tractor are carefully planned in order to provide "windows" through the engine, transmission and axle housings so that the inner workings of the tractor components can be seen.

“A 12-volt gear motor is now used to turn the entire engine on the tractor," said Kendall Kirk, lecturer in the agricultural mechanization and business (AGM) program at Clemson. "Maintaining the parts in motion, in addition to providing the largest possible viewing windows, is the biggest challenge. The entire tractor and engine has to be disassembled in order to perform the cuts and then reassembled with working parts, which provides an additional challenge in making sure that the cuts did not eliminate the ability to fasten the parts and pieces back together.”

The tractor was on display at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in Moultrie, Ga., in October. It will beTractor Cutaway on display at the CAFLS Alumni tailgate in Fike Recreation Center on Nov. 10 and will travel to Augusta to be exhibited at the John Deere Commercial Products facility during the latter half of December. The tractor also will be displayed in several other local and regional engine and tractor shows.

“I have been going to engine tractor and agricultural machinery shows for several years, and I have seen engine cutaways at several shows, however they were all still models, with no moving parts. I have heard of a full tractor cutaway, but never seen one at a show, and it also did not have a working power train with moving parts like the cutaway that the AGM students developed,” said Kirk.

The students involved include Mike Brown, a senior from Kingstree; Will Brown, a freshman from Kingstree; Nathan Crumley, who graduated in August 2006, from Gainesville, Ga.; Jeremy Hamilton, a sophomore from Dorchester; Brian Henderson, a senior from Ninety Six; Russell Henderson, a senior from Johnston; Frank Morelli, who graduated in December 2006, from Aiken; Russell Nafziger, a sophomore from Greenville; Wes Porter, a senior from Pickens; Chase Reinhardt a senior from Rock Hill; Tyler Seagroves, a sophomore from Myrtle Beach; and Michael Steele, a senior from Ridge Spring