Doane Daily Cotton Commentary

Brugler Grain/Cotton/Livestock Commentary

Sunbelt Ag News

DOANE: Cotton Comment

Closing Livestock: Lean Hog Rebound by Triple Digits 2-8

Closing Cotton: Cotton Surges Almost Limit, Finishes Strong 2-8

Closing Grain: Short-Covering Rally 2-8

Linn Corn Commentary: Market Opened Higher 2-8

Linn Wheat Commentary: Grain Prices Seem to be Stabilizing 2-8

Linn Soybean Commentary: Soybeans Were Higher 2-8

U.S. Stock Market News 2-8

Midday Livestock: Lean Hogs Post Strong Gains 2-8

Midday Grain: Higher 2-8

Opening Cotton: Bounces On Outside Influences 2-8

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 2-8

Opening Grains: Post Solid Rallies During Overnight Session 2-8

Opening Livestock: Live and Feeder Futures Should Open Moderately Higher 2-8

K. Good's Farm Policy: Budget Issues; Ag Economy; Climate Change; Trade 2-8

Almond Crop In California Moving Toward Bloom - How Fast? 2-7

Diesel And Gasoline Prices Drop For Third Straight Week 2-5

Cotton For 2010 Could Hit 10.1 Million Acres: NCC Survey 2-5

Kentucky: Producers Can Manage Genetic Defects in Cattle 2-5

Closing Rice: Futures Down Again 2-5

Crop Insurance: A Vital Marketing Tool 2-5

Upgrading China Soy Logistics 2-5

Newsom on the Market 2-5

USDA National Weekly Cotton Summary 2-5

Virginia Cotton: Variety Report Card 2-5

USDA National Weekly Grain Summary 2-5

New RFS Draws Mixed Reviews 2-4

Sanow's Market Sense 2-4

Digging Through the Marketing Toolbox 2-4

Louisiana: Annual Crops Symptomology Symposium - Focus on Cotton and Rice 2-4

Kentucky: UK Researcher on Ground Floor of Biofuels Study 2-4

Louisiana: AgFax.com Editor Among Speakers at Louisiana Ag Tech, Management Conference 2-3

Fruit and Vegetables from STAT

Grain Futures Newswire

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Texas "Selecting, Developing and Working a Marketing Plan," Feb. 8-9, 8:30 am, Texas AgriLife REC, Amarillo

Regional Cotton Production Meeting, Feb 9, 6 pm, Stagecoach Cafe, Stockton, Alabama.

Louisiana: St. Martin Rice Production Meeting, Feb. 9, 6 pm, St. Martin Extension Office, Breaux Bridge.

Private Applicator Training, Feb. 9, 6 pm, Winona Extension Office, Winona, Mississippi

Texas Llano Estacado Corn Conference, Feb. 9, Castro County Exposition Building, Dimmitt, Castro County, 806-647-4115 (continuing ed).

Texas: Blackland Income Growth Conference, Feb. 9-10, Heart of Texas Fair Complex, Waco.

Iowa Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management Short Course, Feb. 9-10, Knapp-Storms Dining Complex, Iowa State University campus, Ames.

"What to Plant in 2010 for the Most Profit Potential", February 11, Coffee County Extension Office, Douglas, Georgia.

Texas Southwest Farm and Ranch Classic, Feb. 9-11, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock.

Parmer County Cottonseed Variety Meeting,9 a.m.-12.00p.m. Feb. 10 in the Farwell Community Center.

Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference, Feb. 10-12, SAI Convention Centre, Alexandria.

Texas South Plains Ag Conference, Feb. 10, Brownfield, Terry County, 806-637-4060, (continuing ed).

Texas Cottonseed Variety Meeting, Feb. 10, Farwell, Parmer County at 806-481-3619, (continuing ed).

Vermilion Parish Rice Growers Meeting, Feb. 10, 7 pm, Hebert's Steakhouse in Nunez.

Georgia Crop Marketing Meeting, Feb. 11, 6:30 pm, "What to Plant in 2010 for the Most Profit Potential", Coffee County Extension Office, Douglas.

Cotton Marketing Network Teleconference, Feb. 11.

Cotton Production Seminar and Discussion, Feb. 11 Vaiden Library, Vaiden, Mississippi.

Texas Cotton Production Meeting, Feb. 11, Lamesa, Dawson County, 806-872-3444, (continuing ed).

Tennessee 2010 Cotton Focus Meeting, Feb. 11, 8 am, West Tenn. REC, Jackson.

Louisiana: 75th Annual Livestock Show Feb. 13-20. Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Gonzales.

Mississippi Crop College/Joint Pest Conference, Feb. 16-18, Delta REC, Stoneville.

Arkansas: Commercial Tree, Fruit Workshop, Feb. 16. Natural Resources Center, Conway.

Georgia: Southern Green for Professional Landscapers, Feb. 16, 8 am, Albany Technical College, Albany.

Cotton Price Risk Management Seminar, Feb. 17, 8:30 am, The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., Sponsored by Cotton Incorporated.

Louisiana Ag Industries Association Annual Meeting, Feb 18-19, 9:30 am, Paragon Casino, Marksville.

RTWG (Rice Technical Working Group) 33rd Conference, Feb. 22-25, Biloxi, MS.

Texas Cotton Production Meeting, Feb. 22, Tahoka, Lynn County, 806-561-4562, (continuing ed).

Texas Cotton Variety Selection, Cotton Outlook and Fertilizer Management, Feb. 23, Brownfield, Terry County, 806-637-4060, (continuing ed). 

Texas Farm, Ranch, Wildlife Expo, Feb. 23-24, 10 am, Taylor County Expo Center, 1700 state Highway 36, Abilene.

Private Applicator Training, Carrollton Extension Office, February 25, Carrollton, Mississippi.

Louisiana: Greenhouse Tomato Seminar, Feb. 26, 1 pm, Call 318-741-7430 to register, Bossier City.

Mid-South Farm And Gin Show, Feb. 26-27, Memphis.

Louisiana Advanced Entomology Training, March 1, 8:30 am, LSU Ag Center, Acadia Parish Extension Office, Crowley.

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Outreach Sessions, March 1-19.

Louisiana Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar, March 2, 7:10 am, The Holiday Inn, Lafayette, Agenda, Registration Form.

Virginia “Agricultural Trade: From Farm, to Port, to the Global Marketplace” Workshop, March 3-4, Sheraton Waterside, Norfolk.

Mississippi: Greenhouse Tomato Short Course Scheduled for Growers, March 9-10, Paid registration required, Eagle Ridge Conference Center, Hinds Community College, Raymond.

Mississippi: High Tunnel Field Day for Fruit, Veg and Cut Flower Professional Growers March 11, Paid registration required, MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station, Crystal Springs.

Mississippi: Women in Agriculture Conference, March 11-12, Bost Extension Center, MSU campus.

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

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