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

Closing Livestock: Deferred Lean Hog Premiums Drop Hard 3-9

Closing Rice: Small Rebound Today 3-9

Closing Grain: Grains Lower, But Beans Rally Late 3-9

Closing Cotton: Cotton Skids Amid Positioning For USDA Report 3-9

U.S. Stock Market News 3-9

Mississippi: New Corn Breeding Facility Coming 3-9

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

Midday Grain: Trade is slow and low 3-9

Linn Soybean Commentary: Quiet in anticipation of USDA Report 3-9

Midday Livestock: Live Cattle Futures Treading Water 3-9

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

Linn Corn Commentary: Corn Commentary - USDA report tomorrow 3-9

Linn Wheat Commentary: Caution is the name of the game 3-9

Opening Cotton: Modestly Lower Within Tight Ranges 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

Opening Grains: Quietly Lower Overnight 3-9

Opening Livestock: Live, Feeder Futures Likely to Open Firm 3-9

K. Good's Farm Policy: Climate Change; Cotton Case; Animal Agriculture 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

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

Rice importation ‘premature’ 3-7

Oklahoma: Just Say "Cheese" - Camera for Deer Management 3-7

Taxlink by Andy Biebl 3-7

Georgia: Spring Weather That's Hard To Classify 3-5

USDA National Weekly Cotton Summary 3-5

Louisiana: Monsanto Celebrates Opening Of $200 Million Roundup Plant 3-5

AgFax.com Blog: 4-H In Georgia? As budgets shrivel, that's on the table. 3-5

Newsom on the Market: The Potential for Soybeans to Slide 3-5

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 3-5

USDA National Weekly Grain Summary 3-5

Cotton Council International Supports "Discover Natural Fibers Initiative" 3-5

New Company Marketing Louisiana-Grown 'Jazzmen' Rice 3-5

Missouri: DuPont Will Build $55 Million Pioneer Seed Facility In New Madrid County 3-5

AgFax.com Blog: Mississippi Farm Bureau Launches TV Campaign 3-5

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

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.

Georgia: Peanut Production Meeting, March 11, 7 pm, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

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

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

Mississippi

Mississippi Women in Agriculture Conference, March 11-12

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Patti Drapala

MISSISSIPPI STATE, Mississippi (January 28, 2010) – Mississippi Women in Agriculture will hold its annual state conference March 11-12 at Mississippi State University with an agenda that continues the program’s goal to improve business skills of farm owners and managers.

The conference will be at the Bost Extension Center on the MSU campus. Registration is $100 and due by March 4. Topics include legal trends, leadership, groundwater regulations, climate change and alternative energy.

Back by popular demand is the “Voices of Mississippi” panel discussion featuring prominent agricultural leaders with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
Participants will have a chance to tour several MSU agricultural facilities, the food technology laboratory and the College of Veterinary Medicine during the conference.

Registration forms can be downloaded from the Mississippi Women in Agriculture Web site at http://msucares.com/womeninag. Mail the form with payment to Sonia Hancock, Mississippi Women in Agriculture, P.O. Box 9656, Mississippi State, MS 39762. For more information, contact Hancock at (662) 325-3207 or womeninag@ext.msstate.edu.