Owen Taylor: Midsouth Cotton, 6-11: Agfax Midsouth Cotton: Wind, plant bugs and thrips move into the field. (Read More) Virginia Cotton, 5-27: Summertime Conditions. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-27: Food Security; Doha Trade Talks and The Farm Bill; Ag Production Costs. (Read More) National Weekly Rice Summary, 5-26: USDA (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-23: Farm Bill Debate Wraps Up (Read More) Gerloff On Cotton, 5-23: Grain and cotton prices fell; planting progressed (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-23: Remains in the bottom half of $4 trading range (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-23: Market pushed lower fueled by poor export report and planting progress (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-23: Wheat price vulnerable; corn little change. European Union may remove 10% set aside restriction on farmers. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-23: Closed higher; favorable weather contributed to bean acres moving to corn. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-22: Finger pointing over Bush's Farm Bill Veto heats up (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-22: Early highs disappeared into declines (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-22: Market continues to seesaws highs and lows (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-22: Wheat follows drop in crude. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-22: No boost today even with strong export and crush reports. (Read More) Mississippi: Multi-Year Drought May be Over, 5-22: From dry to soggy weather in a few months. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Southern Grain, 5-22: AgFax Southern Grain: Too Wet in Southeast Midsouth; Too Dry in Texas (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-22: Finger pointing over Bush's Farm Bill Veto heats up (Read More) Virginia Cotton, 5-21: Finally, First True Leaf Appears (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-21: Rice posted solid gains. Market appears to be stabilizing. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-21: Cotton turned a bit higher, but little excitement. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-21: Corn flirting with strong support due to high oil price, weak dollar and weather delays. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-21: Soybeans posted sharp gains thanks to $130 per barrel oil, weak dollar. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-21: "Analysis From Brussels" and "What is the CAP Health Check?" by Roger Waite, editor of AGRA FACTS (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth Cotton, 5-20: Agfax Midsouth Cotton: Heavy rains threw yet another monkey wrench into planting progress (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth/Texas Rice, 5-21: Agfax: Midsouth/Texas: We continue to hear about additional acres going into rice, and doublecropped in Texas. (Read More) Weekly Outlook, 5-19: Hog Prices: Do you believe in miracles? (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-20: Solid gains posted; market appears to be stabilizing. U.S. plantings likely higher than March intentions. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-20: Supply situation bearish. 10 million bales of ending stocks with planting approaching 9 million acres. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-20: Wheat missed magic $8; corn closed in recovery. Record wheat harvest expected. Australia looks at 3rd year drought. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-20: Soybeans mostly higher. USDA reports only 27 percent of the soybean crop in the ground. The 5 year average is 47 percent. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-20: Farm Bill Cost Still Concern; Food Prices; CAP; Doha; Crop Progress (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-19: Rice rebounded from early losses to close mixed. Market appears to be stabilizing. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-19: Cotton closed well above day’s lows. Overall supply situation is bearish. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-19: Wheat futures sharply lower. Dry conditions reported in Australia where farmers trying to recover from two crop failure years in row. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-19: (Read More) Mississippi: Guinea Pig Bandwagon 5-19: Dulaney brothers bump up bottom line with experiment and innovation on 4th generation farm (Read More) Specialists Speaking, 5-19: Louisiana - Fungicide; Mississippi - Variety; Texas - Tankmix; California - Seedlings; Arkansas - Flood and Disease; Missouri - Irrigation (Read More) National Weekly Rice Summary, 5-19: USDA (Read More) National Weekly Cotton Summary, 5-16: USDA (Read More) Gerloff On Cotton, 5-17: If anything, prices are higher than one might expect (Read More) Virginia Cotton, 5-19: Cotton planting is ongoing, and time to spray the fields that are up. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-19: "Analysis From Washington"- By Dan Morgan- Farm Bill Review. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Weekly AgUpdates, 5-19: Agfax AgUdates: This week's compilation of Extension bulletins and newsletters from http://agfax.com (Read More) Owen Taylor: California Cotton, 5-19: Agfax San Joaquin Valley Cotton: A few worm treatments went out while a huge crop of almonds could make for a lot of mites this year. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Southeast Cotton, 5-19: Agfax Southeast Cotton: Adequate moisture expected and moderate temperatures should help keep the ball rolling. (Read More) Owen Taylor: PeanutFax, 5-19: Agfax Peanut Report: Southeast growers caught moisture in late April and started planting at a fast pace. (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-16: Rice got a strong bounce, but market gave back a portion and closed near the bottom. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-16: Cotton was energized today (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-16: Wheat futures higher following soybeans, but the trend is still down. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-16: Soybeans ended with good gains; corn closed lower. (Read More) Texas: Weekly Rice Progress Report, 5-16: High prices affect the planted acreage totals. (Read More) Tennessee: Economics of Late Planting, 5-16: B. Goodman looks at the numbers involved in making a replant decision. (Read More) Tennessee: Soybean Replant Decisions, 5-16: Two Field Methods guide replant decisions (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-16: Farm Bill 81-15, Food Prices (Read More) Extension provides ‘ballpark’ haying expenses figures: Number crunching tells the story of increased fuel prices. (Read More) North Carolina:: Wheat head scab alert (Read More) Mississippi Farmweek On the Air: Farmweek, a half hour weekly series, has been on the air for 31 years. (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-15: Lower today; USDA put ’08 U.S. production at just 197 million cwt; virtually unchanged from 07. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-15: Cotton ended unchanged. Weekly export sales within trade expectations but too low to meet USDA’s annual estimates. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-15: Soybeans ended lower. But futures are well above USDA’s average price projection (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-15: A move up in wheat futures is more than likely just a corrective bounce. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Southern Grain, 5-15: AgFax Southern Grain: Midsouth sees too much rain; Southeast too little. Stinkbugs are showing up. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-15: House 318-106, House Passes Farm Bill Conference Agreement (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-14: Rice gapped lower today but still remains strong. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-14: Cotton was lower again today as overall fundamentals remain negative. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-14: Wheat future lower across the board. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-14: Today’s high close could bring resistance. (Read More) Texas Agriculture Production Sets Record, 5-14: Higher crop and livestock prices topped out ag production at $21.8 billion (Read More) Texas Crop and Weather, 5-14: Drought in one area while rain pours down on another (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth Cotton, 5-14: Agfax Midsouth Cotton: Tornadoes, more rain and river levee seepage continue to delay planting. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth/Texas Rice, 5-14: Agfax: Midsouth/Texas: Tornadoes, too much rain and is water seeding an option to get rice planted? (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-14: Farm Bill Conference Report Vote (Read More) The Trickiest Call: Cotton Farming, May 2008 (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-13: Rice followed corn and wheat lower The overall fundamental picture remains tight. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-13: Cotton hanging low. Last week’s supply demand report limits upside potential, even with smaller crop. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-13: Today’s higher close could bring resistance. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-13: Wheat future lower across the board. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-13: Farm Bill; Crop Progress/Production; Doha (Read More) Virginia cotton growers trying to wrap up planting: Thrips turning up in traps. (Read More) Crop supply and demand: still lots of questions: (Read More) Texas sweet onion harvest soured, 5-13: Big harvest on top of too much old crop still in storage (Read More) National Weekly Rice Summary, 5-12: from USDA (Read More) Closing Rice, 5-12: Values improved later in the day. Little room for crop problems with World production estimates at 432 million metric tones. (Read More) Closing Cotton, 5-12: Heavy carryover stocks pressure price. But projected 6 million bale drop in world stocks in 08-09 is light in the tunnel. (Read More) Closing Grain, 5-12: Wheat stocks are low this year, but expectation of current bumper crop is keeping lid on the market. (Read More) Closing Soybean, 5-12: Soybeans stalled below April 15 high of $13.15 ½ .Slow corn planting puts pressure on soybean seed. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-12: Farm Bill Focus; WASDE Analysis; Food Prices (Read More) Owen Taylor: Weekly AgUpdates, 5-12: Agfax AgUdates: This week's compilation of Extension bulletins and newsletters from http://agfax.com (Read More) Owen Taylor: California Cotton, 5-12: Agfax San Joaquin Valley Cotton: Pests are showing up but not yet treatable. Temperature still delaying factor. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Southern Grain, 5-12: AgFax Southern Grain: Corn planting delays pushed soybean planting, but seed supplies tight. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-11: A bullish commodity market moves food prices up, and may have dire consequences for import-dependent nations. (Read More) Peanut planting starts in Southeast with lower moisture and higher seed costs: Still better moisture conditions than this time in 2007. (Read More) Mississippi: Cotton holds promise, just on fewer acres: Higher prices promise good profits for 2008. (Read More) Gerloff On Cotton, 5-12: After latest USDA report, exports remain the key. (Read More) National Weekly Cotton Summary, 5-9: Planting well under way but severe weather kept things interesting in the South. (Read More) Tennessee: Is it too late to plant corn? 5-9: Is grain sorghum an option? (Read More) USDA: Tennessee Has Largest Wheat Crop since 1982: Tennessee farmers seeded 620,000 acres last fall, up 47 percent from the previous year. But hay stocks are short. (Read More) Rice: FDA Approves Heart, Cancer Health Claim for Brown Rice, 5-8: Consumers will be able to easily identify brown rice as a food to increase whole grain consumption. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth Cotton, 5-7: AgFax Midsouth Cotton: How much is the crop running behind? We hear 2 weeks or more in some locations. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth/Texas Rice, 5-7: Agfax: Midsouth/Texas: There’s no telling how much rice would have been planted this spring if everyone had gotten about half as many showers as they did. (Read More) Keith Good Farm Policy, 5-8: Agreement on Farm Bill- Details Expected Today; Biofuels Hearing (Senate); Doha (Read More) National Weekly Rice Summary, 5-5: USDA (Read More) Virginia Cotton 5-5: Favorable Weather Forecast. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Weekly AgUpdates, 5-5: Agfax AgUdates: This week's compilation of Extension bulletins and newsletters from http://agfax.com (Read More) Owen Taylor: California Cotton, 5-5: Agfax San Joaquin Valley Cotton: Cooler conditions in April slowed plant development in much of the San Joaquin Valley. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Southern Grain, 5-5: AgFax Southern Grain: Georgia and Louisiana early wheat ready for mid-May harvest. Corn up and growing in most locations. Soybean planters wide open where weather allows. (Read More) Owen Taylor: Midsouth/Texas Rice, 4-30: Ricefax Report: Midsouth growers scramble to plant rice and other crops, especially in Arkansas and the upper Delta where thunderstorms delayed field work and seeding. (Read More) Arkansas Cotton Planting Forecast, May 1-5: Marginal to Good (Read More) Mississippi: Soybean rust battle takes look at kudzu, 5-1: (Read More) Highest Flood Recorded on Lower Mississippi River Since 1973, 5-1: (Read More) Kentucky: Shortage of Proline fungicide prompts crisis exemption for Folicur on wheat, 5-1: (Read More) Arkansas late-planted corn: Coping in a year when you're behind schedule. (Read More) Plants Text Message Farmers When Thirsty: SmartCrop system based on USDA research in Texas. (Read More) Virginia cotton planting looks favorable: Seeds will go into warm, moist soils - mostly in May. (Read More) Arkansas farmers should brace for flood of insects: High water and planting delays complicate pest prospects for 2008. (Read More) Future soybean rust funding in doubt: Dollars for 2009 may be last. (Read More) Chilli thrips a new potential pest in Midsouth cotton: Louisiana entomologists on the lookout. (Read More)