Sunbelt Ag News

DOANE: Cotton Commentary

North Carolina: Will this be a "plant bug year" in cotton? 7-3

Tennessee: Palmer pigweed rescue options in beans, cotton 7-3

Virginia: Corn earworm resistance turning up early 7-3

South Carolina: Watch soybeans for new-comer: redbanded stink bug 7-3

K. Good's Farm Policy: Climate Bill; Farm Bill; Trade Issues; Food Prices; Peanuts; and The Organic Label 7-3

Texas: Mystery insect damaging cotton 7-3

USDA National Weekly Cotton Review 7-2

USDA National Weekly Grain Review 7-2

Closing Livestock: Cattle Futures Settle Mixed 7-2

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 7-2

Closing Rice: Futures Were Higher 7-2

Closing Cotton: Market Closes Up 7-2

Closing Grain: Markets Take Step Back 7-2

Mississippi: Low Cotton Acres Face Summer Heat 7-2

U.S. Stock Market News 7-2

Fuel Prices: Diesel Drops; Have Gasoline Prices Passed This Summer’s Peak? 7-2

Rice: despite heat, disease around in Midsouth - Owen Taylor's RiceFax Report 7-2

Peanut fungicides - better be prepared: Owen Taylor's PeanutFax 7-2

Southern Grain Report From Owen Taylor: Struggling with heat, weeds; soy pests build in places 7-2

Linn Group Corn Commentary: Holiday Weekend Trade 7-2

Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm 7-2

Midday Livestock: Cattle Futures Holding Strong 7-2

Midday Grain: Trade is active and low 7-2

Virginia Cotton: PHEWW - Rain on the Way? 7-2

Aphid Prospects for 2009 7-2

Ask the Taxman by Andy Biebl 7-2

Opening Cotton: Slides As Jobless Rate Rises 7-2

Midsummer Weather Outlook - 4 7-2

Opening Grain: All Expected to Open Lower 7-2

Opening Livestock: Pre-Holiday Meat Futures Expected to Open Mixed 7-2

Linn Soybean Commentary: Higher In July 7-1

Texas: Wheatheart Wheat Conference Scheduled for August 13 in Perryton 7-1

Virginia Cotton: Dry Conditions Dictate Cotton Management 7-1

Newsom on the Market 7-1

Midsummer Weather Outlook - 3 7-1

Owen Taylor's Midsouth Cotton Report: Plant bugs more generalized, aphids mixed, rain needed 7-1

Owen Taylor's Southeast Cotton Report: Pests building a bit, scattered showers but more rain needed 7-1

World Fertilizer Demand Should Resume by Early 2010 6-30

USDA Hikes Corn and Soy Acres 6-30

4% Reduction in U.S. Cotton 6-30

Rice Inventories Down 9% on Year 6-30

Farmers Slash Peanut Area 6-30

U.S. Soybean Stocks Slip 6-30

USDA National Weekly Rice Review 6-29

California Cotton Report from Owen Taylor: Lygus turning up, intense heat takes hold 6-28

California Almond Report from Owen Taylor: hull split approaches and so does intense heat 6-28

Grain news from STAT

Fruit and Vegetables from STAT

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Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Mississippi Farm Bureau Summer Corn & Soybean Commodity Meeting, July 7, 9:30 am, Capps Center, Delta Branch Experiment Station, Stoneville.

Louisiana Vermilion Parish Rice FD, July 7, 3 pm.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Summer Cotton Commodity Meeting, July 8, 10:00 am, Grenada County Extension Service Auditorium, Grenada.

Mississippi MFBF Region One Young Farmer Leadership Meeting, July 9, 9 am, The Warehouse Restaurant (lunch provided), Cleveland.

Texas Beaumont FD, July 9, Beaumont.

Louisiana Concordia FD Tour, 7-14, contact Glen Daniels – 318-336-5315 or gdaniels@agcenter.lsu.edu.

Louisiana Master Farmer FD, July 14, Scott Wiggers Farm, contact Donna Morgan – 318-613-9278 or dsmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu.

Pesticide Use, Safety, and Handling Training -Level 2, July 14, Perry, Georgia.

Kansas Agronomic FD, July 14-15, Kansas State University's agronomy field and facilities, Topeka.

Mississippi Agriculture FD, July 14, Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station,

Louisiana AgCenter Sugarcane FD, July 15, 8 am, LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station, St. Gabriel, Contact Kenneth Gravois at 225-642-2044.

Mississippi: Agronomic FD, July 16, Delta REC, Stoneville.

Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium “Bioenergy Opportunities for Louisiana”, July 16-17, Lod Cook Conference Center and Hotel, Baton Rouge.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Summer Rice Grower Meeting, July 17, 10 am, Bolivar County Extension Service Auditorium, Lunch Provided, Cleveland.

Texas Rainwater Harvesting Workshop, July 18, Tom Green County 4-H Center, San Angelo, 325-659-6522.

Louisiana Agritourism Road Show, July 21, 10 am, Red River Research Station, 262 Research Station Drive, Bossier City.

Virginia 1st Annual Methyl Bromide Alternatives FD, July 23, 4 pm, Eastern Shore AREC, Painter.  

Kentucky All Commodity FD, July 23, Princeton.

Louisiana Agritourism Road Show, July 23, 10 am, Vidalia Conference Center, 112 Front St., Vidalia.

Louisiana Agritourism Road Show, July 23, 2 pm, Scott Research Center, 212 Macon Ridge Road, Winnsboro.

Oklahoma Ag Technology Field Day  July 28, Northwest Tech Center, Fairview.

Louisiana Agritourism Road Show, July 30, 10 am, Calhoun Research Station, 321 Hwy. 80 East, Calhoun.

Texas Beet Short Course, August 3-5, College Station.

Georgia: Bioenergy Conference, August 11-13, Tifton.

Louisiana Rural Tourism Conference, August 11-15, Paragon Casino Resort, Marksville, Register at http://srdc.msstate.edu/misslou/.

Arkansas: University of Arkansas Rice FD, August 12, Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart.

Texas Wheatheart Wheat Conference, August 13, 8 am, Expo Building, Perryton.

Arkansas Cache River Valley Seed Rice and Soybean Field Day, August 19, Cash.

Florida Peanut FD, August 20, 8 am, call 850-482-9904, Marianna.

Alabama Wiregrass REC All-Crops Field Day, August 21, 8:30 am.

Louisiana Agritourism Road Show, August 20, 1:30 pm, Dean Lee Research Station, 8208 Tom Bowman Drive, Alexandria.

Philippines, World Rice Conference, Oct 27-30, Shangri-la’s Mactan Resort and Spa, Cebu. 

Louisiana Dean Lee Research and Extension FD, August 20.

San Antonio International Farm and Ranch Show, October 8-10, Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio Texas.

Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 9-11, New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, La. For more information, contact Jeanette Davis, jdavis@usarice.com.

2010 National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-7, New Orleans Marriott Hotel and Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor