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U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 3-18

AFB Closing Rice: Mixed For Today's Session 3-18

DTN Closing Cotton: Reversal Lifts Cotton To Two-Week High 3-18

DTN Closing Grain: Corn, Beans Close Higher 3-18

DTN Wheat Market Sense 3-18

Mississippi: Winter’s Cold And Rain Does Not Bother Bugs 3-18

Arkansas: UA Weed Scientist Tackles Weed Control On Rice Levees 3-18

DTN Midday Livestock: Live Cattle Futures Skyrocket Higher 3-18

DTN Midday Grain: All Grains Seen Lower at Midday 3-18

Linn Wheat: Export Sales With In Range 3-18

Linn Soybean Commentary: Calls Are Lower Despite Good Export Sales 3-18

Linn Group Corn Commentary: Choppy Trade 3-18

Diesel, gasoline prices increase fourth straight week 3-18

DTN Early Cotton: U.S. all-cotton weekly export sales topped expectations and shipments slowed but reached USDA estimate 3-18

Ethanol Industry Running out of Reasons for Subsidies 3-18

DTN Early Grains: Lower Overnight 3-18

K. Good Farm Policy: Budget; Climate; Biofuels; Ag Econ; Food Safety; and Animal Ag 3-18

DTN Early Livestock: Primed to Open Higher 3-18

Louisiana: Stripe Rust Now Considered "Widespread" In State's Wheat 3-17

DTN Closing Livestock: Fund Buyers Remain in Driver's Seat of Live Cattle 3-17

Texas: Right Choices Now Mean High Plains Cotton Profits Later 3-17

Louisiana Burndown and Herbicide Trials, Concordia and Tensas Parishes: Hummel Rice Blog 3-17

Texas: What is rain harvesting? Course scheduled, Kerrville, April 12-13 3-17

California: Rain and Snow Increase 2010 Water Supplies for Agribusiness 3-17

India may export wheat as stocks bulge 3-17

Keeping Herbicide Drift Where it Belongs 3-17

Crop Shares Still Reign in this Delta County 3-17

Can the Midwest get 2010 corn planted in this wet spring? 3-17

Texas: Agricultural Conference Set for March 31 in Snyder 3-16

Retail Fertilizer Trends 3-16

South Louisiana Rice Planting Conditions Taking Shape 3-15

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: Pigweed in Peanuts and Cotton Meeting, March 19, 12 pm, Worth County Extension Office, Sylvester.

Georgia: Cotton Production Meeting, March 22, 7 pm, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Texas: 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.

Texas: Agriculture Conference, March 31, 8:30 am, Scurry Coliseum, Snyder.

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:Rain Harvesting Course, April 12-13, Kerrville, The Ag Barn, 3650 Highway 27.

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.

Louisiana: Rice Grower Board Meeting, April 28, 7 pm, Vermilion Extension Office, Abbeville.

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

 

 

Advisories/Analysis

(Date indicates when posted)

Updated: March 18, 2010 03:12 PM (ET)

ALABAMA:

Arkansas Farm Bureau Bi-Weekly Market Report, 3-18, Cotton remains in an uptrend; Rice could be bottoming.|

2010 Alabama Peanut IPM Guide, 3-15.|

Alabama: Timely Information, 3-10, 2009 Screening Trials for Cotton Variety Resistance to Verticillium Wilt._

FLORIDA:

Florida Crop Report, 3-15.|

Southern Syrupmakers, 3-12._


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GEORGIA:

Georgia: Watermelon Fungicide Spray Programs, 3-16.|

Georgia Crop Report, 3-15.|

Georgia: Cotton Marketing News, 3-15, Supply and Demand: It’s all in the numbers.|

Georgia Seminole Crop E News, 3-12, Corn planting dates, plant population and row spacing._

ILLINOIS:

Illinois: Month-End USDA Reports, 3-15, D. Good Weekly Economic Outlook by D. Good.|

Illinois: Handling Untilled Fields of Cornstalks, 3-9._

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INDIANA:

Indiana: Pest & Crop, 3-12, Herbicide Update; burndown madness._

IOWA:

Iowa: Planting Forage in a Wet Spring. 3-12._

Iowa:decision tool in Excel format Decision tool: Evaluates delayed planting, replanting, prevented planting alternatives, 3-12._

Iowa: Spring management of stored grain, 3-11._


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Kansas:

Kansas Crop Report, 3-15.|

kentucky:

Kentucky: Entomologists Look for New Stink Bugs 3-15.|

Kentucky Pest News, 3-10, Corn: Consider Where the Susceptible Hybrids go in 2009._

LOUISIANA:

USDA Louisiana Farm Reporter, 3-18, Farms & Land in Farms; 2008 U. S. Organic Sales.|

Louisiana Crop Report, 3-15.|

Ag Report (E-Central La.). Burndown considerations, more cotton intentions,3-14.|

Louisiana Burndown: Considerations for cotton and soybeans in 2010. 3-12._

Louisiana March Rice Newsletter, 3-9._

MISSOURI:

Missouri Integrated Crop & Pest, 3-17, Virus diseases in wheat; streaky Nitrogen applications, soil fertility.|

MISSISSIPPI:

Mississippi Field Notes (Central Miss.), 3-15, Don't gamble on varieties.|

Central Mississippi Field Crop Newsletter, 3-14. Figuring out the final crop mix; planting considerations in cotton, corn, soybeans.|

Mississippi Grain Crops, 3-12, How to Plant Corn for Higher Yields._

Mississippi Crop Situation, 3-12, Bird Repellent Exemption for 2010 Corn Planting._

Mississippi Bi-Weekly Ag Report, 3-10._

OHIO:

Ohio C.O.R.N. Newsletter, 3-9, Private Pesticide Applicator License Renewal by March 31st; Foliar Manganese on Glyphosate Tolerant Soybeans; Corn Flea Beetle and Stewart¹s Bacterial Leaf Blight._

Oklahoma:

Oklahoma Crop Report, 3-8._

TENNESSEE:

Tennessee IPM Newsletter, 3-18, Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Management.|

Tennessee Market Highlights, 3-12, Crop market comments by Chuck Danehower; Livestock comments by Emmit L. Rawls._


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TEXAS:

Texas Crop, Weather, 3-16, Pastures green up, but corn planting still delayed in many areas.|

Texas FOCUS on South Plains, 3-15, Cotton Pre-Plant: diseases, pre-plant weed control.|

Texas Crop Report, 3-15.|

Texas FOCUS on South Plains, 3-11, Cotton Insects and Cotton Agronomy: Bt or non-Bt, pre-season thrips, pre-plant weed control, variety selection._

VIRGINIA:

Virginia: Roberts Agricultural Commodity Market Report, 3-16, Wheat futures took a hit Monday.|

Virginia: Ag Pest Advisory, Two New Insecticides For Cotton, Soybeans.3-12._

RELATED MATERIAL:

Arkansas Farm Bureau Market Report, 3-18, Covers Major Commodities.|

USDA Catfish Processing, 3-18.|

USDA Grain Transportation Report, 3-18, High Water Affecting River Operations; Congressional Hearing Addresses Container Vessel Capacity.|

USA Rice Federation Daily, 3-18, Lincoln Announces $4.5 Billion Nutrition Legislation.|

Riceland Daily Market Review, 3-17.|

USDA Weather and Crop Summary, 3-16.|

Nunn Cotton Letter, 3-14. Mill sales suggest that, unless cotton futures fall again, there could be some real fireworks as May and June delivery periods approach.|

USDA Peanut Prices, 3-12._

Rice Advocate, 3-12,  Rice farmers speak out against current U.S. policy toward Cuba; USRPA applauds inclusion of Agriculture Disaster Relief in Senate Jobs Bill.

USDA Crop Production, 3-10._