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Author: Debra Ferguson
I am a partner of AgFax Media, LLC with Owen Taylor, plus owner of Southern Images Photography. I am Content Managing Editor of the website, agfax.com and Editor of AgFax Updates, a subscriber only, year round weekly round-up of agricultural news. I specialize in agriculturally related photography.
AgFax Weekend: How Many Corn Acres? | Soy Germination Not Good Crop
In this week’s AgFax Weekend – How Many Corn Acres? | Soy Germination Not Good Crop | Insurance Fraud Draws Prison Time | and more.
DTN Livestock Close: Prices Mixed in Light Trade
Narrow trading ranges in the livestock markets left the trade with a sense of uncertainty Friday. Traders are expected to mull over USDA reports released late Friday afternoon, although the […]
Virginia Cotton: New Technology… Is There a Profit Lag?
For me the short answer is yes, a lot of the time. Everything that comes out does not work. However, in time, the best technology will become adopted. I guess […]
Plains Cotton Growers – 2019 Seed Cost Calculator Now Available
The 2019 version of the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. Seed Cost Calculator is ready and available for download from the PCG website. The PCG seed cost calculator is an interactive […]
Cotton: Evaluating Crop Insurance Options – STAX vs. SCO
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc., has developed a new resource for cotton producers currently evaluating crop insurance options for 2019. With the addition of Seed Cotton as a Title One covered […]
Louisiana Sugarcane: Young Farmer Streamlines As He Expands – DTN
Bobby Morris heads out early on hot and humid Louisiana summer mornings to inspect his sugarcane fields. You can hear the cane growing, he says, more than an inch per […]
Arkansas Rice: Rains Delay Field Prep, Early Planting Unlikely
Continuously wet conditions further delayed the work of field preparation throughout much of Arkansas this week, as intermittent rains continue to saturate soils in the state. At production meetings organized […]
Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA
Spot quotations averaged 81 points higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, […]
Pennsylvania Cover Crops: Is This the Year to Plant Green?
Farmers focused on getting the best establishment and maximum benefits from their cover crops chase the combine with a drill in a normal year, seeding cover crops as soon as […]
DTN Cotton Close: Market Lower, Sales-Exports Disappoint
The cotton market reversed its one-day bullish course, disappointed by USDA’s summary report of its delayed sales. The total old crop sales from January 10 through February 14 came out […]
