Tag: sorghum news
Texas Sorghum: Resistant Varieties, Beneficial Predators Help Battle Sugarcane Aphids
While sugarcane aphids have been difficult to suppress in past years due to their natural traits and limited insecticide options, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study shows resistant sorghum varieties […]
Texas Fields: Hot, Dry – Some Areas Moving into Extreme Drought
AgriLife Extension district reporters compiled the following summaries: CENTRAL: The district received heavy rains. Temperatures and wind speeds were increasing and will dry out soil moisture quickly. Wheat continued to […]
Kentucky Sweet Sorghum: Sivanto Prime Available for Sugarcane Aphids in 2018
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) just announced that Kentucky will again have Sivanto Prime available for use on sweet sorghum to fight sugarcane aphid. This is good news as […]
USDA Crop Progress: Corn Planting Rockets Ahead – DTN
Farmers continued to put the pedal to the metal last week, pushing planting progress ahead another 23 percentage points and nearly catching up to the five-year average pace, according to […]
Crop Insurance: Premium Subsidy and Insured U.S. Acres – Impact by Crop
Cost of Federal Crop Insurance is an on-going farm policy issue. In his Fiscal Year 2019 budget, President Trump proposed a 14 percentage point reduction in the insurance program subsidy. […]
Arkansas Fields: Planting Full Speed; Hail Damage
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending May 13, 2018. Comments from Cooperative Extension Service County Agents Mark Keaton, Baxter County “Producers are spraying weeds in pastures, fertilizing Bermuda […]
Texas LRGV Cotton, Sorghum: Dryland – Drought; Fleahoppers
General Situation For the majority of the Valley cotton and grain is coming along nicely but for those dryland farmers in Willacy County this has certainly been a rough year […]
ARC and PLC: Comparing Payments, 2014-16 Crops
Payments by ARC-CO (Agriculture Risk Coverage – County) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage) are examined for 22 program commodities using FSA (Farm Service Agency) reported payments for the 2014-16 crops. […]
Global Markets: Coarse Grains – Production to Rise, Stocks to Fall
Global coarse grain production is projected to rise, driven by corn, barley, and sorghum. However, ending stocks are projected to fall. Global corn production is projected up with larger crops […]
USDA Reports Preview – DTN
As I look at the range of guesses ahead of USDA’s May set of guesses, the most interesting aspect is how large the difference is between most highs and lows. […]
