Apr 30, 2008 9:56 AM
USDA raised estimated old crop cotton production nearly 400,000 bales from last month, pushing last year’s crop to 19.4 million bales. ...
Apr 15, 2008 10:27 AM
Based on Commerce Department estimates from August 1, 2007 through March 1, 2008, projected total pounds of cotton consumed during the crop year of 2007-08 2.3 billion pounds of cotton or 4.74 million bales. USDA’s latest estimate of mill use for the 2007-08 crop year is 4.6 million bales....
Apr 14, 2008 10:43 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA raised estimated old crop cotton production nearly 400,000 bales from last month, pushing last year’s crop to 19.4 million bales. The increase, reported in USDA’s April 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, is based on the final Cotton Ginnings report released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service in late March....
Apr 9, 2008 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
According to USDA’s April 7 crop progress report, rice planting is now complete on 11 percent of intended U.S. acres, compared to 21 percent this time last year. Louisiana is 51 percent complete, compared to 47 percent last year, while Texas is 63 percent planted compared to 39 percent last year. Planting in Arkansas, 2 percent and Mississippi, 1 percent, is just underway, while Missouri and California producers are still waiting to get into fields....
Apr 2, 2008 10:44 AM
The National Cotton Council has scheduled dates and locations for the 2008 Cotton Foundation Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program....
Apr 1, 2008 10:26 AM
Steven Bales, a cotton and hay grower in Buckeye, Ariz., is the new president of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association (ACGA). Bales and the new ACGA board will serve two-year terms....
Mar 24, 2008 10:24 AM
The long, warm days of a typical California summer make life easy for sun-loving cotton plants. But a fungal enemy that causes what's known as Fusarium wilt can make things tough for the plants--and for growers' balance sheets, too....
News from the Farm BillHouse, farm groups seek override votesMay 9, 2008 10:16 AM, By Forrest Laws Farm bill negotiators and major farm organizations have begun an intense effort to muster the 290 House votes needed to override a promised veto of the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act conference report.... Food banks urge passage of farm bill; critical shortage of food as clients increaseMay 9, 2008 10:01 AM The Nation's Food Bank Network reported the results of a new survey that found 100 percent of food bank respondents have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the past year.... House-Senate conferees to announce farm bill agreementMay 8, 2008 10:45 AM, By Forrest Laws Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package.... Committee approves 'final' farm bill provisionsMay 2, 2008 11:14 AM, By Forrest Laws Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007; oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?... |
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