By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A severe drought this year may be the only way California can begin to mitigate a protracted, devastating water crisis....
By Bob Curtis
Senior Manager, Production Research, Almond Board of California
A Kern County study designed to look at the relationship between irrigation and nitrogen application rates and their effect on spur and canopy development — and the resulting effects on yield and other factors — has finished its seventh year. The study is sponsored by the Almond Board of California and the lead researcher is Bruce Lampinen, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis....
By Brenda Carol
Contributing Writer
Transgenics cottons resistant to herbicides and insect damage have revolutionized cotton production. ...
Seventh-generation farmer Chris Locke of Locke Ranch Inc., knows what it means to be green. Because of his eco-friendly efforts, Locke Ranch has earned a 2007 Integrated Pest Management Innovator Award from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Clint Abernathy hasn’t just accepted technology. He’s embraced it. Drip irrigation, GPS, reduced-tillage and transgenic cotton varieties help Abernathy and sons Justin and Jarod improve efficiency on their Altus, Okla., cotton and wheat farm....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. farmers and ranchers typically get the short end of the stick in international trade deals as negotiators give priority to other segments of the economy over agriculture’s interests, says Larry Combest, former House ag committee chairman....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Declining U.S. cotton acreage should send a message to those countries in the World Trade Organization criticizing the U.S. cotton program – U.S. cotton producers do indeed respond to market signals....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The USA Rice Federation seed plan to eliminate genetically engineered rice from the commercial supply was a success in 2007, USA Rice Federation Senior Vice President Bob Cummings told attendees of the USA Rice Outlook Conference, Dec. 4. USA Rice also recommended that the seed plan be continued for the 2008 crop. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Growing no-till cotton in eastern North Carolina is still far from the norm, but for Trenton, N.C., growers Mike and Timmy Haddock it was the only way to offset the cost of labor, equipment, pesticides, fuel, and fertilizer....
With more than 1,700 exhibitors and 100,000 attendees from 67 countries all on 2.6 million square feet of showgrounds; World Ag Expo is the largest ag expo of its kind worldwide. During the show, February 12-14, grounds will expand again with the addition of the Dairy Technology Center (DTC) and surrounding outdoor dairy exhibit space....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Global rice production and consumption are in balance and per capita use of rice is drifting down with higher incomes around the world and changing eating habits. But almost every other factor underpinning the global price outlook for rice is out of sorts, including ending stocks, trade balance, the value of the dollar, production costs and whatever the heck China is doing. The result is the highest rice prices in some time. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
“B” Lindsey was born to run, say those who recall his athletic career at Forrest City High School. In 1957, the starting backfield of Lindsey, Sonny Holmes, Dan Wilford and Clinton Gore was considered the best backfield in the state of Arkansas....
By Harry Cline
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Sonny Hatley is one of those folks who, within 15 minutes of meeting, you say, “What’s not to like about this fellow?”...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
What happens when there is not an acreage response to high prices? Well, in today’s rice market, it could likely mean another year or two of high prices....
The Expo began in 1968, and was held at the Tulare County Fairgrounds in Tulare, Calif. When the 3-day run of the first show was complete, exhibitors were lining up to sign contracts for the second show in 1969. The first show attracted 157 exhibitors with 28,000 attendees. By the second year, the show doubled in both attendees and exhibitors, and continued to grow ever since....
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