By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
For years, farmers who planted no-till were said to be “farming ugly.” But nothing about the soil and water-conserving and cost-reducing practices of no-till or reduced-tillage is ugly for the winners of this year’s High Cotton awards....
Water resources specialists from the Arizona Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and cooperating partners are forecasting normal spring runoff in Arizona’s major rivers and streams based on recent snowpack measurements in Arizona’s mountain watersheds. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Nathan Childs, an economist with USDA’s Economic Research Service, can’t recall a rosier price projection for rice since he began presenting outlooks at the USA Rice Outlook Conference 12 years ago....
The 32nd Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) meeting will be held February 18-21, 2008, at the Westin San Diego in San Diego, Calif. The RTWG, which has met biennially since 1960, brings together those involved in every aspect of rice production – growers, scientists, extension personnel, government and industry representatives. The objective of the RTWG meeting is to share information, coordinate research and join efforts to find solutions for the rice industry’s most important problems....
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced the appointment of 17 members and 17 alternate members to the Cotton Board, as well as one vacant alternate member position in Mississippi created by a resignation....
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) President Jon Wooster, San Lucas, Calif., said today that USCA intends to hit the ground running when the second session of the 110th Congress reconvenes on January 3, 2008....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Escalating index fund investment in the U.S. commodity markets may rival the dot.com bubble in terms of capital, risk and uncertainty, noted Peter Egli, an analyst with Plexus Cotton Ltd., speaking at the Ag Market Network’s December teleconference....
Results of the January 3, 2008, snow survey by the California Department of Water Resources off Highway 50 near Echo Summit are as follows:...
A new University of California video that helps consumers understand where their food and clothing come from will debut on UCTV at 3 p.m. Jan. 14. The program will be broadcast regularly for a week thereafter....
The agenda has been released for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Cabinet-level government officials from more than 70 countries will join with civil society partners and private sector leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of a global, rapid deployment of renewable energy....
Twenty-four California leaders in agriculture have been selected to participate in the California Agricultural Leadership Program (CALP), one of the premier agricultural leadership opportunities in the United States. The class, the 38th selected in the program’s history, was recently inaugurated in Petaluma....
U.S. farmers grew nearly 7,000 acres of organic upland and pima cotton in 2007, a 14 percent increase over that grown in 2006, according to a survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association....
CropLife America Chairman Eric Wintemute has nominated CLA president and CEO Jay Vroom to the new ag advisory committee being formed by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency....
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADA) have approved nine Western Farm Press online continuing education (CE) courses for a total of 32 hours in both states for 2008....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton prices should strengthen early next year as the world cotton industry comes to grips with a dramatic change in world fundamentals and huge investments into the market by commodity funds, said Peter Egli, analyst with Plexus Cotton, Ltd., speaking at the Ag Market Network’s December teleconference....
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