Agricultural Industry News & Press Releases

2009 News Reports

November 2009

• November 20 China to lift H1N1-related ban on U.S. pork
• November 20 Good weather helps corn harvest progress in some areas
• November 20 Investing in technology: Higher yields, fewer inputs
• November 20 Microwave meter measures moisture and density of in-shell peanuts
• November 20 NFU supports priorities in food safety modernization
• November 20 Looking back on three decades of U.S. grain
• November 20 Wind energy conference touts opportunities for agriculture
• November 19 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces food purchases for domestic nutrition programs, assists pork, cherry, plum, and apple farmers
• November 19 Alabama row-crop growers facing major crop disaster
• November 19 Review options for late-planted wheat
• November 19 Science magazine rejects scientist’s rebuttal
• November 19 Can SNP panels lead the beef industry forward
• November 19 Soil management and environment website launched by extension
• November 19 Don't let 2009 tax planning go by the wayside
• November 18 Being lazier in your cow-calf operation might pay off in the long run
• November 18 Farmers need estate plans
• November 18 Get your fertilizer spread this fall or next spring, but avoid frozen ground applications
• November 18 Dairy farmers can now purchase margin insurance
• November 18 Studying fertilizers to cut greenhouse gases
• November 18 Agriculture Committee reviews Financial Stability Improvement Act Draft language
• November 18 EPA to hold four Virginia hearings on proposed bay TMDL
• November 17 Farm Bureau membership hits all-time high
• November 17 Key seed size gene identified
• November 17 Using perennial warm-season grasses as renewable energy crops
• November 17 Thanksgiving costs in Va. drop for first time in three years
• November 17 USDA report reveals highest rate of food insecurity in U.S. since reports started in 1995
• November 16 Ag Groups: Bay bill could impose excessive regulation
• November 16 Friday the 13th marks record losses for pork farmers
• November 16 Specialist: Grain quality a concern this year
• November 16 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces $234 million to promote U.S. food and agricultural exports
• November 16 Virginia's 2008 top agricultural commodities
• November 13 Christmas tree growers expect sales to increase
• November 13 Classic Thanksgiving dinner cost declines for 2009
• November 13 Predicting the environmental effects of transgenic Bt crop lines
• November 13 N.C. MarketReady is new name for value-added agriculture program
• November 13 Scientists find ozone levels already affecting soybean yields
• November 13 25,000 tons of U.S. sorghum destined for Morocco
• November 13 Rice research gets a leg up on understanding plant reactions to environment
• November 13 USDA agency releases 2008 Va. farm findings
• November 12 BeefTalk: Do you know your IMPS numbers
• November 12 New energy economics: Field peas as an ethanol feedstock
• November 12 Milk price update from the month of October 2009
• November 12 A silo fire doesn't have to ruin all stored silage
• November 12 USDA forecasts larger soybean and smaller corn crops
• November 12 The value of beef: More figures and more headaches
• November 11 Plant breeders focus on organic crops
• November 11 Crops and weeds: Global climate change's first responders
• November 11 Economist to farmers: Don’t jump the gun following crop washout
• November 11 UK College of Agriculture helping develop fallen stock disposal standards
• November 11 NCBA urges EPA to reject regulation based on flawed science
• November 11 Effects of poor nutrition in beef cattle may be delayed
• November 11 Putting dairy cows out to pasture more profitable
• November 10 AFBF urges House to oppose health care bill
• November 10 Mandatory bay regulations could shut down Virginia farms
• November 10 Bull testing prevents disasters in cattle business
• November 10 Climate bill passes Senate EPW; Offsets bill introduced
• November 10 ASA submits concerns and issues for climate change legislation
• November 10 Farm Bureau petitions U.S. Supreme Court on pesticide case
• November 10 December, January USDA crop report will be watched closer due to late harvest
• November 09 Adding the ‘ag’ to ‘tourism’
• November 09 USDA announces $17 million in grants to train beginning farmers and ranchers
• November 09 AFBF, Ag library to create information clearinghouse for beginning farmers
• November 09 Kudzu-eating pest found in northeast Georgia
• November 09 Making NOAA climate forecasts useful to farmers
• November 09 Sweetpotatoes get high-tech help
• November 09 Waterlogged October wettest on record for some
• November 06 Three days of climate hearings reveal little new
• November 06 Open crop insurance claim if corn mold is suspected
• November 06 NFU: Climate change benefits outweigh costs
• November 06 Watch out for nitrate poisoning in forages, forbes
• November 06 2010 Ohio corn, soybean and wheat enterprise budgets
• November 06 When to sell grain- basic assumptions
• November 06 Free online workshop helps farmers understand financial world
• November 05 Subcommittee gets advanced biofuels progress report
• November 05 Cattlemen urge EPA not to regulate agriculture out of business
• November 05 Certification program to aid catfish farmers
• November 05 Groups outline challenges with Senate food safety bill
• November 05 Farmer Q & A on cutting height for corn; aiding residue breakdown
• November 05 Estimating drying times for binned corn and natural air
• November 05 Farmers may want to think twice before selling corn stover
• November 04 ASA participates in crop insurance roundtable
• November 04 Drying soybeans in a grain bin ? How long will it take?
• November 04 Sparks warns of potential crop crisis
• November 04 Searching for ways to reduce agriculture's climate change footprint
• November 04 Turkey issues anti-biotechnology regulation
• November 04 Loss of dollar's reserve status could have far-reaching effect on U.S. farming
• November 03 How delayed harvest might affect ear rots and mycotoxin contamination
• November 03 Farmers to Congress: ‘Don’t cap our future'
• November 03 AFBF: S. 1733 fails farmers and consumers
• November 03 Soil management of harvest ruts
• November 03 USDA-funded swine genome sequencing project succeeds in completing first draft
• November 03 A tough harvest - Frequently asked questions
• November 02 Scientists plot genetic ploy against grain pest

October 2009

• October 30 Beware of dirt toxicity in cattle
• October 30 Georgia FFA members earn top honors at National FFA Convention
• October 30 Pigweed causing farmers to rethink farming methods
• October 30 Hard winter wheat varieties released
• October 30 IDFA chairman tells Senate that now is time for new dairy policies that allow for innovation and growth
• October 30 Recovery of farm milk prices continues
• October 30 Soybean diseases influence variety selection, treatments in 2010
• October 30 Wet weather affecting fall-born calves
• October 29 Countering cool-season invaders in warm-season pastures
• October 29 Ear rots and grain molds are common this year
• October 29 Heavy Graze pastures this fall before adding legumes
• October 29 Marketing resource helps livestock producers face volatile prices
• October 29 'Meat is Neat' -- professor of meat science harnesses power of the Web
• October 29 Soybean drying, storage advice
• October 29 Cool, wet weather has slowed corn and soybean drying, no relief in sight
• October 28 Aerate bins to cool grain, avoid runaway deterioration
• October 28 Know your farmer, know your food initiative
• October 28 NFU statement: Science magazine and renewable fuels
• October 28 NPPC asks Congress to help pork producers
• October 28 Michigan school buses go the 'extra miles' on biodiesel
• October 28 National survey finds strong support for corn farmers, corn ethanol
• October 28 Tennessee invests in farm innovation, diversification projects
• October 27 Corn harvest and drying management
• October 27 Increased crop yields will help offset decreased prices
• October 27 Cost of feedstuffs calculator on U of I web sites
• October 27 Frost management for forages
• October 27 Names matter: H1N1 is not swine flu
• October 27 Nitrogen cycling via cover crops protects groundwater
• October 27 Reducing soil compaction in wet fields
• October 26 Expert gives clues about beef quality and production
• October 26 Computer modeling can contribute to soybean production
• October 26 Georgia's organic produce acreage is growing
• October 26 House estate tax legislation introduced
• October 26 Moldy corn could cause more problems if not stored properly
• October 26 Outlook cautiously optimistic for agriculture
• October 26 Wheat pasture considerations
• October 23 Insurance can salvage some lost crop value
• October 23 Fuel costs for ag to skyrocket under House climate bill
• October 23 Growers continue to face harvesting challenges from cool, wet summer
• October 23 Subcommittee reviews the economic conditions facing pork producers
• October 23 Excessive fall rains leave cropland soggy
• October 23 New research to aid sweet potato growers
• October 23 USDA enrolls 255 million base acres in DCP & ACRE on 1.7 million farms
• October 22 Carefully consider backgrounding calves
• October 22 BeefTalk: Starting from scratch should bolster confidence
• October 22 Doppler ultrasound helps scientists understand fescue toxicosis in cattle
• October 22 Heavy rains threaten cotton yields
• October 22 How wheat works web site launched
• October 22 Family tree established for cattle, other ruminants
• October 22 Cool stored wheat and barley, check moisture content
• October 21 Introduction of legislation to address ag labor needs
• October 21 Cattle producers should consider retained ownership
• October 21 Massive monitoring project to identify dairy air quality parameters
• October 21 H1N1 influenza virus present in MN fair pig sample
• October 21 U.S. Meat Export Federation statement on H1N1 confirmation
• October 21 Vilsack will travel to Philippines and China for trade talks
• October 21 Pork producers assure meat safety
• October 20 Bay plan changes called short-sighted with regard to agriculture
• October 20 The keys to successful bull breeding are pregnancy and calving rates
• October 20 NCGA educates public about family farms
• October 20 Field guide shows soybean damage
• October 20 Despite rainy summer, good pumpkin harvest expected
• October 20 Services Win President’s Operating Excellence Award
• October 20 $49 million under the specialty crop block grant program announced
• October 20 USDA conducting confirmatory testing on possible detction of 2009 pandmic H1N1 flu in U.S. swine
• October 19 Rain affects pumpkin quantity, not quality
• October 19 Virginia seeks to increase agricultural trade with Cuba
• October 19 Corn quality issues – field molds
• October 19 Understanding why rye works as a cover crop
• October 19 Sheep breeding improvements arise from ARS-university research
• October 19 Soggy weather slows state’s harvest
• October 19 Store corn properly to ensure corn quality
• October 16 Biodiesel returns more energy to the earth than ever, study finds
• October 16 Farmers markets full of “summer” produce this fall
• October 16 Liming acid soils can bring optimum wheat production
• October 16 Nitrogen applications for the 2010 corn crop
• October 16 Cattlemen respond to Canadian WTO COOL complaint
• October 16 Determining better ways to treat lameness
• October 16 USDA will not issue final 2008 crop counter-cyclical payments for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum and soybeans
• October 15 Blueberry web site to be developed
• October 15 Hardy new corn lines released
• October 15 Improving food production worldwide
• October 15 Bacterium identified as potato disease culprit
• October 15 Sweet potato harvest looking good in east Kentucky
• October 15 Sweet potato protection is more than skin deep
• October 15 Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces $7 million in funding for agricultural plant genomics, genetics and breeding research
• October 15 Virginia's pumpkin crop looking good this year, should yield nearly 70 million pounds of pumpkins
• October 14 Turn frost-damaged corn into silage
• October 14 Georgia peanut harvest looks promising
• October 14 Take steps now to help prevent late blight next year
• October 14 Phomopsis seed rot showing up in soybeans
• October 14 Managing post-operative pain in horses
• October 14 Resistant pigweed presents huge monkey wrench to farmers
• October 13 Aerial seeding challenges
• October 13 Fall is great time to sample for SCN
• October 13 Flurry of forage questions come with first fall frost and freeze
• October 13 MU researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
• October 13 National Institute of Food and Agriculture formed
• October 13 Farm Bureau: U.S. request for WTO dispute panel on poultry
• October 12 Cooler temperatures impacting corn harvest