| Home | News | Livestock | Crops | Markets | Hay, Range & Pasture | Home & Family | Classifieds | Resources | This Week's Journal |
| Home | News | Livestock | Crops | Markets | Hay, Range & Pasture | Home & Family | Classifieds | Resources | This Week's Journal |
|
|
WheatFormer Oklahoma Gov. Henry Bellmon diesOKLAHOMA CITY (AP)--Henry Louis Bellmon, who in 1963 became Oklahoma's first GOP governor since statehood and is known as the father of the state's modern Republican party, died Sept. 29. He was 88. Bellmon, who also served two terms in the U.S. Senate, died shortly before 11 a.m., after a long battle with Parkinson's disease, said Andrew Tevington, Bellmon's former chief of staff and general counsel. [Read More] CornUSDA will not issue final 2008 CCPs for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum and soybeansU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Oct. 14 that USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the direct and counter-cyclical program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments. USDA will issue payments for upland cotton beginning Oct. 14. The final counter-cyclical ... [Read More] AdvertisementSoybeansSoybean Checkoff provides certification of SCN resistanceSoybean cyst nematodes rob U.S. soybean farmers of between 100 to 150 million bushels of yield, depending on the year, more than any other disease or pest, according to a soybean-checkoff-funded survey. That's why the soybean checkoff invests in production research to combat SCN and other yield-robbers and emphasize the value of its work on SCN standardization. The checkoff collaborates with researchers like Terry Niblack, Ph.D., ... [Read More] Grain SorghumUSDA will not issue final 2008 CCPs for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum and soybeansU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Oct. 14 that USDA will not issue final 2008 counter-cyclical payments to farmers enrolled in the direct and counter-cyclical program for peanuts, corn, grain sorghum, soybeans and oats because average commodity prices remain above levels that trigger these payments. USDA will issue payments for upland cotton beginning Oct. 14. The final counter-cyclical ... [Read More] CottonCotton farmer credits team for successful cropAsk Andy Wisdom what makes his West Texas cotton farm a success, and he will tell you the secret can't be found just in his soil or in any particular crop input. It's teamwork that makes his Levelland, Texas, cotton farm run like clockwork. "It's a team mentality with me," Wisdom said. [Read More]
|
Market Snapshot
 
|
