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AdvertisementWheatSharp decline in Ohio wheat seedings for 2010Lower international demand, weak prices, and a wet fall in 2009 have driven U.S. farmers to plant less wheat this year, with Ohio posting one of the sharpest declines in the Eastern Corn Belt region. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's wheat seedings report, Ohio's soft red winter wheat seeded area is expected to total 800,000 acres. In 2009, farmers planted 1 million acres, and in 2008 that number was 1.1 million acres. [Read More] CornColorado Corn recognizes award winners at annual banquetColorado The 1979 founding board of the Colorado Corn Growers Association was chosen to receive the Jean Serios President's award at the organization's annual banquet. State Sen. Mary Hodge (R-Brighton) and state Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling) accepted Colorado Corn's Legislator of the Year awards, while Reagan Waskom of the Colorado Water Institute received the Friend of Agriculture award. [Read More] AdvertisementSoybeansDivision of Agriculture pegs 2009 crop loss at $397 millionArkansas Economists with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture in January pegged the 2009 crop losses at $397 million, resulting in an estimated loss of nearly 3,700 full- and part-time jobs at a cost of $102 million in wages and salaries. Wayne Miller, U of A Division of Agriculture professor of agricultural economics, said the losses are estimated to have reduced value-added by $202.7 million. [Read More] Grain SorghumPeterson honored with Vice Chancellor's Award in ExcellenceTexas Gary Peterson, Ph.D., professor of grain sorghum breeding and genetics based at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, received a 2009 Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence in the international involvement category. His honor was presented during the 2010 AgriLife Conference held recently at Texas A&M University in College Station. [Read More] CottonNational Cotton Council seeks congressional action on EPA's greenhouse gas regulation planThe National Cotton Council was joined by 137 other commodity and agricultural organizations in declaring support for Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-AK) introduction of a resolution opposing EPA's current plan to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. They urged Senate approval of the resolution. In the NCC-coordinated letter to Sen. Murkowski, the groups agreed with her intent to enter a ... [Read More]
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