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Commodity commission candidates face Nov. 30 filing deadline

Kansas Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat or sunflowers--should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov. 30 filing deadline. The 2010 election will cover districts seven, eight and nine, or the eastern third of Kansas. [Read More]

Rain makes big crop difficult to harvest

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--Record and near-record corn and soybean crops sit in area fields tantalizing farmers, but there is one problem: In many places, it's been too wet to get at them. A cool, damp summer delayed the growing season. Then, in the past month, as farmers prepared to harvest crops still laden with moisture, seemingly interminable rain made a bad situation worse. [Read More]

November crop report is bearish for soybeans, wheat

"At face value I would say that today's adjustments by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should be supportive for corn but bearish for soybeans and wheat," Gavin Maguire, director of EHedger, said. Maguire spoke during a press briefing on Nov.10 held by the CME Group to discuss the Nov. 10 USDA Crop Production Report. The crop report put corn production at 12.9 billion bushels compared to 12.94 billion bushels that analysts had ... [Read More]

Grain farmers making great strides in tough harvest season

Missouri Thanks to the marvels of modern technology and long working hours, Missouri grain farmers took advantage of drier weather during the first week of November to make significant harvest progress. A week ago, frustrated farmers were facing a corn harvest 36 days behind normal with only 49 percent of the crop harvested. [Read More]

Harvest progresses; Nov. 13 estimate puts crop losses at $309 million

Arkansas The estimated crop loss for the rain-damaged 2009 harvest so far has risen to $309 million, not including lost wages of about $83 million due to decline in nearly 3,000 full-and part-time agriculture-related jobs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said. The estimate, which provides a week-by-week snapshot of crop conditions, is compiled by U of A Division of Agriculture economists, and is based on... [Read More]



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Kansas farmer tries growing peanuts

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP)--If he's been called any nicknames, they haven't been to his face, Rice County farmer Clark Schmidt says with a grin. Yet, he figures he's been the talk of the local elevator and morning coffee shops for his 65-acre peanut field not far from Sterling. Peanuts in a state known for wheat production, after all, aren't typical. [Read More]


Corn disease update

By D. Bruce Bosley CSU Extension agent/cropping systems I wanted to provide an update on corn ear molds this week. [Read More]


Grain farmers making great strides in tough harvest season

Missouri Thanks to the marvels of modern technology and long working hours, Missouri grain farmers took advantage of drier weather during the first week of November to make significant harvest progress. A week ago, frustrated farmers were facing a corn harvest 36 days behind normal with only 49 percent of the crop harvested. [Read More]


CSU Department of Soil and Crop Sciences celebrates a century of service

Colorado Building on its roots in agronomy, Colorado State University's Department of Soil and Crop Sciences is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The Department of Agronomy, as it was known until 1994, was founded in 1909 by two faculty members--Alvin Kezer and D. W. Frear.[Read More]


Vilsack names members, alternates to National Peanut Board

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack Nov. 16 appointed four members and four alternate members to serve on the National Peanut Board. All of the appointments are three-year terms that begin Jan. 1, 2010, and end on Dec. 31, 2012. The following members and alternate member were reappointed: John Harrell of Whigham, Ga., and Edward M. Rast Jr., Cameron, S.C., members; Francis V. Jordan III, Rayville, La., at-large member; ...[Read More]


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