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AdvertisementSoybeansMissouri farmers report tough fallCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP)--Southeastern Missouri crop and dairy farmers are reporting a tough fall. Dairy farmers have struggled with prices, while weather has affected other crops. Oak Ridge Dairy producer John Schoen reports a 35 percent decline in profits compared to October 2008. [Read More] October average rainfall tops 10 inches, a near recordMissouri With statewide rainfall averaging more than 10 inches, Missouri weather records show October was the wettest in 68 years and second wettest in history. "Rainfall was about three times normal for October, which is considered a fairly dry month suitable for harvesting," said Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture climatologist. [Read More] ASA submits concerns and issues for climate change legislationThe American Soybean Association Nov. 4 issued a paper outlining its concerns and issues for climate change legislation. ASA believes that climate change legislation passed by the House of Representatives and the current draft Senate climate change bill do not provide sufficient measures to protect American economic competitiveness, and ASA does not support those measures in their current form. ASA is issuing its detailed ... [Read More] Chicot County: 'We are going to be lucky to make half a crop'Arkansas The rain-shocked 2009 growing season may prove to be devastating for Chicot County, where more than 65 percent of the county is farmland. On Nov. 2 and 3, Gus Wilson, Chicot County Extension staff chairman for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, made the rounds, visiting farmers and getting a first-hand look at what record rain has left of crops in the state's southeasternmost county. [Read More] Dry bean breeding specialist wins excellence awardNebraska Dr. Carlos Urrea, dry edible bean breeding specialist at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center, was one of the recipients of the 2009 Award for Excellence from the Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. The award was presented at the 20th biennial meeting of the Bean Improvement Cooperative Oct. 25 to 28 at Fort Collins, Colo. Urrea and fellow committee members were recognized... [Read More] Advertisement
Late wheat planting requires extra planning
Kansas Some wheat has not yet been planted this year across Kansas--especially in the eastern third of the state--due in some cases to wet soil conditions. In other cases, producers are still waiting to harvest their soybeans, grain sorghum or corn before planting wheat, said Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Research and Extension crop production specialist.[Read More] Spying on corn rootworm predators' nightlife Agricultural Research Service entomologist Jonathan G. Lundgren, while exploring corn fields at night, has found a very different group of predators than the ones that feed during the day. It turns out that these night-time predators have a great appetite for corn rootworms, the most costly pest of corn in the world. Research on day-active and night-active predatory insects is important for scientists who are developing strategies that maximize ...[Read More] Scientists plot genetic ploy against grain pest Aided by a genomic map of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, Agricultural Research Service and university scientists are plotting a kind of genetic sabotage on the pest's basic life functions--from locomotion to digestion. Nationally, infestations of flour beetles and their beetle cousins cost millions of dollars in losses annually to stored grains and the food products made from those grains. Warehouse sanitation usually keeps beetle ...[Read More] Crops and weeds: Global climate change's first responders A team of Agricultural Research Service plant physiologists is studying how global climate change could affect food crop production--and prompt the evolution of even more resilient weeds. Lewis Ziska, Richard Sicher and Jim Bunce all work at the ARS Crops Systems and Global Change Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. Over the past several years, the three scientists have conducted research on a range of food crops--including soybean, rice, ...[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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