With pests popping up early in Mid-South farmland following a warm winter and spring, producers may want to check out www.syngentapestpatrol.com....More
"Water Sustainability in Agriculture" is the theme of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, which will be held in Arkansas on June 11-13 at the Fayetteville Town Center....More
A year ago, eastern Arkansas farmers who looked out and saw water where their farmland was wondered if they’d get a crop planted.
A year later, nearly 11 percent of the state is listed as “abnormally dry,” the least intense of the five dryness intensities mapped by the U.S. Drought Monitor....More
Was it only a year ago when abundant rains caused a chain-reaction of misery in the Mid-South? Back then, a sense of disbelief set in as waterways swelled past their banks, flooding farmland and threatening towns....More
The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station has scheduled a pest management and crop production field day for June 14 at the research station in St. Joseph, Louisiana....More
Country artist and songwriter Steve Azar, with the sponsorship of Swenson Investments & Commodities of Sioux Falls and Huron, S.D., has created a new tune honoring the agricultural professionals who drive our regional economy....More
A new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving impaired watersheds located within the Bayou Bartholomew watershed in Arkansas has been launched. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will manage the initiative by making funds available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the selected watersheds....More
A four-day symposium at Mississippi State University will draw researchers, biologists and land managers concerned with enhancing, restoring and managing the prairies of the Southeastern United States....More
As the world population heads toward 9 billion by 2050, there has been much hand-wringing over how to properly feed so many. In the developing world, it turns out mobile phones may be the best hope for growers looking to improve yields, market crops and move out of subsistence-level farming....More
Almost from the dawn of time, water cataclysm has been based on too much of a good thing. Throw that archetype out the window and prepare for historical change — the barren age is upon us. Water wars are coming and even if only a portion of dire predictions pan out regarding pending shortages, the outlook is alarming....More
Farmers in the Arkansas Delta needing soil moisture to finish up their planting got their wish Monday as quickly developing storms dropped up to 5 inches of rain in some spots....More
The lack of prolonged winter weather followed by a spring that broke many high temperature records was bound to have an effect on Mid-South crops. That has proven out with the early arrival of the insect complex....More
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will offer the keynote address for the 77th annual meeting of Delta Council on Friday, May 11, at the Bologna Performing Arts Center on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Miss....More
Barnyardgrass resistant to Newpath was confirmed in Sunflower County, Miss., in 2010. Two additional Newpath-resistant populations were identified in Bolivar and Washington counties in 2011. The problem would likely have been more widespread last year, but Mississippi rice acres decreased by 48 percent from 2010 to 2011 and are forecasted to decline by another significant percentage in 2012....More
The Sorghum Checkoff is funding an in-depth study that involves tracking all inputs used by sorghum growers to raise, harvest and market their sorghum crop....More
The Weed Science Society of America has endorsed a series of best management practices designed to reduce the incidence of herbicide-resistant weeds....More
Beef and forage producers in Mississippi and Louisiana can learn how to improve their beef herds and pastures at a May 19 event in Walthall County, Miss....More
Clarksdale, Miss., farmer Pete Hunter has put in a number of practices to improve water quality and conserve natural resources on his farm. After one year, they're already paying off....More
Corn, sorghum and rice planting are nearly complete and cotton planting has hit the halfway mark in Arkansas, according to Monday’s crop progress report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service....More
Farmers who plan to add additional help this year may want to consider hiring veterans. There is a substantial increase in the job pool as these individuals come back into the civilian workforce. As a further incentive, you may be eligible for a generous tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans....More
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers in portions of 22 parishes to develop and enhance habitat for migrating birds. ... Through the initiative, NRCS will work with agricultural producers to create or enhance shallow-water, mud-flat and moist-soil habitats to benefit a variety of migratory birds....More
Mike P. Sturdivant, 84, Glendora, Miss., a leader in agriculture in his state and nationally, who went on to be a participant in the early growth of the Holiday Inns lodging chain, and was active in politics, twice running for governor of Mississippi, died May 1 at his home....More
