Sunbelt Ag News:

DOANE: Cotton Commentary

Grain, Cotton, L'stock Updates

Alaron Grains and Oilseeds Comment 7/18

Alaron Energy Comment 7/18

Meeting Ethanol Targets May Divert No Food 7/18

US Optimistic on World Trade Talks 7/18

Wall Street Mixed on Earnings Reports 7/18

Closing Livestock: Feeders Jump Sharply Higher as Corn Prices Implode 7/18

Closing Rice: Rice joined the party with crude oil and other grains going lower  7/18

Closing Cotton: Modest gains following quiet session 7/18

Closing Grain: Another Round of Sharp Losses for corn and soybeans 7/18

Texas: Workshop - "Pricing Cotton in Volatile Market" 7/18

Midday Grain: Beans, Corn Lower; Wheat Slightly Higher at Midday 7/18

Midday Livestock: Meat Futures Bouncing Higher Following Thursday's Sell-Off 7/18

Kansas: Gray Leaf Spot in Corn Near Epidemic Levels in Some Areas 7/18

USDA National Weekly Cotton Report 7/18

Nation’s economy works against timber industry 7/18

Opening Cotton: Cotton Steady Early on Friday 7/18

USDA National Weekly Grain Market Review 7/18

Senate Panel OKs 2009 Ag Spending Bill 7/18

USDA Must Limit CRP Haying and Grazing 7/18

Opening Grain: Grains Expected to Open Mixed 7/18

Opening Livestock: Pork Futures Likely to Recover on Opening Thanks to Short-Covering, Bullish Fundamentals 7/18

Jurgens Bauer's Cotton Comments: Typically slow season for cotton 7/18

Wall Street Heads to Higher Open 7/18

USDA Funding Research of Colony Collapse Disorder 7/18

U.S. Trade Representative Hopeful about Ministerial Meeting 7/18

Public Meeting Scheduled on BioPreferred Labeling 7/18

Alabama: Rain still needed in Tennessee Valley, but crops in much better shape than last year 7/18

Bunge Begins Distributing and Marketing Fertilizer in North America 7/18

Virginia Cotton: Insect Update 7/17

Louisiana: Add Lime to Improve Grazing Forage 7/17

DuPont gains U.S. regulatory approval for new herbicide-resistance trait in soybeans 7/17

Argentine Senate Rejects Sliding-Scale Tax 7/17

Presidential Candidates Pledge Support to Agriculture 7/17

Bi-partisan Delegation Headed to Colombia 7/17

USA Rice Council Adopts Hundred Weight Standard Resolution 7/17

Louisiana: Precision Fertilizer May Help Sugarcane Farmers Save Dollars 7/16

Peanuts: Argentine exports up sharply for first 5 months of 2008 7/16

Harvest, Economic Uncertainty Ease Futures 7/16

More Rain Likely in Corn Belt 7/16

Sustainable Ag is Hot Topic - Kentucky Offers New Degree 7/16

Additional Farm Bill Funding for Conservation Programs 7/16

Getting Ready for Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) 7/16

Governors Association, GM Team Together on E-85 Expansion 7/16

Kentucky: Stover Cheap Ethanol Feedstock 7/16

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Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Northeast Louisiana Rice FD, 7/21, Rayville.

Louisiana and Arkansas USA Rice Farm Bill Education Meetings, 7/21-23.

North Carolina Cotton SS, 7/22, Halifax and Northampton Counties.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Summer Cotton Grower Meeting, 7/22, 10 am, Grenada County Extension Service Auditorium, Grenada.

Alabama Stored Grain Workshop, 7/22, 9:15 am, Tennessee Valley REC, Belle Mina, and Henderson Farms, Mooresville.

Texas - "Pricing Cotton in Volatile Market" Workshop, 7/23, $20, 10 am to 4:30 pm, Texas Agrilife Center, Lubbock. Info: Wendy at 806-746-6101

South Carolina Soybean SS, 7/23. Cotton Museum, Bishopville, 8:30 am. RSVP.

North Carolina Cotton SS, 7/24, Wilson County.

Tennessee 25th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day, 7/24, 7 am, University of Tennessee REC, Milan.

Louisiana Master Farmer Program FD, 7/24, sugarcane producers, Ronald Hebert's Farm, Jeanerette.

Arkansas Rohwer Research Station FD, 7/24, Rohwer.

Mississippi 2008 Tri-State Pecan Trade Show and Convention, 7/24-25, Vicksburg Convention Center, Vicksburg.

Texas Corn FD, 8/7, 9:30 am, Texas AgriLife Research North Plains Research Field, Etter.

North Carolina, Northeast Ag Expo FD, 8/8, Chowan County Extension Center, Tyner

Arkansas - RiceTec Hybrid Rice Field Day, 8/12, Harrisburg, Ark.

Georgia Southeast Bioenergy Conference, 8/12-13, Tifton.

University of Arkansas Rice FD, 8/13, 7:30 am, UA Rice REC, Stuttgart.

Virginia Ag Expo, 8/14, Billy Bain Farms, Dinwiddie.

Mississippi Row Crop FD, 8/14, 8 am, Agri-Center, Verona.

Kansas K-State Risk and Profit Conference, 8/14-15, Noon, K-State Alumni Center, Manhattan.

Arkansas: Cache River Valley Seed FD, 8/20, Cash.

Louisiana Dean Lee Research and Extension FD, 8/21, Sandy Stewart for info, Alexandria.

Missouri Rice FD, 8/27, Missouri Rice Research Farm.

Missouri Delta Center Rice FD, 9/2, Portageville.

Louisiana Wheat Production Meeting, 9/11, 8 am, Dewitt Livestock Facility, LSUA Campus, Alexandria.

National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, 1/26-27, 2009, Marksville, La.

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor