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Sunbelt Ag News

DOANE: Cotton Comment

Closing Livestock: Live, Feeder Futures Fall Back 3-10

Closing Rice: Sharply Lower Again 3-10

Closing Cotton: Choppy Cotton Finishes Narrowly Mixed 3-10

Closing Grain: Beans Rally Despite Growing World Stocks 3-10

US Corn Prices May Find Support 3-10

Projected Economic Turnaround Fuels Recovery in Commodity Prices, According to 2010 FAPRI Outlook 3-10

U.S. Stock Market News 3-10

Diesel, gasoline prices up yet another week 3-10

Midday Grain: Corn, Wheat Lower 3-10

Midday Livestock: Live Cattle Futures Lead Markets Lower 3-10

Linn Soybean Commentary: Prices ended weaker 3-10

Linn Corn Commentary: USDA Reports Raises Carryout 3-10

Linn Wheat Commentary: Still awash in wheat 3-10

Hurricanes: AccuWeather Calls For More Active 2010 Season 3-10

Seed Trait Battles Raise Eyebrows 3-10

Fertilizer Outlook 3-10

Kentucky: Control Volunteer Corn Early to Prevent Problems in Fields 3-10

Kentucky: UK Entomologists to Look for New Stink Bugs 3-10

Opening Cotton: Shows Muted Reaction To USDA Data 3-10

Opening Grains: Mixed Ahead of Reports 3-10

Opening Livestock: Ready to Open on a Mixed Basis 3-10

K. Good's Farm Policy: FAPRI; Biofuels; Disaster Payment; Climate Change; Farm Bill; Trade 3-10

For Argument's Sake: Changing Pricing Dynamics Between Gasoline and Ethanol 3-9

Get More Coverage for the Money: 2010 Crop Insurance Decisions 3-9

Retail Fertilizer Trends 3-9

Georgia: Need Commercial Pesticide Credits? Here's The Place 3-9

Mississippi: New Corn Breeding Facility Coming 3-9

Monsanto says Bollgard Bt toxin resistance confirmed in pink bollworms in India 3-9

AgFax Blog: Corn Planting Starts In Louisiana - Ready Or Not 3-9

AgFax Blog: With More Cotton, Will Used Picker Prices Increase? 3-9

Ohio: Take Steps to Reduce Compaction Before Spring Planting 3-9

Indiana: Purdue Web Site Helps Farmers Manage Corn Mold Issues 3-9

Crude oil and gasoline prices inching up again 3-9

Vietnam: Sluggish rice trade dampens local price 3-9

Cotton: Brazil Intends $591 Million Retaliation for U.S. Cotton Export Subsidies 3-8

Southern Grain: Don't Expect Long Elevator Lines When Wheat Harvest Starts 3-9

California Almonds: Wet weather pushes more growers toward third fungicide 3-9

Deaths Related to Grain Handling Continue to Increase 3-8

Personalize Crop Insurance Decisions 3-8

Georgia, Mississippi,Texas Included in 18 State Rural Broadband Project 3-8

Virginia Cotton: March Cotton Update 3-8

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 3-8

Arkansas: UA Weed Scientist Receives National Award 3-8

Rice importation ‘premature’ 3-7

Oklahoma: Just Say "Cheese" - Camera for Deer Management 3-7

Taxlink by Andy Biebl 3-7

USDA National Weekly Cotton Summary 3-5

AgFax.com Blog: 4-H In Georgia? As budgets shrivel, that's on the table. 3-5

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 3-5

USDA National Weekly Grain Summary 3-5

AgFax.com Blog: Mississippi Farm Bureau Launches TV Campaign  3-5

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Mississippi: High Tunnel Field Day for Fruit, Veg and Cut Flower Professional Growers March 11, Paid registration required, MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station, Crystal Springs.

Georgia: Peanut Production Meeting, March 11, 7 pm, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Mississippi: Women in Agriculture Conference, March 11-12, Bost Extension Center, MSU campus.

Alabama: Row Crop Insect Management for Maximum Profit, March 18, 9 am, David’s Catfish House, Atmore.

Georgia: Cotton Production Meeting, March 22, 7 pm, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Florida: Beef Production Workshop, March 24, 11:30 am, Miami Community Center, Miami.

Georgia: Commercial Pesticide Credit Meeting, March 26, 8:30 am, Coffee County Extension office, Douglas.

Arkansas: Ozark Food Processors Association Convention and Exposition, April 6-7, Springdale.

Mississippi: Magnolia Beef and Poultry Expo, April 8, Smith County Agricultural Complex, Raleigh.

Pennsylvania Agronomy Scout School, April 10, Penn State Campus.

Texas: Predator Workshop, April 13, 8 am, Edward County 4-H Barns, Rocketsprings.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, April 15, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

Texas Brush Control Workshop, April 20, 8 am, Edwards County Annex Building, Edwards County.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, May 20, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

Texas Urban Ranchers and Small Acreage Short Course, June 17, 6:30 pm, AgriLife Extension office, Canyon.

Tennessee: 26th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day, July 22, tennu@bellsouth.net

North Carolina 2010 Cotton Field Day, Sept. 16, Gary Respess Farm, Beaufort County.

To list an event, contact Owen Taylor

 

 

Mississippi:

Agronomic Field Day Set for Delta

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Stoneville (June 9, 2009)Mississippi State University researchers and Extension Service specialists will explain at a July 16 event in Stoneville current studies that could help farmers of agronomic crops.

MSU’s Delta Research and Extension Center will host the annual Agronomic Field Day. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and the program starts 30 minutes later.

Meetings will held in the Capps Center. Topics include rice production, rice herbicides, developments in rice breeding, rice seed treatments, cotton insect research, glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass, soybean diseases, soybean insect research, corn insect control, irrigation and tillage, soybean rust updates, and precision nitrogen management.

“This annual field day lets scientists and Extension specialists provide the latest and most pertinent scientific studies and technology to area producers,” said Steve Martin, interim head of DREC.

Continuing education units are available for certified crop advisors. For more information, contact Rebekah Ray, editor and operations coordinator, at (662) 686-3214 or rebekahray@drec.msstate.edu.