Sunbelt Ag News:

DOANE: Cotton Commentary

Closing Livestock: Feeder Cattle Score Triple-Digit Gains on Close 1/5

DTN Fertilizer Outlook 1/5

Outlook 2009: Focus on Ag Markets 1/5

Outlook 2009: The Confidence Game 1/5

Closing Rice: Futures Sharply Lower Despite Slight Recovery at Midday 1/5

Closing Cotton: Cotton Futures Pare Sharp Setback 1/5

Alaron Energy Comment: New Optimistic Mood Greets New Year 1/5

Closing Grain: Late Fund Buying Leads to Mixed Day 1/5

U.S. Stock Market News 1/5

U.S. Economic News 1/5

Midday Grain:  Mixed Start for Corn, Soybeans; Beans Up at Midday 1/5

Midday Livestock: Lean Hog Futures Break at Midday in Face of Discounted Cash 1/5

USDA National Weekly Rice Summary 1/5

Linn Corn Comment: Demand for Corn Still Very Light 1/5

Opening Cotton: Overbought Cotton Futures Skid Sharply 1/5

Opening Grain: Mostly Lower Overnight 1/5

Opening Livestock: Uneven Opening Expected in Lean Hog, Belly Futures 1/5

USDA National Weekly Cotton Review 1/2

USDA National Weekly Grain Review 1/2

Canadian Railways Fined $68 Million 1/2

Loophole in USDA Payment Rule 12/31

Soybean Database Will Help Breeders Engineer Better-Performing Plants 12/31

Texas: High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop Scheduled for February 5 12/31

Georgia: DuPont Acquires Ag Data Management Business to Enhance Information Solutions for Growers

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey 12/28

Grain news from STAT

Fruit and Vegetables from STAT

More Ag News | Grain Futures Newswire

Sugar, U.S. Nut Markets

Upcoming Events:

(FD: field day; SS: scout schools)

Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/5/09, 1 p.m., Ochiltree Co. Expo Center, Perryton.

Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/5/09, 7 p.m., Lipscomb Clubhouse, Lipscomb.

National Cotton Council Cotton Consultant Conference, 1/5, San Antonio, Texas, just before the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conference.

Beltwide Cotton Conference, 1/5-8, 2009. Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas; Register.

Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/6/09, noon, O’Laughlin Center, Spearman.

Southwest Louisiana Rice Forum, 1/6, 8 am, Welsh Community Center, Welsh, Agenda.

Southwest Louisiana Soybean Clinic, 1/6, 12:45 pm, Welsh Community Center, Welsh, Agenda.

Louisiana Evangeline/St. Landry Rice and Soybean Meeting, 1/7, Ville Platte Civic Center, Ville Platte.

Texas Feed Grains Marketing Workshop, 1/7-8, 9 am, Texas AgriLife REC, Amarillo.

Louisiana Acadia Rice Grower Meeting, 1/8, Crowley.

Louisiana 53rd Annual Tri-State Soybean Forum, 1/9, 7:30 am, lunch provide, Thomas Jason Lingo Center, Oak Grove.

Louisiana Vermilion Rice Grower Meeting, 1/9, 7:30 am, American Legion Hall, Kaplan.

2009 UK Winter Wheat Meeting, 1/13, Bowling Green, Ky, Transpark Center.

Texas High Plains Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, 1/14, 8 am, Amarillo Civic Center.

North Carolina County Meetings, 1/15 - 2/23, Various locations and dates.

Mississippi Peanut Growers Association Annual Meeting, 1/16, Forrest County Extension Complex, Hattiesburg.

2009 Ag Expo Forestry Forum, 1/17, Hilton Garden Inn, West Monroe, Louisiana.

South Texas Irrigation Conference and Trade Show, 1/20, 8:30 am, Medina Co. Fair Hall, Hondo.

Northeast Louisiana Crop Forum, 1/21, 8:30 am, Delhi Civic Center.

Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Winter Commodity Conference, 1/22-23, 12:30 pm, MFBF office, Jackson.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/26, 7 am, Dalton.

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

Texas AgriLife Extension Profitability Conference, 1/27/09, 10 a.m., Deaf Smith Co. Ext. Center, 903 14th Street, Hereford.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/27, 7 am, Gainesville Civic Center, Gainesville.

2009 Arkansas Crop Management Conference, 1/27-30, 2009, North Little Rock Wyndham Hotel, Little Rock Arkansas.

Georgia Cotton Conference, 1/28, 2009, 7:30 am, UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Registration.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/28, 7 am, Statesboro.

Farm Day 2009 (in cooperation with Alabama, Florida and Georgia Extension Systems), 1/29, 8 am, Walnut Hill Community Center,Walnut Hill, Florida.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/29, 7 am, Tifton.

Georgia Ag Forecast Breakfast, 1/30, 7 am, Macon.

Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop, 2/5, 8 am, Ashmore Inn and Suites, Amarillo.

15th Annual Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference, 2/11, 8 am, ASU Fowler and Convocation Centers, Jonesboro.

Louisiana Agricultural Technology and Management Conference, 2/11-13, SAI Conference Center, Alexandria.

8th Annual Mississippi Farm Toy Show, 2/27-28, MAFES Conference Center, Starkville.

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To list an event, contact Owen Taylor