by grassdmin8 | Jan 21, 2013 | News & Articles
Agriculture secretary not so sure Jan. 21, 2013 From the National Cotton Council House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) has emphatically stated that Direct Payments (DPs) authorized in the farm bill extension will be made. Agriculture Secretary... by grassdmin8 | Jan 17, 2013 | News & Articles
Gene Johnston 01/17/2013 Agriculture.com Most farmers who know their numbers say it costs $100 to $250 less per acre to grow a soybean crop, compared to corn. Even then, most Midwestern budgets favor growing corn where possible. That’s because 180-bushel corn at $5... by grassdmin8 | Jan 16, 2013 | Field Reports
Finished spraying wheat today with 10-52-2 and Osprey/Harmony. This particular picture is wheat sprayed Dec. 3, 2012. All of it looks good. by grassdmin8 | Jan 15, 2013 | News & Articles
Hay & Forage Grower, January 15, 2013 Precipitation totals were 10” below average in 2012 at Ross Kinney’s farm near Kilgore, TX. But the East Texas hay grower isn’t complaining. “The rains came at the right time during the growing season,” he says. “As a result,... by grassdmin8 | Jan 15, 2013 | News & Articles
All hay stored on U.S. farms on Dec. 1 totaled 76.5 million tons, according to a USDA Crop Production report issued last Friday. That’s down 16% compared to the year-earlier figure and the lowest Dec. 1 stocks level since 1957. Also in the report, USDA noted that hay...