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Strategies To Reduce Drift
May 17th, 2013Protect Herbicides To Prolong Their Use BY AMANDA HUBER SOUTHEAST EDITOR Weed management in crop production used to be all about removing the problem weed from the competition for water and nutrients. While that is still the primary goal of weed control, producers must be diligent in their efforts to keep herbicides from moving [more...]
Saving Crop Insurance Should Be Farm Bill Goal
May 16th, 2013By Ron Smith, Courtesy SouthWestFarmPress.com As the Agriculture Committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate prepare to mark up farm bill proposals next week, farmers and the commodity organizations that support them will watch closely to see where cuts are proposed, how deep those cuts are and what kind [more...]
Cotton market remains risky, but dollar a pound is possible
May 10th, 2013Elton Robinson SouthwestFarmPress.com Over the next few months, December 2013 cotton futures could trade in a price range between 70 cents and $1.05, according to cotton analysts speaking at the Ag Market Network’s April conference call. The range will likely narrow as uncertainties in the market are resolved, including nailing down planted acreage and production [more...]
Dust Bowl
May 9th, 2013By Justin Cabe The Dust Bowl, it happened once back in the 1930’s, but can it happen again. According to weathermen, by looking at the depleting aquifer, lack of rainfall and by talking to local farmers, something like the Dust Bowl could happen again and may have already started. With events like haboobs in recent [more...]
Farmers look to cotton to replace freeze-killed wheat crop
May 8th, 2013Vic Schoonover, Producers Cooperative Oil Mill SouthwestFarmPress.com Cotton is the go-to crop Doug Scherler’s family has chosen to offset the 100-percent loss of their frozen-out 2013 wheat acreage. “The freezes we suffered in the last few weeks cost us our entire wheat crop,” the Walters, Oklahoma, farmer said. “One hundred percent of our wheat was [more...]
Timing Is Crucial For Young Seedlings
May 3rd, 2013BY TOMMY HORTON EDITOR, CottonFarming.com What is the magic watchword for planting this year’s cotton crop and protecting those young seedlings? Plain and simple…it’s timing. Knowing when soil temperatures are ideal (between 62 and 65 degrees) and finding the perfect window to plant the seed cannot be emphasized enough these days.You would think that this [more...]
Late Season Freeze Halts Planting
May 1st, 2013By Justin Cabe With unusually cold weather expected Wednesday night through Friday morning, farmers have to wait a little longer to begin planting. While some, including us, have started to plant peanuts, most farmers are waiting until after what is, hopefully, the last cold spell of the year. Between Saturday and Tuesday we planted 177 [more...]
Freezes Take Their Toll, but Don’t Count Texas Wheat Out Yet
April 30th, 2013April 29, 2013 AgriLife Extension experts survey region to determine damage Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Contact: Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Clark Neely, 979-845-3041, cneely@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – A late March and three April freezes have hit wheat in its advanced growing stages. But some of the crop still has potential for moderate and good grain [more...]
