USDA OFFERS EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMS FOR FARMERS AND RANCHERS COPING WITH HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER 

Source: USDA

USDA is making more than $170 million in emergency assistance available to agricultural producers suffering from Hurricane Katrina...

Practices To Reduce High Tractor Fuel Costs 

Source: AgBIO, South Dakota State University

Farmers looking for ways to trim fuel costs as farm diesel prices near $2.50 per gallon can start by using practices to improve efficiency...

Katrina Clobbers Corn 

Source: University of Illinois

While the human toll of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area is tragic, there are economic consequences as well for Illinois and Midwestern farmers...

U of I Research Zeroing In On Optimum Nitrogen Rates  

Source: University of Illinois

A new study to evaluate the Illinois Soil N Test (ISNT) calls into question traditional soil fertility recommendations ...

Renegotiating Cash Rents 

Source: University of Illinois Extension Service

Landlords and tenants may wish to renegotiate 2005 and 2006 cash rents because fewer funds will be available to pay them...

USDA SELECTS WATERSHEDS FOR 2006 CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM 

Source: USDA

Cooperative Conservation on Working Land Benefits Soil and Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat-Two Alaska Watersheds Selected...

USDA to donate agricultural commodities for Iraq 

The USDA today announced that it will donate 21,250 metric tons of corn and 8,750 tons of soybean meal to the U.S. Grains Council, a private organization, for use in Iraq....

Pioneer Customers Can Access New Resource For Crop Management Information 

Pioneer customers now have a new tool to quickly find relevant information about crop management that can help their farming operation. ...

Poll Shows Limiting Farm Payments Has Strong Support 

Center for Rural Affairs

Voters in these states supported payment limitations by more than a two-to-one margin....

Over Half Of U.S. Farms Have Internet Access 

USDA

A total of 51% of U.S. farms now have Internet access, compared to 48% with Internet access in 2003....

Glyphosate-Resistant Marestail Confirmed In California, Other Weed Populations Investigated  

Syngenta Crop Protection

Glyphosate resistance has taken another step in its march across the United States. ...

ASA Announces 2005-2006 Officers and Committee Assignments  

American Soybean Association

The Board of Directors of the American Soybean Association (ASA) has confirmed ...

.Claims that Ethanol has a Negative Energy Balance are Outrageous 

The American Coalition for Ethanol

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) today set the record straight on the allegation that ethanol has a negative energy balance....

U of I Research Aims to Improve Herbicide Selectivity in Crops 

University of Illinois

Herbicides are designed to selectively kill weeds in crops. At the same time, it is difficult for most herbicides to selectively control weeds that are closely related to certain major crops...

Recent Discovery Does Not Necessarily Indicate That Soybean Rust Has Arrived 

Urbana, IL

Although some rust spores have recently been found in Kentucky and Tennessee, this discovery does not necessarily mean that Asian soybean rust has moved north and is on the way to Illinois, ...