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Florida Orange-Crop Estimate Raised by USDA After Late Rains
Published July 10, 2009, 5:50 am, Bloomberg
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Florida's orange crop will be 1.6 percent bigger than estimated a month ago as rainfall alleviated dry-weather stress on what little fruit remained to be harvested, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
U.S. Cotton-Crop Estimate Unchanged, Exports to Fall, USDA Says
Published July 10, 2009, 5:49 am, Bloomberg
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. cotton production in the new season will be unchanged from last month's forecast, as higher abandonment offset an increase in planted area, the Department of Agriculture said.
Elements batter Oklahoma winter wheat crop
Published July 10, 2009, 4:53 am, Seattle Times
Battered by drought, a late freeze and flooding rain, Oklahoma's winter wheat harvest may produce only half of what was yielded last year, officials said.
Tracking Spore Movement
Published July 10, 2009, 4:40 am, DTN / The Progressive Farmer
Scientists are tracking atmospheric movement of spores of soybean rust and development an early warning model.
Montana declaredfree of brucellosis
Published July 10, 2009, 4:18 am, Great Falls Tribune
Export restrictions on Montana's billion-dollar cattle industry are to be lifted today after federal officials declared the state was once again free of the livestock disease brucellosis.
Scientists hope tiny insect can help save soybeans from aphids
Published July 10, 2009, 4:04 am, Aberdeen American News
SIOUX FALLS -- An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation's soybean crop from aphids....
Afghanistan: Cautious optimism — Loebsack discusses Afghan farmers’ needs after returning from most recent trip
Published July 10, 2009, 3:16 am, Ottumwa Courier
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Dave Loebsack says he is “very cautiously optimistic” about the direction Afghanistan is headed after making a visit to the war-torn nation earlier this month.
Grant to help replace water lines
Published July 10, 2009, 3:10 am, The Buffalo News
BARKER -- The village is scheduled to receive $743,491 in grant money to help replace its antiquated water lines, village officials have learned.
Farmers get late start
Published July 10, 2009, 1:14 am, Lansing State Journal
Mid-Michigan farmers are recovering from spring rains that delayed the start of the growing season but the area's cornfields could use a little heat to make the most of a mediocre year.
Rutherford in line for farm assistance
Published July 10, 2009, 1:06 am, Daily News Journal
Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved his request for federal farm assistance for four Middle Tennessee counties due to heavy rains and extensive flooding that occurred in May.
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