The bulk of crop subsidies go to growers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and other commodity crops in the Midwest and South, they say, leaving out Garden State fruit and vegetable growers. The state's congressional delegation is part of a broad effort to overhaul the way food is grown by promoting locally harvested produce, boost investment in organic agriculture, prevent Congress from sending the majority of grower subsidies to other states and ramp up land conservation spending. Find...

After serving in the Army, Walker returned to the family farm where he and his twin made farming their life's work. They were crop farmers, growing mainly corn and cotton. He was preceded in death by seven brothers, including his twin, Dillard, who died in 2004. My daddy always fussed on him that he put more stems and leaves in the bag than cotton. brewer@htimes.com Willard Walker and twin brother spent life on farm. Ralph Gullion recalled watching Walker and his twin brother pick cotton...

Get the latest industry news delivered right to your computer! The report attributes the increase to favorable prices, growing ethanol demand, and strong export sales. The report is based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of June on approximately 11,000 segments of land and from a sample of approximately 88,000 farm operators across the United States. Department of Agriculture s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Iowa continued to lead all states in total corn acres,...

Bob Brachmann of the town of Mansfield, who has about 300 hives and breeds Russian queen bees, said last year was the worst season he had ever experienced. He believes the primary reason for the colony failure is a systemic pesticide that is contained in corn and some other genetically-modified crops like cotton, cannola and soybeans. Honey production has been declining over then past six or seven years about the same time frame as the introduction of the genetically-modified crops, he...

She said agricultural officials still hold some hope for later-maturing cotton, peanut and soybean crops, if the state gets rain soon. USDA and state agriculture officials use the report to measure conditions in agriculture each week. He sees impact on gasoline, food products and in employment at cotton gins, in the shipping industry and other sectors. While the final figures may not be in for Alabama, nobody expects a banner year for the farm and forestry industry, whichbrought in more...

A senior trader, Ghulam Rabbani said due to rough weather conditions, trading remained dull and majority of the market players remained on the sidelines. Dealers said that leading buyers bought fine quality lint on slightly higher price while ginners from Punjab offered their poor stocks on competitive rates during the trading session. China import activity was expected to jump over the near-term as the trade seemed extremely tight stocks in China and a strong world demand for its...