Did they each decide on their own to grow rye or was the area they lived in better suited to grow rye? Since they were more or less neighbors, not necessarily close neighbors, could one of the three convinced the other two rye would grow well on their land? Those are some of the questions we will never be able to answer. On the 1850 agricultural census there wasn t any rye produced, not even as much as one bushel. Did they each decide on their own to grow rye or was the area they lived in...

Cotton farmers are spraying cotton. Wheat pasture (market) cattle are moving slowly due to slow development of wheat pasture and high wheat prices, said Dr. Prior to the rain showers, calf prices were adjusting accordingly to slow-growing wheat pastures. Oat and wheat producers busy pre-watering for planting crops, while dryland producers holding off for a chance of rainfall to help begin planting. Because of needed rain, some winter pastures are on hold until some moisture is received; in...

Tom Harkin said a newly minted farm bill would protect grain and cotton farmers and increase spending for fruit and vegetable producers. The Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said the bill would create an optional crop-subsidy plan corn-growers want and would increase funding for conservation, bioenergy and nutrition programs, the Des Moines Register reported Wednesday. The Iowa Democrat and chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said the bill would...

Cattle producers have been urged to increase their production by implementing sound management and animal health strategies through the development of sustainable breeding programmes. There is urgent need to protect all remaining pedigree herds and to expand their numbers by encouraging the introduction of new players into this field," he said. Cde Chapfika said the most rapid way of increasing production in tropical countries like Zimbabwe was to improve the management and husbandry of...

Georgia (default) Verdana Times New Roman Arial (10-18) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Senate Democrats announced a breakthrough in a long-stalled farm bill Wednesday that would provide billions of dollars for California fruit and vegetable marketing, farm conservation and food stamps - but would maintain costly, traditional crop subsidies for corn, wheat, cotton, rice and soybeans. Georgia (default) Verdana Times New Roman Arial (10-18) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Senate Democrats announced a...

We reserve the right to remove without warning or notification libelous or objectionable comments, and to ban their authors from further participation. Some cotton gins have caught up with their workload and shut down, but Barr said others will be running for a few more weeks. Too much rain hindered yield potential in southern Louisiana, while farmers in the northeast have been pleased with their crops, he said. Many farmers this year planted cotton acreage to corn, which was bringing...