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link Apr. 28, 2013

Cotton loan tables – quality gains value

USDA’s 2013-crop upland cotton loan premium and discount tables include some positive changes, with higher-quality cotton continuing to gain value and lower-quality cotton being discounted more. Plains Cotton Growers provides information and a link to the tables.

News May 22, 2013

Yarn values keeping lid, and floor, on cotton prices

Cotton spinners don't want to pay too much for raw cotton, which is keeping prices in a tight trading range.
Article May 20, 2013

Corn demand up, world cotton stocks climb again

USDA's first assessment of the 2013 season projects larger corn and soybean crops and smaller cotton production.
News May 20, 2013

Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events

Important meetings, trade shows, field days and conferences for those involved in Mid-South agriculture.
News May 16, 2013

Bowman decision affirms future of seed biotechnology

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Indiana soybean farmer who planted Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seed without the company's approval.
Article May 16, 2013

House passes $940 billion farm bill out of committee

Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the farm bill on a 36 to 10 vote.
Article May 16, 2013

House ag committee passes farm bill

House ag committee's farm bill meets with approval from most farm groups, although some express reservations.
Article May 14, 2013

Crop insurance topic of farm bill talks

Crop insurance will be top of mind as farm bill markups are revealed this week.
Commentary May 13, 2013

As rains, frosts ushered in May, year past racked up heat records

As spring weather turns Mid-South planting plans topsy-turvy, 2012 drought and heat set records
News May 11, 2013

House farm bill draft released

Prior to Wednesday's mark-up, the House Agriculture Committee has released a draft of a new farm bill.
Article May 7, 2013

7 questions for farm bill negotiators

When the Senate and House ag committees begin markup of the farm bill, attention will be given to supplemental crop insurance, target prices and revenue programs.
Article May 2, 2013

Top 10 stories from the past week - April 26-May 2, 2013

Planting corn fields, farm land prices and managing estates top the list of most-read article in Delta Farm Press.
Link Apr. 28, 2013

Cotton loan tables – quality gains value

USDA’s 2013-crop upland cotton loan premium and discount tables include some positive changes, with higher-quality cotton continuing to gain value and lower-quality cotton being discounted more. Plains Cotton Growers provides information and a link to the tables.
Article Apr. 25, 2013

Brazil sugar industry receives massive government subsidies

A recently-released report looks at the market-distorting Brazilian government subsidies provided to its sugar sector.
Article Apr. 23, 2013

Stabenow to keynote Delta Council meeting

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will be the featured guest and keynote speaker for the May 17 annual meeting of Delta Council to be held on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Miss.
Article Apr. 18, 2013

New facility could boost Louisiana agriculture exports

A new export facility at the Port of Baton Rouge in Louisiana could increase the amount of agricultural products shipped abroad.
Article Apr. 15, 2013

10 things you should know, April 15, 2013

Some Mid-South farmers will need to kill surviving plants from March-planted corn so they can re-plant those fields. There are several options to consider in removing those plants.
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