Many acres of cotton are going to be planted to corn this year rather than cotton, Vinduska said, noting the price of corn is close to double what it was at this time last year. A burgeoning ethanol market has the nation s farmers gearing up to plant massive amounts of corn this spring, creating shortages of some popular biotech hybrid seeds. The National Agricultural Statistics Service does not release its prospective planting report until March 23, but the industry already expects a...

After four consecutive years of plummeting prices on the world market, the industry that provides the backbone to West African economies is now on the brink of collapse. The cotton market, which provides nearly 70 per cent of impoverished Burkina Fasos cash exports and income for more than a quarter of its 13 million people, has been brought to breaking point by factors known locally as the monster with three heads: a weak dollar, low world prices and US cotton subsidies. His workers...

Not all GMOs have made it past the experimentation stage, and some contest that not all GMOs have offered a great benefit for their cost of production. Bt naturally produces a crystal protein that is toxic to certain insects, and through DNA recombinant technologies, it has been reproduced in the cells of field crops, including corn, potatoes and cotton. This 27-minute film focuses on farmers in India who become activists when GMO plants lead to the reduction of their cotton harvest and...

If north Alabama farmers regroup and replant, they can still be a part of what is a national corn rush, with growers around the country saying they'll put in 90. Depending on rainfall and yields, Alabama is on track to significantly increase corn production and therefore have to import less of it from other states. Last year, Alabama farmers produced about 12 million bushels but imported about 200 million to meet the feed demands of the catfish and poultry industries. Sanderson went to the...

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T he current emphasis on all things green has directed a spotlight on bamboo as a natural, sustainably produced fiber that offers luster and a luxurious hand as well as superior performance in terms of antimicrobial properties, dyeability, moisture absorption and breathability. T he current emphasis on all things green has directed a spotlight on bamboo as a natural, sustainably produced fiber that offers luster and a luxurious hand as well as superior performance in terms of antimicrobial...

The cotton market, which provides nearly 70 per cent of impoverished Burkina Faso s cash exports and income for more than a quarter of its 13 million people, has been brought to breaking point by factors known locally as the monster with three heads : a weak dollar, low world prices and US cotton subsidies. The cotton market, which provides nearly 70 per cent of impoverished Burkina Faso s cash exports and income for more than a quarter of its 13 million people, has been brought to...

Cold weather made a surprising sweep through Alabama over the weekend, but local agriculture experts say it could be two or three weeks before any costly effects are seen. If they have a limited amount they can cover them, but if they have a big field of crops, there s nothing we can tell them to do. For the wheat, it s almost harvest time and once the heads have emerged, those crops are susceptible to almost anything. The temperatures were predicted to hit the freezing mark Friday night,...

The doubling in the corn price over the past year, as well as increasing yields per acre for corn, means the cash return per acre surpasses that for other crops. It also puts more pressure on Brazilian and Argentine soy farmers to increase production to fill the void in export markets likely to be left by the US. US farmers plan to increase their corn-growing area by the largest amount seen over a 12-month period in more than 100 years, as they try to cash in on the rush for ethanol, the...