Home:News:News:Local Around Us 04-29-2007 From the Plainview Daily Herald 04/29/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly LUBBOCK Farmers have that sinking feeling the kind that comes with quality moisture levels sinking deep into cotton fields ripe for planting time. Home:News:News:Local Around Us 04-29-2007 From the Plainview Daily Herald 04/29/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly LUBBOCK Farmers have that sinking feeling the kind that comes with quality...

The club recognizes growers who plant FiberMax cotton seed and produce 2,000 lbs of lint cotton or more per acre on at least 20 acres. The veteran producer has been farming for more than 45 years and noted the amazing advancement in cotton yields and quality in recent years. With FiberMax, he said, growers have found the combination of both yield and quality, which is critical in today s cotton market. In general, One Ton Club growers employ fertility programs aimed at high yields, and...

AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK Salem farmers' body plea The United Farmers Association, a farmers body in Salem, has called upon the Tamil Nadu Government to accord the same importance to animal husbandry as is being given to agriculture by taking up the demands of the former in the. AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK Salem farmers' body plea The United Farmers Association, a farmers body in Salem, has called upon the Tamil Nadu Government to accord the...

Unlike commodity programs, which make up a large portion of the farm bill, conservation programs are available to all farmers, not just those who grow corn, cotton, rice, and a few other crops that are heavily subsidized. There is a growing sense that when Congress passes the farm bill this year, farmers and environmental programs in states such as Pennsylvania and New Jersey could benefit. The act would provide $300 million for farmland and open-space preservation and proposes protecting...

By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming grocery shopping into a bright and shiny, progressive experience. By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming...

He insists that farmers in America, whether in the cotton belt or corn or soybean farms, have many options available, and does not believe that the proposed acquisition would change that. Unless people know what products Monsanto has on the grocery store shelf, how will you boycott? The farmers can boycott because they will be buying seeds. FC: Lee Quarles, a Monsanto spokesperson, said that through its work in seed genetics and biotechnology both of which are scale neutral whether a...

Though fewer than two percent of Americans and five percent of Europeans are farmers, these governments alone disburse direct farm payments, product price supports, protective tariffs, and export assistance totaling more than $300 billion a year almost the GDP of the entire African continent. Unsurprisingly, it is developed countries not least-developed or developing nations that boast the resources best to protect and promote their domestic agriculture. World prices for just one or two...

It's time to stop federal subsidies for large commodity items, such as corn and soybeans, and start supporting regional farmers. This is one of those years, and the 2007 Farm Bill reauthorization is heating up to become the most scrutinized food and farm policy debate in recent history. Originally conceived as an emergency bailout for millions of farmers and the unemployed during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, the Farm Bill has snowballed into one of the most significant forces...

In India, for example, GM cotton has increased yields by around 150 per cent, trebled small farmers' profits, and reduced pesticide volumes by 80 per cent. Ten years after the first GM crops were planted, evidence is mounting that the technology can increase crop yields with apparently little environmental impact, particularly in developing countries. Anti-GM groups, however, argue that in many developing countries, GM crops are now grown mainly for export by big farmers, not for local...