by grassdmin8 | Jan 23, 2013 | News & Articles
Allison Floyd, Growing Georgia Magazine, January 23, 2013 Farmers will see prices remain much the same as last year or rise a little, University of Georgia agricultural economists are expected to tell folks at a series of talks over the next two weeks. The annual... by grassdmin8 | Jan 22, 2013 | News & Articles
Hay stocks are “incredibly low,” says ag economist Rick Mooney, Hay & Forage Grower, January 22, 2013 Expect hay supplies to stay on the tight side and prices to remain high through the months ahead based on reports of year-end hay stocks and 2012... by grassdmin8 | Jan 22, 2013 | News & Articles
By Consumer Reports | January 22, 2013 The scientists here at Consumer Reports read Dr. Richard Raymond’s op-ed “Antibiotics and Animals Raised for Food: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics” with great interest. We were particularly struck by his assertion that most... by grassdmin8 | Jan 21, 2013 | News & Articles
Agriculture secretary not so sure Jan. 21, 2013 From the National Cotton Council House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) has emphatically stated that Direct Payments (DPs) authorized in the farm bill extension will be made. Agriculture Secretary... by grassdmin8 | Jan 17, 2013 | News & Articles
Gene Johnston 01/17/2013 Agriculture.com Most farmers who know their numbers say it costs $100 to $250 less per acre to grow a soybean crop, compared to corn. Even then, most Midwestern budgets favor growing corn where possible. That’s because 180-bushel corn at $5... by grassdmin8 | Jan 15, 2013 | News & Articles
Hay & Forage Grower, January 15, 2013 Precipitation totals were 10” below average in 2012 at Ross Kinney’s farm near Kilgore, TX. But the East Texas hay grower isn’t complaining. “The rains came at the right time during the growing season,” he says. “As a result,...