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Table of Contents Logan Hawkes Asian soybean rust in southeast Mississippi Progress on global warming? Asian soybean rust found in extreme southern Alabama Farm Aid benefit announced News from the Top of the Hill Keep 'poker face' on until WTO negotiations end Thiesse's Thoughts: Aphid problems Bio-pharming research progresses Aphids return to northern soybean belt Bring back the passion for soil, water conservation New varieties make barley better for ethanol NCGA urges energy leaders to adopt ethanol provisions ADVERTISEMENT  DO EVERYTHING BETTER WITH DTN GRAINS. DTN Grains provides production information, market quotes and cash bids data on demand. Program quotes/cash bids, and get weather conditions for your specific location. Over 70 percent of top producers trust and rely on DTN for their critical marketing and production decisions. CLICK HERE for a chance to win a FREE Polaris ATV and for a free DTN raincoat. For more information, call 1-888-306-0695 . Letter from the Editor Logan Hawkes 07/20/05 Crop News Weekly Agriculture producers in South Texas today are getting a break from several non-stop days of harvesting, just ahead of Hurricane Emily's assault on the fertile Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Cotton producers particularly fear the loss of millions in a rich cotton crop and have intensified harvesting in anticipation of serious storm damage. Meanwhile, analysts in the Southland are trying to determine if Hurricane Dennis has contributed to the spread of Asian soybean rust. It's certainly shaping up to be a busy tropical season. In other news this week, much ado has been made of global warming in recent years and the stubborn refusal by the Bush Administration to sign the Kyoto Protocol. But international terrorism grabbed the spotlight instead during the Group of Eight summit in Scotland last week. Also in the news, the year's first incidence of Asian soybean rust in a commercial field was discovered in southern Alabama's Baldwin County. The July 12 finding -- in a 60-acre field of late Group 4s -- occurred about a mile from a sentinel plot where the disease was found on June 28. Elsewhere, get ready for Farm Aid. The concert this year - a benefit for farmers - will be held in Tinley Park, Ill. Finally, the next farm bill likely will undergo a number of manifestations before Congress writes it and President Bush signs it, hopefully in 2007. But U.S. negotiators should not "tip their hands" on the new law until they wring all the concessions they can out of the Doha Round, says one soybean grower. You'll find these stories and more in this issue of Crop News Weekly. Happy reading. ADVERTISEMENT  "At ideal conditions, soybean aphids can develop from newborn nymphs to reproduce in 5-6 days." What that means for you is destructive soybean aphids can overtake a soybean field almost overnight. But by scouting and some help from Warrior insecticide with Zeon Technology and Quadris fungicide, you won't just control these harmful pests, you can also improve the health and yield of your soybean crop. Up to 12 bushels per acre. For more information on where aphids are and how to control them, go to soybeanaphids.com 
From our Magazines Asian soybean rust in southeast Mississippi 07/18/05 Asian soybean rust has been found in a sentinel plot in extreme southeast Mississippi. The isolation of the plot heightens the need for scouting vigilance but doesn't warrant new fungicide spraying recommendations, state Extension specialists said Monday. The discovery comes as Extension researchers with the University of Georgia reported finding soybean rust in Tifton County in south-central Georgia. Growers were being advised to consider spraying in that state. - by David Bennett, Farm Press Daily Progress on global warming? 07/15/05 Much ado has been made of global warming in recent years and the stubborn refusal by the Bush Administration to sign the Kyoto Protocol that would impose limits on greenhouse gas emissions. It was expected that global warming/Kyoto would be a hot topic at the Group of Eight summit in Scotland last week, but the discussions by leaders from the world's major powers were overshadowed by the horror of the terrorist bombings in London. The international response to the then relatively new theory of global warming was launched in 1992 with the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. - By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Daily Asian soybean rust found in extreme southern Alabama 07/15/05 The year's first incidence of Asian soybean rust in a commercial field was discovered in southern Alabama's Baldwin County. The July 12 finding -- in a 60-acre field of late Group 4s -- occurred about a mile from a sentinel plot where the disease was found on June 28. "Overall, the incidence was at less than 20 percent. That's low severity," said Ed Sikora, Extension plant pathologist with Auburn University on Thursday. "A colleague, Arsenio Gutierrez -- who also found rust in the sentinel plot a few weeks ago -- found rust in the commercial beans. I'd been in the field a week previously and didn't find anything along the edge." - by David Bennett, Delta Farm Press Farm Aid benefit announced 07/12/05 Today in Chicago, in the middle of a City of Chicago vegetable garden that helps homeless food shelters, founders of Farm Aid Willie Nelson and John Cougar Mellencamp announced that the 20th Anniversary Farm Aid Concert will be held at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Ill. on September 18, 2005. Slated to appear on the all-star bill are Nelson, Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and many more surprises to be announced. "It's a domino effect: For every five family farms that go under, another business in town fails. Then those folks have to come into the city and find jobs that are already hard to find. It effects everybody," said Nelson. - by Craig Dalton, Mix online News from the Top of the Hill 07/15/05 Deadline for Air Emissions Consent Agreement Sign-Up - There are only two weeks left for producers to sign-up for the air emission consent agreement. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the deadline from July 1 to July 29. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is urging pork producers to participate. Additional information can be found at: http://nppc.org/hot_topics/airemissions.html. Congressional Schedule Hectic in July - With Congress scheduled to leave for its summer recess in August, July is going to be a very busy month for the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate will be focusing much of its time on completing appropriations bills, including agriculture, by the end of the month. A major issue for the House of Representatives will be the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Other issues Congress will focus on include completing the energy and highway bills. Farm Bill Forums - Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns held USDA's first Farm Bill Forum last week in Nashville, TN. At the Forum, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said the new farm bill "must further enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. agriculture, in general, and the U.S. pork sector in particular." NPPC indicated the new farm policy must "be aimed at reducing or controlling costs of production, increasing the price received for pork products, and increasing the quality of U.S. pork products." USDA announced the next three Farm Bill Forums would be July 26 at the North Dakota State Fair, Minot, ND; August 3 at the Minnesota Farm Fest, Redwood County, MN; and, Aug. 4 at the Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI. Appeals Court Hearing on Canadian Border - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Seattle, WA concerning USDA's appeal of the earlier ruling by Judge Cebell that imposed a temporary injunction regarding the reopening of the U.S.-Canadian border for U.S. beef. Cebell is scheduled to hear R-CALF's request to make the injunction permanent on July 27 in Billings, MT. Minnesota Senator Requests Investigation of BSE Testing - Senator Mark Dayton (D-MN) has asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to hold a hearing to investigate USDA's response to the recent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case. Dayton, in his request to the committee, said, "The critical misinformation, the delay in correcting it, and the contradictory testing results has damaged public confidence in USDA's reliability and credibility." Herdmates Test Negative for BSE - USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service reported that 67 herdmates of the recent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-positive cow in Texas have tested negative. Taiwan and Egypt Beef Appeal - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) and a number of Senators sent letters to officials of Taiwan and Egypt urging the two countries to use science-based policies regarding beef trade. The Senators said in the letters, "It is imperative that we hold fast to our mutual commitment to science-based policy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a comprehensive system of interlocking and overlapping safeguards to ensure the safety of our animals and food supply. Through increased testing and a ban on specific high-risk materials from the food supply, USDA employs measures that protect both animal and human health from the threat of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)." Egypt remains open for U.S. beef, while Taiwan closed after the second case of BSE was announced. Taiwan imported $76 million of U.S. beef in 2003 and Egypt imported $30 million. - by Scott Shearer, National Hog Farmer Keep 'poker face' on until WTO negotiations end 07/15/05 The next farm bill likely will undergo a number of manifestations before Congress writes it and President Bush signs it, hopefully in 2007. But U.S. negotiators should not "tip their hands" on the new law until they wring all the concessions they can out of the Doha Round. Instead, U.S. representatives should stay "poker-faced and not show our cards during the WTO negotiations by making public declarations about changes to our current farm bill that will put U.S. producers at a serious competitive disadvantage," said Harris Armour, a cotton and soybean producer from Somerville, Tenn. All those references by Armour to poker playing drew a strong response from Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns during USDA's first Farm Bill Forum in Nashville, Tenn., July 7. Armour was one of several West Tennessee farmers who spoke at the Forum. - by Forrest Laws, Farm Press Online Thiesse's Thoughts: Aphid problems Increased number of soybean aphids have been reported in early July in some parts of Southern Minnesota, as well as in adjoining areas of Iowa and Wisconsin. In 2003, soybean aphids caused considerable soybean yield reduction and dollar loss in Minnesota and Iowa. Warm, dry conditions have been favorable for soybean aphid development in recent weeks. Soybean growers should scout their fields at least a couple times a week for soybean aphids in the coming weeks, as aphid populations can increase quite rapidly in just a few days under ideal conditions. The effects of the soybean aphids and the resulting yield reduction to the soybeans are usually greatest under hot, dry weather conditions. - by Kent Thiesse, The Corn & Soybean Digest Bio-pharming research progresses 07/13/05 For most farmers, the mention of biotech crops brings to mind Bt corn and cotton and herbicide resistant soybeans. The biotechnology in these cases affects input traits because it reduces the amount of inputs (herbicides or pesticides) that a farmer has to use to grow the crop. Biotechnology can also be used to modify what are called "output traits", where the output of the plant or animal is modified. One of the best known examples is "Golden Rice" in which the rice has been modified to provide increased amounts of provitamin A (the compound needed to synthesize vitamin A). Vitamin A deficiency is a major problem in some developing countries. - by Daryll E. Ray, Western Farm Press Aphids return to northern soybean belt 07/13/05 Aphids have been spotted In the northern soybean belt. Soybean growers are urged to get out there and scout the fields. Entomologists recommend scouting at least once a week if weather conditions are ripe for infestation or if aphids are already present. Multiple field visits over critical soybean development stages of flowering and pod set are necessary to determine whether a soybean aphid population is increasing, says Eileen Cullen, University of Wisconsin--Madison Extension entomologist. Cullen notes that growers should scout between 20 to 30 plants throughout the field. The threshold to warrant insecticidal treatment is when 80% of soybean plants (in the R1 to R5 stage) in a field are infested with an average 250 aphids/plant. - by Lynn Grooms, Farm Industry News Bring back the passion for soil, water conservation 07/12/05 April 14, 1935, is not a date we normally observe on our calendars like July 4 or Memorial Day or Labor Day. Nevertheless, April 14 is an important date in our history, especially for those interested in conservation. The date is known as "Black Sunday" because the dust being blown across portions of the Great Plains was so thick that day it blocked out the sky, says John Hassell, executive director of the Conservation Technology Information Center. The Dust Bowl, which was caused by a combination of drought and clean tillage that resulted in the loss of an estimated 850 million tons of soil from the Plains, led to the establishment of the Soil Conservation Service (now known as USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service) and conservation districts. - by Forrest Laws, Western Farm Press New varieties make barley better for ethanol 07/12/05 Barley could be an alternative source of grain for ethanol producers who can't afford to ship corn from the Midwest to their processing plants in the eastern and western states. That's according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists who are studying different types of barley and processing methods for producing ethanol from this grain crop. Barley grows well in eastern and western states, according to researchers at the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pa. But low starch content in most barley varieties--50-55 percent compared to corn's 72 percent--results in lower ethanol yield. - from Southwest Farm Press From the News Wire NCGA urges energy leaders to adopt ethanol provisions 07/18/05 Including an 8-billion gallon renewable fuels standard (RFS) and other ethanol provisions in comprehensive energy legislation will increase the use of ethanol in our nation's fuel supply and expand domestic production and construction of infrastructure for natural gas and other energy resources, noted the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) in two letters today to House and Senate energy conferees. - from NCGA News |
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