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Logan
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03/15/06
Crop News Weekly
With the official start to the spring season
just a few days away and tax deadlines and the Easter holiday just
around the corner, it's "catch-up" time on the farm - catch up with the
planting, plowing, seeding, spraying. It's time to catch up with taxes,
the NCAA tournament, and time to catch up with the kids during spring
break. And it's time to catch up on the news.
It's not going to be a pretty sight. Another U.S. case of BSE
has been confirmed and now the cattle industry, indeed the U.S. ag
industry-at-large, await the potential repercussions and impact. In
other news, according to a new study, the highest returns for nitrogen
applications on corn occur when soil color is used to create management
zones for variable-rate applications. The results of that study were
presented recently to the National Alliance of Independent Crop
Consultants. Elsewhere this week, the USDA Agricultural Research Service
would lose 11 percent of its annual budget under the Bush
administration's budget proposal and those cuts would result in closing
some important research centers. There is some good news for bean
growers this week, Mississippi Extension professor/plant pathologist
emeritus Billy Moore says we shouldn't "be scared of soybean rust."
Knowing your enemy, being alert to what's going on in your soybean
fields, and making use of effective weapons like fungicides can keep the
wolf away. Speaking of soybeans, twin-row soybeans can provide the same
yield advantage as 30-inch soybeans without significant changes to
wide-row equipment, according to Trey Koger, agronomist at USDA/ARS.
Read about it in this issue.
There's a lot more news to cover this week and it's waiting for you
below. So catch up on your reading - and then get back to catching up
with everything else. Happy spring season!
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Study
shows promise for variable nitrogen on corn
03/13/06
The highest returns for nitrogen applications on corn
occur when soil color is used to create management zones for
variable-rate applications, according to a Colorado State University
study. The method achieved higher net returns than both a blanket
application of nitrogen and when grid sampling was used to create
management zones for variable-rate applications. Ironically, a blanket
application of nitrogen had better returns than variable-rate
applications on corn based on grid sampling. The results of the study
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USDA-ARS
could lose 11 percent of budget
03/13/06
The USDA Agricultural Research Service would lose 11
percent of its annual budget under the Bush administration's budget
proposal and those cuts would result in closing some important research
centers. The closings, if the proposed budget stands, would occur on
October 1, 2006. Some funds saved by closing those facilities would be
diverted to other research centers. Centers across the country will be
forced to take cuts if the president's budget is approved. - Ron
Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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We
can deal with rust and stay in the soybean business
03/13/06
With the fervor of an old-time tent revivalist
exhorting his audience to resist Satan's wiles, Billy Moore tells
farmers they can be triumphant in the battle against Asian soybean rust.
What it takes, says the Mississippi Extension professor/plant
pathologist emeritus, is knowing your enemy, being alert to what's going
on in your soybean fields, and making use of the effective weapons --
fungicides -- available to fight the disease. "Rust is nothing to be
scared of," Moore says. "It can be managed with the right tools. We can
deal with this disease and still stay in the soybean business," he told
northwest Mississippi growers at recent meetings. "When we were first
told we were faced with the threat of soybean rust in the U.S., there
were a lot of scary predictions that it could slash yields 40 percent or
more, but that's just not going to happen. - Hembree Brandon, Farm
Press Editorial Staff
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Twin-row
beans marries wide-row and narrow row
03/10/06
Twin-row soybeans can provide the same yield advantage
as 30-inch soybeans without significant changes to wide-row equipment,
according Trey Koger, agronomist at the USDA/ARS, Stoneville, Miss. "We
can plant the twin-row pattern on an 80-inch bed or a 40-inch bed,
giving us a narrow-row spacing of somewhere around 30 inches, and we can
still use our existing production system set up on 38- or 40-inch beds.
The twin-row system is a narrow-row spacing in a wide-row system," Koger
said. Koger spoke about his research on twin-row soybeans versus
wide-row soybeans during the Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice
Conference, in Tunica, Miss. - Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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News from the Top of the
Hill
03/10/06
National Hog Farmer
NPPC Resolutions - The National Pork Producers
Council (NPPC) adopted a number of public-policy resolutions at their
annual meeting last week in Kansas City. They include:
Study the merits of having Congress wait to write the 2007 Farm Bill
until current WTO trade talks are completed.
Urge pork producers to support a national animal identification
system and ask them to register their premises, to make preparations to
implement enhancements to their reporting and recording systems and to
urge USDA to adopt a species-specific approach to animal ID.
Support an increase in funding for USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service so that it can better meet the needs of the swine
industry.
Support implementation of recommendations from a USDA audit report
for reforms to the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
Oppose legislation - the Captive Supply Reform Act - that would
limit the types of contracts producers could enter with packers.
Work with USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service to resolve
producers' concerns about meat inspection decisions regarding condemned
animals at packing plants.
Seek reauthorization of the mandatory price reporting law, which
expired last September, and support a study of mandatory price reporting
of pork carcass cutouts and their components to increase the
transparency and more accurately reflect the pricing of the entire
product.
Support legislation that would clarify that livestock manure is not
a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant under certain federal
environmental laws.
Ask the federal government to establish an expedited process for
clearing trucks carrying swine at border crossing between the U.S. and
Canada.
Support the American Association of Swine Veterinarians' efforts to
rename Porcine Circovirus-2-associated disease syndrome.
Support the permanent addition of pork and pork variety meats to
USDA's weekly export/sales report.
These resolutions will guide NPPC for 2006.
AG Calls for No Budget Cut - The House and Senate Budget
Committees will begin work on the fiscal year 2007 budget this week. The
House and Senate Agriculture Committees are urging the budget committees
not to seek any additional cuts in farm spending, especially with
uncertainty of the Doha Round and the farm bill next year. A group of
over 40 agricultural organizations sent a letter to the budget
committees asking that agriculture be spared in budget cuts. In the
letter, the groups say that the farm bill "represents a delicate balance
by effectively addressing the stability of our agricultural production
base, protecting our important natural resources, and enhancing
nutrition and food assistance programs in our nation. The mandatory
programs administered by the Department of Agriculture are of enormous
importance to farmers, ranchers, rural businesses, low-income Americans
and all our nation's children." Some of the groups signing the letter
include: American Farm Bureau Federation, American Farmland Trust,
American Soybean Association, Farm Credit Council, National Association
of Conservation Districts, National Corn Growers Association, National
Cotton Council, National Farmers Organization, National Farmers Union,
National Pork Producers Council, National Wildlife Federation, and
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association.
Malaysia Opens to U.S. Beef - USDA has announced that Malaysia
will resume imports of U.S. beef and beef products from animals under 30
months of age. Previously the U.S. exported more than $1.9 million worth
of beef and beef products to Malaysia.
NPPC Elects Officers - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)
has elected new officers and members. Joy Philippi of Bruning, NE was
elected NPPC President. Jill Appell of Altona, IL is the new
President-elect. The new NPPC Vice President is Bryan Black of Canal
Winchester, OH.
Buis to Lead NFU - Tom Buis was elected President of the National
Farmers Union (NFU) last week at NFU's annual convention in Denver.
Buis had been serving as NFU's vice president of government relations.
Previously, Buis had served as agriculture advisor to Senate Minority
Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). - Scott Shearer
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'Make
rural development a national priority'
03/10/06
If the United States wants to remain a global economic
superpower, it should stop treating rural America like a stepchild. That
may not have been exactly what Robert W. Lane said at USDA's 2006
Agricultural Outlook Forum, but that was the message that came through
from the chairman and CEO of Deere & Co. "U.S. farmers and ranchers
contribute directly and substantially to U.S. economic growth," he said.
"They provide a secure, abundant and affordable supply of food, fiber
and fuel. In doing so, they literally feed and fuel the U.S. and global
economy." - Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Small
problems can become big ones
03/07/06
The Road Warrior of Agriculture writes: In my
last column I highlighted some of Dr. Ed Seifried's comments at a Farm
Credit-sponsored Executive Producer Roundtable in Spokane, WA. There are
further highlights, including housing market and interest rate
considerations. - Dave Kohl, The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Texas
soybean acreage remains constant
03/10/06
Texas soybean acreage could increase slightly in 2006
as some farmers switch from corn or other higher-input crops, but
significant acreage shifts are unlikely, says Texas Cooperative
Extension Service soybean specialist Jim Heitholt. And soybean farmers,
he says, are not likely to change production practices significantly but
may improve production potential by fine-tuning management practices.
Heitholt recently responded to Farm Press Staff questions regarding 2006
soybean production. - Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Carolina
growers: Keep a close eye on soybean rust
03/09/06
Recent blasts of artic air into the deep South caused
some problems for travelers throughout the region, but hopefully
provided some much needed breathing room for soybean growers in the
Carolinas and Virginia. "But the worst thing soybean growers can do is
take a cavalier attitude toward rust," says John Mueller, Clemson
University soybean researcher. "We know soybean rust can cause
significant economic losses to soybeans in our environment, and if
conditions in 2006 are different than 2005, the disease could be a
problem for us," Mueller adds. - Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Secretary
of ag vying for input into farm bill
03/08/06
President Bush and Secretary of Agriculture Mike
Johanns would like to play major roles in shaping the next farm bill,
but Congress is not likely to abdicate that chore, says Texas A&M
Extension economist Joe Outlaw. Outlaw, co-director of the Texas A&M Ag
Policy Center, discussed prospects for the next farm bill during a
recent risk management seminar in McKinney, Texas. "As far as the
president's budget, Congress will pretty much ignore it," Outlaw said.
"It's easy to get disheartened but neither the president, the Office of
Management and Budget nor the secretary of agriculture will pass
agricultural legislation. Congress has that responsibility and key
leadership in both houses still supports the current farm law and they
support agriculture." - Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Herbicide
drift damage: Maybe, maybe not
03/08/06
Don't assume symptoms you see on tomatoes, peppers,
melons, or other crops are necessarily caused by herbicide drift. Tom
Lanini, Extension weed ecologist at the University of California, Davis,
says it pays to take a much closer look, perhaps take photos and collect
samples, and consult with an expert before blaming a wind-carried weed
killer. "At least half the calls I get about crop damage from potential
herbicide drift turn out to be a nutrient imbalance, mechanical damage,
temperature, or some other problem," he said. - Dan Bryant, Farm
Press Editorial Staff
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Twin-row
is the only way to go
03/08/06
Missouri farmer John Engram wanted the higher
efficiency and yield he could get with narrow rows, but he didn't want
to change his equipment spacing or lose irrigation efficiency due to
difficulty of maintaining narrower beds. He found a way to accomplish
both goals with twin-row planting. Engram, who farms cotton, corn and
soybeans near Vanduser, decided to make a change in his row spacing in
1990. He didn't like the yields he was getting in corn on 38-inch rows.
"I saw where farmers were getting yield increases on 30-inch
configurations, because they were increasing their plant populations and
utilizing sunlight and all their inputs better." - Elton Robinson,
Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Soybean
rust found at two new sites
03/07/06
Soybean rust has been found on kudzu at two new sites
in Alabama and one in Georgia, creating concern that more inoculum than
originally thought may be surviving this winter than last. As the last
traditional freeze date approaches for central Alabama and Georgia,
researchers continue to find isolated pockets of soybean rust surviving
on kudzu growing in sheltered areas. With literally thousands of
abandoned houses and buildings to provide protection for kudzu in
south-central Georgia and Alabama, the concern is that only a fraction
of such sites have been located and destroyed. - Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Pushing the
variable-rate envelope
03/08/06
Last year, when Delta Farm Press first visited Kin-Co
Ag Aviation in Light, Ark., it was mid-May and some extraordinary
research had begun. A large team comprised of pilots, company technical
staff, a professor and his graduate students was working with
variable-rate dry fertilizer applications in rice, a first. The project
had the attention of truly smart people from different disciplines. The
work linking up application systems, computers, infra-red cameras,
imaging software, prescriptions and the ability to apply chemicals
precisely promised future advances as well. - David Bennett, Farm
Press Editorial Staff
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03/15/06
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as a computer system from Syngenta Crop Protection, customized rugged
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& Soybean Digest
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