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Logan
Hawkes
06/21/06
Crop News Weekly
I hate to sound official so early on but technically
today is the official start to the summer season; the longest day of the
year for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Some prefer to call it
the summer solstice, or the Tropic of Cancer. It depends largely on
where you're from and what you were taught. For most of us down on the
farm it's just another hard day of work in the fields -- but longer.
In the top of the news this week, there is more evidence of ASR in the
U.S. after a sentinel plot in Florida tested positive. Tropical Storm
Alberto is being blamed for the spread of ASR spores, but officials say
it appears to be an isolated case. In other news, and did you know,
according to a university expert, the green color of corn leaves offers
a quick check on the most economical level of nitrogen (N) fertilizer to
apply to a growing crop. And don't forget, all crop producers that are
enrolled in the 2006 DCP Farm Program must file a 2006 Acreage Report to
be eligible for DCP payments. The filing deadline is July 15. Elsewhere
in the news, there is apparently serious cash to be made in
wildlife-related enterprises these days. Discover how you can add a
little non-traditional income to the farm budget. Also this week, could
castor oil be the next biodiesel? When you mention biodiesel, most
people think of soybean or cottonseed oil or something less esoteric
like chicken fat. But castor oil? Finally this week, if WTO Director
General Pascal Lamy had any illusions about the U.S. position on the
Doha Development Round, they were pretty well squashed during his recent
trip to Washington. In meetings with the leaders of 11 farm
organizations and the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Lamy
was told that the United States has given all the ground it will on the
five-year-old negotiations.
You'll find these stories and more in this issue of Crop News
Weekly. Happy reading.
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Soybean
rust detected in Florida sentinel plot
06/19/06
Tropical storm Alberto moved across drought-plagued
areas of Florida last week and had the potential of moving soybean rust
spores, but only one case of the disease has been reported. The sentinel
plot in Martin County, near West Palm Beach, in which soybean rust was
documented is near sites where spores were known to have over-wintered.
- Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Thiesse's
Thoughts: FSA notes
06/19/06
Your 2006 Crop Acreage Reports must be filed by July
15 at county FSA offices in order to avoid penalties and late fees. All
crop producers that are enrolled in the 2006 DCP Farm Program must file
a 2006 Acreage Report to be eligible for DCP payments. Even producers
that are not enrolled in the 2006 DCP program will probably want to
report their 2006 crop acreage to the county FSA office in order to
remain eligible for price support programs through FSA, including CCC
crop loans and loan deficiency payments (LDPs) for the 2006 crop year.
Many crop insurance agents also want farm operators to provide them with
a copy of the FSA Acreage Report. - The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Color
of corn leaf shows needed nitrogen for crop
06/19/06
The green color of corn leaves offers a quick check on
the most economical level of nitrogen (N) fertilizer to apply to a
growing crop, a University of Missouri soil scientist says. "Leaf color
measurements are more closely related to the most profitable nitrogen
fertilizer rates than any soil test," says Peter Scharf, who cooperated
in a fertility study with scientists in seven Corn Belt states. Results
of the leaf color study are in the current issue of Agronomy Journal, a
major scientific publication. The scientists report on 66 N experiments
on corn. - The Corn & Soybean Digest
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Fries,
burgers and fill 'er up, please
06/19/06
You're on a road trip and do the drive-through at
McDonalds in your newly-converted Deep Fried Ride. You give a young lady
your order. "I'll take a Big Mac, some fries, a strawberry shake and 25
gallons of waste oil for Old Betsy, please." After you get your burger
and fries, you drive around to the back of the restaurant, hook up to
the waste oil tank and fill up a dedicated tank in your automobile. When
the time is right, you flip a button under your dashboard and your
engine starts running on the waste grease. Soon you're headed down the
freeway again, a delicious-smelling plume of French fry aroma in your
wake. Destination -- perhaps a Burger King in Batesville? - Elton
Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Wildlife
resources bump income
06/16/06
There is serious cash to be made in wildlife-related
enterprises these days. In fact, birds like the wood stork, red-throated
loon or horned grebe could give the movie The Da Vinci Code a good run
for its money. According to a 2000 survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the Department of the Interior, the economic value of
wildlife-related industry in the United States is estimated at $108
billion. This is more than Americans spend on lodging, air travel or
even going to the movies. - Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial
Staff
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Can
U.S. agriculture continue to be a global force?
06/19/06
Agriculture Road Warrior Dave Kohl writes: "At
a recent agricultural bankers meeting in Little Rock, AK, this question
was posed to me: "Can U.S. agriculture continue to be a global force?"
My response is a resounding "yes." An agricultural industry that will
survive and thrive will have to understand four basic components.
Number one will be the consumer, both domestically and globally.
Producers will have to understand the global strategy. Assess the
consumer from a global context but then localize the strategic
advantages of an area on the farm and ranch resource base." - The
Corn & Soybean Digest
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2002 farm
bill 'victory' coming back to haunt
06/16/06
Agriculture's "victory" in the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 may be turning bittersweet for some producers.
President Bush signed the 2002 farm bill with some fanfare on May 13,
2002. Representatives of the major farm organizations, including
then-National Cotton Council Chairman Kenneth Hood, attended the
ceremony. The ink wasn't dry before critics began blasting the president
for not vetoing the $179-billion bill. "By nightfall," one farm
legislation analyst said recently, "administration officials decided
they had made a serious mistake." - Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Could
castor oil be the next biodiesel?
06/15/06
Most farmers above a certain age probably received a
dose of castor oil sometime in their early lives. From what I remember,
we wished we could have poured it anywhere but down our throats. Back
then, dumping it in the fuel tank of a tractor or pickup truck would
have been the last thing on our minds. But alternative fuel experts are
beginning to ask if doing just that might help meet the nation's growing
need for biofuels. When you mention biodiesel, most people think of
soybean or cottonseed oil or something less esoteric like chicken fat.
If they're really into alternative fuels, they might list sunflowers or
canola, crambe or flax or the oil from tung nuts or tallow trees. But
castor oil? - Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Farm groups,
Goodlatte tell Lamy 'no more give'
06/15/06
If WTO Director General Pascal Lamy had any illusions
about the U.S. position on the Doha Development Round, they were pretty
well squashed during his trip to Washington this week. In meetings with
the leaders of 11 farm organizations and the chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee, Lamy was told that the United States has given
all the ground it will on the five-year-old negotiations to reform world
trade rules. - Forest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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Dry
weather, distance are barriers for Mexican ASR
06/14/06
With Asian soybean rust having been found in Mexican
soybeans, Tom Isakeit has been on his toes. "We're monitoring sentinel
plots scattered from Wesleco to north of Dallas," says the busy Texas
A&M plant pathologist. "There's also a couple on the High Plains. As far
as an alert system, the sentinel plots are our main focus." There are
also spore traps in the state, but Isakeit is less impressed with them.
In mid-May, reports emerged that spores trapped in Fort Bend County were
"like" those generated by ASR. But they were never positively
identified. - David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
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USDA
begins releasing new farm payment data
06/14/06
USDA is releasing new farm program payment information
that could help set the record straight about who actually receives a
wide array of farm-related government payments and why. Responding to a
new Freedom of Information Act request, USDA has begun releasing
information from the Farm Service Agency's Permitted Entity File and is
scheduled to start providing information from its Section 1614 Database
in August. - Farm Press Editorial Staff
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