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Plant Management Network launches cotton resource website: Focus on Cotton

Growers and crop consultants across the Cotton Belt now have a new and freely accessible resource to “focus on” this year. Focus on Cotton, a crop management resource that features monthly webcasts from noted experts in the cotton industry, is now online and available for viewing on the Plant Management Network’s Focus on Cotton

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Crop Insurance “Projected Prices”

The “projected price” discovery period for spring planted crops runs from January 15 to February 14, 2013.

An average of daily settlement prices from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) are used to derive the “projected price” for the various crop insurance products.

The final average price for the discovery period

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Release Time of USDA Reports: January 11, 2013

As a reminder, the 2013 monthly release time of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report will be changing to 11:00 a.m. Central Time beginning January 11, 2013.

Other key reports that will be released tomorrow include:

Quarterly Grain Stocks Crop Production (final 2012 U.S. production) Winter Wheat Plantings

 

Make plans now for the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Conferences

Monday, December 17, is the last day discounted room rates will be offered by the Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk hotels in San Antonio, Texas. Those are the headquarter hotels for the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, set for January 7-10.

The National Cotton Council urges cotton industry members, university and USDA researchers, Extension personnel, consultants, equipment and

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Farm labor workshop slated for November 16: Pre-register now

A free conference to assist farmers with understanding agricultural labor issues will be held November 16, 2012 at the Cooperative Extension Service headquarters (LRSO), 2301 S. University Ave., Little Rock.   In order to ensure available seating and materials, pre-registration is requested.  Register online or fill out the Farm Labor Conference Registration Form and return by fax to 501-671-2215.

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Arkansas Rice Crop Update for the Week of May 1, 2012

Ears of Rice Closeup

The Rice Update is a weekly summary of what’s happening and what to look for in rice production, based on interviews and submissions of rice experts in Arkansas and the Mid-South.

Weather:  The forecast in Eastern Arkansas for the next 10 days is for continued warm and dry weather, temps in the 80s and

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Attention Cotton Producers: Important Information from State Plant Board

Arkansas Cotton Producers, please read these important articles from the Arkansas State Plant Board regarding the Boll Weevil Eradication Program and Pink Bollworm Quarantine Stalk Destruction.

PINK BOLLWORM QUARANTINE STALK DESTRUCTION

2012 BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION ACREAGE CERTIFICATION

Arkansas Water Sustainability site goes live

Story by Pearl Daniel, Program Technician-Discovery Farm

Arkansas Water Sustainability is a website designed as a roadmap for resources, information, and data on water quality and quantity topics throughout the state. The website is a one-stop site for water topics in Arkansas.

Water topics featured include agriculture, urban and residential, watershed, policy, data, people,

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Tri-State Soybean Forum Set For January 6, 2012

The 56th annual Tri-State Soybean Forum will convene on Friday January 6, 2012 at the Thomas Jason Lingo Community Center in Oak Grove, Louisiana.  Beginning at 8:00 a.m., topics discussed during this meeting will include: Current Situations and Market Outlooks for the Soybean Industry, Glyphosate Weed Resistance Updates & Resistant Weed Control Options, Mid-South Soybean Board Projects Update, Salt

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Soybean conference set for Dec. 13 in Stuttgart

Soybean producers will learn the results of the 2011 research season, plus hear Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, offer an overview of the challenges of a growing season fraught with weather extremes and extraordinary weed and insect pressure.

The conference will be held Tuesday, Dec. 13,

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