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Stabenow, Roberts release farm bill proposal

WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and ranking member Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, recently released a farm bill proposal and announced that the committee will begin consideration of the bill on Wednesday.

By Jerry Hagstrom , April 24, 2012

China buying US corn

China buying US corn When with talk of private Chinese buyers having secured upwards of 10 cargoes of old-crop corn recently, futures still found it difficult to hold onto higher prices.

By Sue Martin , April 16, 2012

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ND Senators promote RLAP

ND Senators promote RLAP BISMARCK, N.D. — Cooperation with southern Republican senators representing peanut, cotton and rice growers will be a key to whether a Revenue Loss Assistance Program can be passed in the Senate, said officials gathered for a roundtable on the 2012 farm bill.

By Mikkel Pates , April 09, 2012

Standing by agriculture

Standing by agriculture OMAHA, Neb. — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said March 4 that he will run for re-election, partly because he is not sure that Congress will finish a farm bill in 2012 and he wants to be on hand for writing it.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

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Peterson: time to move on farm bill

Peterson: time to move on farm bill SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said that it will soon be time for congressional leaders to take charge of writing the farm bill as representatives of general farm and commodity groups signaled at a crop insurance convention in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they are still promoting their individual proposals and are not close to compromise on a comprehensive approach.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

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No concensus in sight

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A series of farm group representatives signaled at the recent annual crop insurance industry conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they are still sticking to their individual positions on farm bill proposals.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

Record U.S. crop losses

WASHINGTON — In a demonstration of the up-and-down nature of the crop insurance industry, payments to farmers for crop losses in 2011 have totaled $9.1 billion so far, the highest in American history, according to charts released recently by the U.S Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 08, 2012

Growers planning more cotton acres

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 12.5 million acres of cotton this spring, up 14 percent from 2010, and less corn, soybeans, specialty crops and peanuts, according to the National Cotton Council’s 28th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey released at the council’s recent annual meeting in San Antonio.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 15, 2011

Trade a top priority for cotton council

SAN ANTONIO — With action on the farm bill not unexpected until 2012, trade negotiations in flux, cotton prices at record levels and the outcome of federal budget battles uncertain, the National Cotton Council has postponed any decisions about farm bill priorities and is focusing on trade issues in the short term.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 15, 2011

Ford to use recycled jeans in new Focus compact

DEARBORN, Mich. — If you buy a new Ford Focus next year, chances are it will have a couple of shredded pairs of old blue jeans under the floor.

November 30, 2010

Good days in the cotton industry

WASHINGTON — This is a good time to be a cotton farmer. The price of cotton is up 86 percent over last year and exceeds $1 per pound for the first time in 15 years.

November 08, 2010

High cotton prices complicate crop programs

WASHINGTON — High world cotton prices have led to a big drop in government payments to cotton farmers, but that decrease in subsidies will mean it will be difficult for Congress to make changes to resolve the World Trade Organization cotton case against U.S., which Brazil won, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said in a recent interview.

By Jerry Hagstrom , October 12, 2010

More rice, corn and cotton expected in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is projecting an increase in the production of rice, corn and cotton in Arkansas this year.

August 13, 2010

Cotton production falls 34 percent in Arkansas in 2009

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton production in Arkansas dropped by 34 percent from 2008 to 2009. But the USDA report also shows the cotton crop was larger than had been expected.

May 12, 2010

US, Brazil strike cotton fund accord

BRASILIA, Brazil — The U.S. and Brazil have signed a deal that will delay for two months any Brazilian sanctions on American goods because of a dispute over cotton subsidies.

April 23, 2010

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