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Jan. 10, 2012
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Arkansas Seed Growers Association meeting set for Jan. 25

The ninety-fifth annual meeting of the Arkansas Seed Growers Association will be held on Jan. 25 at the Rice Branch Experiment Station in Stuttgart, Ark....More
Jan. 4, 2012
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Shawn Hollady – 2012 Southwest High Cotton winner

Shawn Holladay would just as soon not experience another cotton growing season like the summer of 2011 — record heat, record drought, high winds and enough frustration to last a lifetime....More
Jan. 4, 2012
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Kent Wannamaker – 2012 Southeast High Cotton winner

Starting from scratch in the cotton business was a tough row to hoe for St. Matthews, S.C., grower Kendall W. (Kent) Wannamaker. But, today he and his wife, Mary Lil, own and operate a thriving cotton, peanut, and corn farming operation, and he is a recognized leader in the cotton industry....More
Jan. 4, 2012
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Don Cameron – 2012 Western High Cotton winner

Don Cameron’s three decades of farming on the West Side of California’s San Joaquin Valley can be defined by the numbers 3 and 26. When the 59-year-old California native started farming near Helm in 1981, his crop list totaled three. Today, his crop maps identify 26 crops on the 7,000 acres he farms under the banners of Terranova and Prado Farms....More
Jan. 4, 2012
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Weather tops list of cotton farmer issues 1

Weather, to no one’s surprise, topped the list of 2011 concerns for cotton consultants and their clients from Texas to North Carolina. And, based on regional reports during the annual Cotton Consultants Conference, weather issues included the gamut from record-setting drought, unrelenting heat, devastating floods, humidity and hail stones as big as lemons. The Consultants Conference is a kick-off for the annual National Cotton Council’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences, held this year in Orlando, Fla....More
Jan. 4, 2012
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2012 High Cotton winners – in ‘Survivor’ mode 1

Each of the winners of the 2012 High Cotton Awards can relate to television's Survivor contestants. All have overcome challenges that might have proved too daunting for others on their way to building successful farming operations....More
Jan. 3, 2012
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Charitable giving should be a component of estate plan

Gifts to your church, alma mater, or other charity can be an important part of estate planning....More
Dec. 29, 2011
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Rice crop yields disappoint, but could have been worse

In early September of 2011, Arkansas rice producer Jared Holzhauer thought his rice crop had made it through early- and mid-season weather woes with flying colors. But by the time he started harvesting the crop later that month, it turned out that the crop looked better from the road than in the combine....More
Dec. 30, 2011
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Big reductions in rice acres for some states?

Next season could bring significant reductions in acreage for some rice producing states, according to rice specialists addressing the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Austin, Texas....More
Dec. 30, 2011
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2012 National Conservation Systems Conference

Nearly a hundred farmers and researches will discuss issues of importance to soybean, rice, cotton, and corn growers at Tunica, Miss., Jan. 31-Feb. 1....More

The objective of the High Cotton award program closely follows the philosophy of the Farm Press Publications — to help growers produce more profitable, higher quality crops, by providing them with timely, hard-hitting information about technological advances, governmental regulations, and marketing opportunities. read more...

The Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards are based on production efficiency, honoring those growers who produce the highest yields at the lowest cost per acre. Awards are presented to growers from the Lower Southeast, Upper Southeast, and the Southwest. read more...

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