Jack: If a adjuster walks into a field and takes random samples of number of plants per (x) amount of row feet, comes out of that field and says you have (y) %...
Mark A. Marion
mmarion@...
Jul 3, 2000 12:19 am
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... Happy 4th to the list. Comments to Jack's posting on crop insurance..... ... The price is set in the winter months preceding spring planting; it is a ...
Carl Hobbs
chobbs@...
Jul 4, 2000 9:41 am
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FYI- Don Cameron A METROFARM.COM RELEASE FROM MICHAEL OLSON... The United States is killing off its family farms through the kindness of its farm subsidy...
Don Cameron
CAMERON177@...
Jul 6, 2000 4:04 pm
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Organic Trade Association Wants Equal Time 7-06-2000 – Edited by Willie Vogt, Technology Editor, Farm Progress A continuing struggle for organic crop...
Bob & Sandra Mayberry
mayberry@...
Jul 6, 2000 4:31 pm
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This is one of the few places that I can't see much difference in organic and conventional production the rolling plains of Texas and Oklahoma. For years my...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jul 6, 2000 8:37 pm
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I can't really agree with this. Cometition, managment and fisical maters have far more effect who goes tits up than the farm program. Farm programs my make it...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jul 6, 2000 8:43 pm
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I was wondering what alternative crops are compatible with land prepared for cotton (of similar or better economic value)? A buddy of mine mentioned soybeans...
Mark A. Marion
mmarion@...
Jul 7, 2000 1:17 am
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Soybeans can work, but...Cotoran can be a problem!...
Daniel Mascheck
mascheck@...
Jul 7, 2000 3:17 am
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... yeah, i think beans at $4.88 are a real good choice. i remember planting a field once after july 4. i made my seed back. actually, i made over 10 ...
William Robert Goodman
wgoodman@...
Jul 7, 2000 3:40 am
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... As can be rotating soybean land to peanuts.... ... -- WEAR MORE COTTON! EAT MORE PEANUTS! Carl Hobbs Ag Consulting, Ashburn, GA Romans 8:28 Website:...
Carl Hobbs
chobbs@...
Jul 7, 2000 9:29 am
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Depending on the herbicide I have seen Perl Millet, milo and mung beans used. In south west Oklahoma you need to get the milo in before the first of May or...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jul 7, 2000 10:06 am
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To the list: Thanks for the insight. Mark...
Mark A. Marion
mmarion@...
Jul 8, 2000 1:28 am
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Hi everyone, I've just returned to central Alabama from the Yucatan and Belize, where the temperatures are lower and rain more frequent. Just about everything...
G Certain
gcertain@...
Jul 9, 2000 7:03 pm
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Geni, Our area( 50 miles south of Memphis in the eastern edge of the Delta) has been on the line seperating the wet area from the dry. As a general rule the...
sledge taylor
sledget@...
Jul 9, 2000 7:19 pm
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Geni, The irrigated cotton in Northeast Arkansas looks very good. Dryland cotton and the corners of center pivots are really suffering. Wet weather early set...
Dale Wells
dwells@...
Jul 9, 2000 8:08 pm
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Geni: Welcome Home! I drove the Delta (US61 and 49) from Vicksburg to Clarksdale last week and the crop looks wonderful from the road. The fields I checked...
Jack Mauney
jacmauney@...
Jul 9, 2000 8:37 pm
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Not to brag, but...... Ok, I'll admit it, we're bragging a bit. We just landed a $128,000 grant to turn our storage area into a storage area/classroom ...
Steve Catoe
scat@...
Jul 9, 2000 8:47 pm
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It's dry and hot here. Rains some ten days ago were welcome, but scattered. It's dry now, with high temps and humidity. Georgia will be no better than last...
Carl Hobbs
chobbs@...
Jul 9, 2000 11:10 pm
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Lubbock may have had the most rainfall ever for the month of June, but 50 miles to the NE of Lubbock we only got 1.5 to 2.5 inches for the month. We got two...
James Hinton
JFH.Farm@...
Jul 9, 2000 11:30 pm
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California-San Joaquin Valley-overall has had a good start. We have had hot weather in June, 102-108 that really got the plant growing provided you weren't...
Don Cameron
CAMERON177@...
Jul 10, 2000 12:38 am
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The Upper Gulf Coast of Texas is very hot and dry! We have weevils and stink bugs of biblical proportions and early rains caused plenty of pix to go out. Not...
Daniel Mascheck
mascheck@...
Jul 10, 2000 12:40 am
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Geni, As you have pointed out, the drought still holds here in south Alabama. In fields that have a stand, producers are trying to decide whether or not to...
Dale Monks
cmonks@...
Jul 10, 2000 2:15 pm
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STORY LEAD: Strong, Comfy Cottons Result from Arizona Research ___________________________________________ ARS News Service Agricultural Research Service, USDA...
Cork, Warren
CorkW@...
Jul 12, 2000 2:10 pm
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To those who know stuff: What'd driving this futures market? Did I miss a report of a disaster somewhere? We've known of the drought disasters for months....
Jack Mauney
jacmauney@...
Jul 17, 2000 9:01 pm
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Something like that. It's something of an overreaction...and it may not last. But hey, take advantge of it if you can, if it's profitable for you. How long has...
Mark Bagby
bagby@...
Jul 17, 2000 9:04 pm
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Seems to me like not many people want to sell this thing. When no one wants to sell (who wants to hedge Dec at 60.00 ?) the market can baloon with little...
Stephen Johnson
stephenj@...
Jul 17, 2000 9:31 pm
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Does any one know what the likely hood of a double payment limitation is for the 2000 crop year.(Like last year) Thanks, John Starnes...
John Starnes
jstarnes@...
Jul 18, 2000 2:26 am
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... John, There are supposed to be generic certificates available to 'go around' the payment limit. If you exceed your payment limit, you may have to place...
Jim Nunn
nunncotn@...
Jul 18, 2000 2:46 am
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Stephen and others: Thanks for the insight. It takes a while for the fundamentalists of this world to GET IT that the fundamentals are only the backdrop ...
Jack Mauney
jacmauney@...
Jul 18, 2000 5:09 pm
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Jack, sorry, I disagree about the safety net in Futures. Futures exists to ofset risk for producers and other cash players. If a market is moving against them,...
