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February 24, 2010 / Farm & Ranch

Cotton Market Weekly

February 18, 2010

A Service Provided by Plains Cotton Cooperative Association

The combination of strong ongoing demand, upbeat comments at a USDA forum, strength in equities and anticipation of a good export sales report enabled cotton futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to close sharply higher Thursday. More...

Agricultural expertise needed to feed, fuel world’s skyrocketing demands for food, energy

Agricultural expertise needed to feed, fuel world’s skyrocketing demands for food, energy The United States Department of Agriculture predicts 52,000 agriculturerelated job openings for college graduates will be needed in 2010-including those More...

Texas free of drought for first time since '07

DALLAS (AP) - Drought conditions are officially gone in Texas, ending a brutally dry period that forced millions of residents to limit water use, evaporated waterways and shriveled up crops. More...

The wettest winter in 20 years in some parts of the state

By Robert Burn

COLLEGE STATION - - More snow came to parts of Texas, contributing more moisture to already saturated fields, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. More...

Weather man sheds tears over onion forecast

By RANDY DOCKENDORF
Yankton Press and Dakotan

SCOTLAND, S.D. (AP) When Ken Peters predicts the coming year's precipitation, he's moved to tears. That's because the South Dakota man uses an onion for his prognostication. More...