farmers

The Morning Cram [busy bee edition]

Whitney Jones — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:07:00 +0000

From NPR: Many fruit and nut farmers rely on honeybee hives to pollinate and continue growing their crop, but the honeybees just can’t do the work by themselves anymore. They need the help of other wild bees to get the job done. Those other bees, though, are disappearing, and it’s puzzling scientists.

Sorghum Making Comeback to Rivers Region

John Walker — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:00:19 +0000

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When most people think of sorghum they think of sorghum molasses, a contemporary of modern day maple syrup. But recent breakthroughs are changing sorghum’s role as a pancake sweetener.

Calloway County Farmer Trip Furches leans forward in his office chair as he explains why last year was the first time he planted energy sorghum and sweet sorghum.

Late Rains Save Most TN Crops

Whitney Jones and The Associated Press — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:51:37 +0000

Tennessee farmers may be lamenting losses to the corn harvest resulting from this summer’s drought, but midsummer rains have saved most of their other crops. Cotton is expected to bring in some of the best per-acre yields. Farmer Willis Jepson says soybeans made 55 bushels per acre. That’s 15 more than usual. But his farm still lost $500,000 in corn.

Afternoon Round-Up 8/9/12

Rose Krzton-Presson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:24:29 +0000

Today on NPR: The U.S. government has been tightening the screws on Americans who hide money in offshore accounts, putting pressure on overseas banks, and joining forces with European and Japanese regulators.

Aid for MO Farmers

Rose Krzton-Presson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:25:09 +0000

Missouri’s emergency cost-share program has approved over 3,700 farmer applications for urgent relief during this summer’s drought. Governor Jay Nixon established the program to provide water after declaring Missouri in a State of Emergency. The aid totals close to 19 million dollars and covers 90 percent of emergency water projects on farms. Individual farmers will have to pay the remaining 10 percent for their project.

Ky. State Fair Entries Expected to Show Signs of Drought

Angela Hatton — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:47:47 +0000

The summer drought is expected to have an impact on many of the Kentucky State Fair’s agricultural entries. Kentucky’s suffered a hot, dry summer, and farmers in the western half of the state are bearing the brunt of the disaster. The stress has already shown up on fair entries in other drought-stricken areas of the country, with smaller ears of corn and other vegetables and fewer head of livestock on display.