WASHINGTON - May 5/05 - SNS -- The USDA designated a county in Texas as a primary agricultural disaster area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 9/05 - SNS -- Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food reminds canola and mustard seed growers that ability of flea beetles to maintain large over-wintering populations has made them persistent spring pests. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 11/05 - SNS -– The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of five new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include cotton, guar, ryegrass and wheat. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - May 12/05 - SNS -- High levels of dust in feedlots can lead to respiratory distress and dust-related pneumonia in cattle would hurt performance. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - May 13/05 - SNS -- The availability of Roundup Ready soybeans is encouraging some growers to consider planting two, three or more years of soybeans in the same field. But, this is a bad idea, warns Duane Berglund, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Service agronomist. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 16/05 - SNS -- Applying fungicides in a timely manner is critical to successfully battling ascochyta blight infestations in chickpeas, according to the University of Saskatchewan's Dr. Sabine Banniza. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 18/05 - SNS -- The USDA is accepting nominations to the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers until June 17, 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - May 24/05 - SNS -- Warmer temperatures change the location of moisture pockets in stored grain, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food's Dale Risula. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 25/05 - SNS -- Canadian farmers received a record amount of cash for the January to March quarter, as growth in revenues for cattle and hogs and record program payments offset a decline in crop receipts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 25/05 - SNS -- Net cash income staged a strong recovery during the 2004 calendar year, according to Statistics Canada, rebounded to CDN $6.3 billion. . . . Continue or visitors click here

EDMONTON - May 26/05 - SNS -- Folicur 432 Fr has received emergency registration for use to combat fusarium headblight (FHB) in corn and wheat, barley, oats and other small cereal grains in Alberta. . . . Continue or visitors click here

FARGO - May 27/05 - SNS -- An extremely dry winter and spring in the Dakotas, eastern Montana and Wyoming, will likely result in lower forage production levels this year, says Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University Extension Service rangeland specialist. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - May 30/05 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) terminated several contracts for grain in straight, tough or damp condition. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/05 - SNS -- There was little change in average prices received by farmers in the United States during May, with the result the USDA's preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/05 - SNS -- The cost of farming did not increase from April's level during May, according to the latest USDA Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW). . . . Continue or visitors click here

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