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February 6, 2012
 
americas_heartland_logo3D-300dpi (2)The Emmy-award-winning America's Heartland has been introducing non-farm viewers to the men and women who provide the food, fuel, and fiber we use and consume since 2005. The series is available in 20 of the top 25 television markets on more than 240 PBS stations covering 60 percent of the United States. Including its RFD-TV viewership, the series reaches more than 40 million viewers each season. The seventh season was underwritten by the United Soybean Board, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and Farm Credit, with the latter announcing it also would underwrite the series' eighth season. The National Cotton Council is among six organizations that provide in-kind production support. Visit AmericasHeartland.org to view episodes and access educational resources and complementary video series offerings.
 
 
NCC UPDATE
 
U.S.COTTON
 
(Farm Press) Dr. Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia Extension entomologist, reportsthe chances for a generic Temik for 2012 are slim on On The Farm.
 
 
(Farm Press) Northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia have been aptly dubbed 'thrips central' and getting ahead of these pesky, yield-robbing little insects is a must for high yielding crops from cotton to vegetables.
 
 
WASHINGTON UPDATE
 
(Farm Progress) The House Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, held a hearing last week focused on the future of the family farm and the effect of proposed Department of Labor regulations on small business producers.
 
 
(AgWeek) WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told Agweek on Feb. 1 that she will hold four hearings in February and March in anticipation of bringing the farm bill to the floor before the House acts.
 
 
INTERNATIONAL COTTON PRODUCTION
 
TRADE
 
TEXTILES
 
(Newsroom America) COLUMBIA, Mo. – As the interest in environmentally responsible business practices grows globally, researchers are interested in how that interest translates into consumer sales.
 
 
AGRIBUSINESS
 
(Farm Press) When you prepare to file your 2011 farm income tax return, you will find the Internal Revenue Service has made some major changes in the 2011 Form 1040 Schedule F.
 
 
BIOTECHNOLOGY
 
COMMENTARY
 
OF INTEREST
 
(AgWeb) Midwest temperatures have been unusually warm this winter.
 
 
(Farm Progress) Herbicides were developed during the twentieth century to be used with conventional tillage for weed control.
 
 
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