By Clint Thompson Georgia cotton farmers started the season amid a prolonged drought. Those dry conditions have returned in recent weeks as the crop continues to make progress this summer. The Georgia Cotton Commission and Wes Porter, University of Georgia Professor in Crop and Soil Sciences, remind growers about the crop’s water needs at this point in the production season. …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making significant changes to the Livestock Indemnity Program, providing additional financial protection for livestock producers who suffer eligible animal losses. Administered through USDA’s Farm Service Agency, the Livestock Indemnity Program, or LIP, helps compensate producers when livestock deaths exceed normal mortality because of eligible weather events, disease, or predator attacks. One of the biggest …
The U.S. Peanut Federation has been working with the chairman of the House Ag Committee on the labor legislation that will provide some help at the farm level or all across the industry. It’s called the Securing Ag Workforce Act, which addresses key challenges for the peanut industry, such as broadening eligible H-2A activities to include the following key industry …
StoneX Commodities released an 80-page report recently providing insights in how they see markets performing in the third quarter. StoneX third quarter outlook shows corn and soybean prices remaining under pressure, especially later in the quarter with ample supplies heading into harvest. Wheat, they say, can be firm to a bit higher amid tight supplies here and also in Europe. …
The settlement of the Northwest Territory marked one of the most significant turning points in the history of American agriculture. Following the American Revolution, the young United States looked westward for opportunities to expand farmland, establish new communities, and strengthen the nation’s economy. The organization and settlement of the Northwest Territory laid the foundation for agricultural growth across what would …
The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) testified before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, urging for strong comprehensive trade action under Section 301. Jenna Stanton, USCA Director of Policy and Public Affairs, expressed support of additional tariffs on Brazilian bovine products. Stanton said, “Brazil’s cattle sector enjoys an unfair advantage that no U.S. rancher can, or would ever want …
Checking on the peanut crops across Alabama and Florida today. Alabama said they still have some planting to do this late. Additions are being replanted areas as well. It’s been extremely dry, they said for the past and hot the past week. We have been making some delayed fungicide and herbicide applications. Water demand is increasing, they said and hoping …
Tomorrow’s monthly crop report could be pushed aside by changing weather forecasts. The July report historically can be a non-factor, always squeezed between the quarterly stocks and final acreage numbers that come at the end of June, and the August report that for the first time is based on actual field surveys and not computer models. That report, by the …
Early Midwest Farms Evolved Beyond Survival As settlers established permanent farms across the American Midwest during the 1850s and 1860s, their priorities shifted from simply surviving on the frontier to building prosperous, long-lasting agricultural operations. According to Mark Oppold’s American Agriculture History Minute, once a farm became firmly established, many farm families invested in constructing newer and larger homes that …
As hurricane season progresses, UF/IFAS Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are encouraging Florida growers to take steps now to prepare their operations before a storm is in the forecast. While the Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, the most active part of the season historically occurs from mid-August through October. Preparing ahead of …
