Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will make available eight billion dollars for one-time payments to farmers this harvest season. It’ll provide relief during temporary market disruptions and increased input costs. Producers of non-title commodities also will receive part of these funds. It’s called the eight-billion-dollar payment provided through the harvest fuel relief program authorized under the …
Americans are gearing up for Halloween in a big way. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the price of candy up over 8% from last Halloween, more than double overall inflation. Yet despite that increase, the National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend over four billion dollars handing out Halloween candy. In addition, one only needs to look around any neighborhood, …
Plantation agriculture played an important role in the development of early American agriculture, beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries and expanding across the southeastern colonies as farmers cultivated crops suited to the region’s climate. Tobacco, rice, and eventually cotton became important plantation crops, while many other farms focused primarily on producing food for their families. In this edition of …
European immigrants brought distinct farming traditions to early America, influencing everything from plowing methods and livestock management to family farm ownership. German, Scottish, and Irish settlers helped shape the agricultural practices that developed across the growing nation. German-American Farmers Brought Old-World Traditions Ethnicity played an important role in the development of early American agriculture. Immigrants from different parts of Europe …
On the latest episode of Grazing The Facts, Carl McKettrick Jr., treasurer of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, joins the conversation to share his passion for the cattle industry and discuss the importance of cultivating the next generation of Florida ranchers. Recorded on October 22, McKettrick offers insight into his role with the association, and the ways Florida’s cattlemen and women …
With Election Day upcoming, Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association wanted to emphasize the importance of your vote. “Well, we are encouraging all of our members to take time on Tuesday, November the 3rd, for a very big day. It’s Election Day and know that folks have been at the polls a lot this year, but this is the …
As the Sunbelt Ag Expo wrapped up this past week, Wyatt Doolittle of the Georgia Beef Board reflects on the impact made over the past few weeks. “Yeah, you know, October is always a busy month for us at the Beef Board, and we just wrapped up the Ag Expo down in Moultrie. You know, coming off that 11-day run …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $57 million to strengthen America’s meat processing capacity and support livestock producers nationwide. According to USDA, 147 tentative awards across 40 states are expected to be funded through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program, commonly known as MPPEP. The announcement was made recently by Vice President J.D. Vance and Agriculture …
At the Sunbelt Ag Expo, Rusty Bowers, the owner of Pine Street Market in Avondale Estates, received a $10,000 prize check from the Georgia Peanut Commission. He was the entry in the Georgia Peanut Product Innovation Award Contest. It was presented by Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper and Georgia Peanut Commission Chairman Donald Chase. The award was given during …
The housing market continues to weaken as we head to the end of the year. September numbers are now out, and the National Association of Home Builders market index fell to its lowest level since June 2012. The index of prospective buyers fell to its lowest level since April of the same year. Regionally speaking the biggest decline came in …
