The National Agriculture Statistics Service has released it’s final acreage numbers for the 2010 cotton crop and Richey Seaton, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, gives some reasons on why Georgia’s acreage took a large jump this year. Download Audio
Projected Effect of Hurricane Alex on Oil Slick
USDA Meteorologist, Brad Rippey, gives us the predictions on what effects Hurricane Alex will have on the Gulf Oil Spill. Download Audio
Overall Retail Vegetable Inflation Remains Very Small
Despite the big price increases consumers were seeing for tomatoes and lettuce this winter and spring, USDA Economist Gary Lucier, says overall vegetable inflation at the retail level remains very small. Download Audio
Picking the Best Time for Your Picnic
Well many activities are scheduled for this weekend and predicting when summer storms are most likely to appear can help avoid a soggy picnic. Download Audio
GA Using New Beef Ads This Summer
The new national advertising campaign for the beef checkoff’s summer grilling promotion continues, as Ashley Hughes with the Georgia Beef Board said the new ads focus a lot on nutrition. Download Audio
Wall Street
Everett Griner tells us just how Wall Street and farming relate. You might be really surprised. Download Audio
FL Cattlemen Get Beef Checkoff Report
Producers attending last week’s Florida Cattlemen’s Convention received a report on the beef checkoff, as Florida Beef Council Chairman George Kempfer not only ran through the programs they’ve done in the past year, but also did a review of the overall checkoff program. Download Audio
AL Producer Promotes Beef Checkoff
Max Bozeman, a cattle producer from Elba, Alabama, serves on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and said it’s important for individual producers to be involved from the grassroots level. Download Audio
NCBA Suspends Work on Governance Structure
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has suspended plans for the proposed governance structure change, a move that Federation of State Beef Councils Chairman Scott George says is disappointing. Download Audio
USDA/FSA Tree Asst Pgm Deadline 7/6 BUT Acreage Rpt Due Today
Florida State Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency (USDA/FSA), Tim Manning, explains more about the Tree Assistance Program (TAP). Listen closely, near the end Tim also urges producers to turn in their annual acreage reports to prevent a late fee. Download Audio Here is some more general information about the USDA/FSA Tree Assistance Program (TAP)