The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation has announced loan rates for 2009-crop sugar as well as the initial fiscal year 2010 allocation of the overall sugar marketing allotment.
Pot Ash Still High for Cotton Producers
University of Georgia’s Extension Soil Scientist, Glen Harris, says that some farmers are dealing with leaf spots that could be a result of decreased pot ash application.
Mechanized Farming
Today Everett Griner tells us just how mechanized tree nut farming has become.
Peanut Harvest Update
Today Tyron Spearman updates where things stand with harvest progess in peanut fields across the belt and here in the Southeast.
Livestock Forage Payments Underway
Livestock producers are being reminded the Livestock Forage Disaster Program sign up for 2008 losses ends December 10, 2009 and 2009 losses on January 30th, 2010.
Dairy Herd Retirement Numbers Reported
CWT is reporting that dairy herd retirements since last winter have resulted in the removal of 225,783 cows that produced 4.5 billion pounds of milk.
China Files Chicken Trade Complaint
China has started investigating complaints that American chicken products are being dumped in their country.
Robert “Bobby” DuBois, Sr. Remembered In Farm & Family Circles
In a closeknit industry where so many people are considered family, it’s impossible for a website like this to include obituaries industry-wide. Generally we have a policy not to include such milestones in our regular coverage. Once in a while one hits so close to home, however, IN the family AND in industry circles, I choose to plow ahead and …
USDA Citrus Forecast “Live” Broadcast Oct 9, 2009
The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast “live” on Southeast AgNet Radio Network for the 14th consecutive year at 8:29 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2009. Citrus Statistics Administrator Candi Erick will provide the numbers for the broadcast immediately upon their release from the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board in …
Sprays An Option For HLB; Still Best To Remove Citrus Trees
Florida Citrus Mutual recently declared that using nutritional sprays to keep greening-infected trees is an option for some growers. In these reports, Mutual CEO Mike Sparks tells why the sprays are OK for some, but says it’s still best for most to remove infected trees. With either approach, he says, psyllids should be managed. Tune to this Southeast AgNet website …