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 …
Unheard Voices
The small farmers are feeling neglected. How? Everett Griner explains.
Striving for Sustainability
Sustainability is an important factor in the future of agriculture and President of Cotton Incorporated, Berrye Worsham, says that one of the cotton industries sustainable goals is yield enhancement.
WIC Fresh Produce Vouchers
All fruits and vegetables are now eligible for the Women Infants and Children nutrition program, giving produce sales a prospective jump that could equate to as much as $600 million a year.
AL Hit Hard by Soybean Rust
More soybean fields are being identified as being hosts to soybean rust as it has now been reported in eight new Alabama counties. In addition, three counties in Arkansas and one in Georgia were also added to the growing list.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Future
During the recently held Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Conference, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, promoted the use of partnerships to combat the issue of childhood obesity.