It’s going to be a busy week for agriculture in our nation’s capitol, as markup of the farm bill starts tomorrow. And when it comes to the Senate version of the bill, Tyron Spearman reports peanuts have been added.
Changes in some Congressional committee assignments in recent months leaves just one Florida member on the Agriculture Committee in the U. S. House of Representatives. AgNet is in Washington D. C. this week for some farm news gathering, sitting down first with Congressman Ted Yoho (R) from District 3, which encompasses a large area of North Central Florida. Yoho explains it’s a big week for agriculture on Capitol Hill and a good time for the Florida Farm Bureau delegation visit too. Click to read more about it, and to hear Congressman Yoho’s comments about Read the rest of this entry »
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 10th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama and Georgia.
The Senate Ag Committee has officially released their 2013 Farm Bill draft and according to Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, the bipartisan 2013 Farm Bill represents the most significant reform of American agriculture policy in decades.
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released the final production figures from the 2012 cotton crop, as Steve Maliszewski with NASS in Washington D.C. says the Southeast saw impressive yields for 2012.
Farmers here in the Southeast and across the major crop areas have been working when they can this past week to try and get seed in the ground, as Tyron Spearman reports that last week most crops were behind the 5-year average.
ST. LOUIS (May 9, 2013) – In advance of Tuesday’s scheduled markup, the Senate Agriculture Committee today released a draft of its proposed farm bill, which met with approval from the nation’s soybean farmers. American Soybean Association (ASA) President and Canton, Miss., soybean farmer Danny Murphy welcomed the draft and encouraged its expedited passage: Read the rest of this entry »
There has been some questions regarding the future of the National Cotton Council-coordinated Beltwide Cotton Conferences, and therefore Craig Brown, vice president for Producer Affairs, clarifies what attendees can expect next year.
Things have picked back up in our nation’s capitol when it comes to getting a new farm bill, as Colin Woodall with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, looks at the possible timeline after the markups are completed.
USDA is providing millions in grant funds to expand access to users of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at farmers markets by allowing access to more wireless point of sale equipment. Something that Under Secretary for Food and Nutrition Kevin Concannon says will not only benefit SNAP participates, but also farmers.
While peanut acres are going to be down as a whole this year, they will see a pretty sharp drop in Mississippi. Tyron Spearman has that story along with how agriculture research funding is also down at many land grant universities, including the University of Georgia.
CORDOVA, Tenn. — The National Cotton Council-coordinated Beltwide Cotton Conferences has a new format that no longer includes the production conference component but continues the forum’s technical conferences and adds emphasis to the consultant’s conference. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration, are scheduled to resume today, May 8. This includes payments for the Read the rest of this entry »
Lawmakers are entering a busy schedule on Capitol Hill for the next few weeks with several pieces of legislation at the committee level that could have a significant impact on U.S. agriculture.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack reminds farmers and ranchers of the upcoming May 31, 2013 deadline to submit their information for the 2012 Census of Agriculture.
In our weekly series, “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by your beef checkoff, we hear from Jonny Harris of Screven, Georgia who talks about how an event he attended opened his eyes even more to what the beef checkoff does.
After five years of extensive research regarding honeybee health, Dr. Mae Berenbaum with the University of Illinois, says we now know more about what we don’t know.
Vice Provost and Dean of the College of Agriculture for Tuskegee University, Dr. Walter Hill, says he believes that the recently announced StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama will be successful, thanks to the organization of all the partners involved as well as the fact that it has agriculture as a strong base.
While there is still a little time left for state lawmakers to meet during the 2013 Alabama Legislative session, Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said so far it’s been a positive session for agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–May 6, 2013–The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and a group of major agricultural, environmental and conservation groups have joined together in support of a non-partisan agreement to provide a common-sense farm and natural resource safety net through relinking crop insurance premium assistance to conservation compliance. The recommendations were submitted Read the rest of this entry »
It’s going to be a busy week for agriculture in our nation’s capitol, as markup of the farm bill starts tomorrow. And when it comes to the Senate version of the bill, Tyron Spearman reports peanuts have been added.
Changes in some Congressional committee assignments
in recent months leaves just one Florida member on the Agriculture Committee in the U. S. House of Representatives. AgNet is in Washington D. C. this week for some farm news gathering, sitting down first with Congressman Ted Yoho (R) from District 3, which encompasses a large area of North Central Florida. Yoho explains it’s a big week for agriculture on Capitol Hill and a good time for the Florida Farm Bureau delegation visit too. Click to read more about it, and to hear Congressman Yoho’s comments about 
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released the final production figures from the 2012 cotton crop, as Steve Maliszewski with NASS in Washington D.C. says the Southeast saw impressive yields for 2012.
There has been some questions regarding the future of the National Cotton Council-coordinated Beltwide Cotton Conferences, and therefore Craig Brown, vice president for Producer Affairs, clarifies what attendees can expect next year.
Things have picked back up in our nation’s capitol when it comes to getting a new farm bill, as Colin Woodall with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, looks at the possible timeline after the markups are completed.
Vice Provost and Dean of the College of Agriculture for Tuskegee University, Dr. Walter Hill, says he believes that the recently announced StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama will be successful, thanks to the organization of all the partners involved as well as the fact that it has agriculture as a strong base. 
While there is still a little time left for state lawmakers to meet during the 2013 Alabama Legislative session, Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said so far it’s been a positive session for agriculture. 
