With soybean acreage on the rise here in the Southeast, Kevin Tomka, District Sales Manager with Dow AgroSciences, says that they have a new herbicide tolerant trait technology that will help growers maintain that acreage while battling herbicide resistance.
U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. on December 1st was 11.3 million head, which was 1 percent below December 1, 2008.
NCBA Concerned about Estate Tax
Colin Woodall, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, talks about the estate tax law and what it means that it’s set to expire at the end of the year.
Peanut Exports are Down
The latest peanut export and import numbers have been released as Tyron Spearman reports most came in lower again.
Varroa Mite
Where did it come from and what is its connection to CCD? Everett Griner tells us what scientists’ are working on about this.
Weekly Livestock Market Report
For the last time in 2009, here are the cattle market numbers put together by the livestock market news services in Alabama, Florida and Georgia for the week ending December 18th. AL: FL: GA:
Chambliss Request USDA and EPA to Update Climate Change Analysis
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively, have sent letters to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the climate change legislation analysis models used by both USDA and the EPA. Full text of the …
GCC Annual Meeting Speaker Lineup
The Georgia Cotton Commission’s 3rd Annual Meeting is coming up January 27, 2010 and Karen Nikitopoulos, communications program manager, says the one day event is a great opportunity for producers to receive a vast amount of information to help their operations.
Financial Relief Coming for Dairy Producers
USDA has announced they are implementing the Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment program to help struggling dairy producers. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service Jim Miller says dairy producers who qualify will receive a portion of the available $290 million of funding to help them with some economic relief.
GPC Nominations Accepted Monday and Tuesday
Nominations meetings for three positions on the Georgia Peanut Commission will take place next week as Tyron Spearman has the details.