The following reports give some insight to the business of real Christmas Trees… The Early Bird Gets the Tree Real or Fake? The Secret Life of a Christmas Tree Farmer
Dairy Producers Reducing Greenhouse Gas
U.S. dairy producers and USDA have put together a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate projects in order to reach a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA will enhance marketing efforts of anaerobic digesters to dairy producers.
Estate Tax Exemption in Question
As the first of the year nears, Congress still does not have an agreement on preventing the estate tax from expiring.
Conservation Problems
Farmers can not win conservation fights. Everett Griner tells us why.
GA Cotton Harvest Still Significantly Lagging
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says that Georgia still has a whopping 21 percent of cotton to harvest.
GFB Recognizes Four Agriculturalist in GA
Tyron Spearman has a report regarding awards recently given to four Georgia farmers during Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention.
Trade With Cuba Will Be Easier
The Senate has approved a provision to facilitate cash sales of U.S. farm goods to Cuba.
Possible Structure Change for NCBA
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Governance Task Force is proposing a structure change that would help them better address industry challenges…a change that would mean the development of a smaller board of directors.
APC on Target & Peanut Industry to Honor Georgia Farmer
At the recent American Peanut Council meeting, an overview was given concerning where things stood for their purpose as Tyron Spearman has more along with the fact an honor will be given next week to a Georgia peanut farmer. APC: Honor:
States Re-Start Water Sharing Talks
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – By DAVID ROYSE – THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 14, 2009…..Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday will meet with the governors of Alabama and Georgia as the states again begin to discuss the future of the water that flows through the Chattahoochee and Flint river systems down into the Florida Panhandle and Apalachicola Bay.