Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee.
Sustainability is hard to identify. Everett Griner gives it a shot.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), a senior member of the Committee, announced they sent a letter to the President opposing budget cuts to farm programs in a tough economy. The letter was also signed by Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), James Risch (R-ID), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and David Vitter (R-LA).
The following is the text of the letter sent March 15, 2010:
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There are many in agriculture who are strongly opposed to the President’s proposed cuts to agriculture, and Tyron Spearman reports that includes those in the peanut industry.
The efforts of sending peanut butter to Haiti will continue until the end of this month as Ken Barton, Executive Director of the Florida Peanut Producers Association, said this is a very worth-while humanitarian effort.
GMO crops are still controversial. Everett Griner explains.
The Feral swine population is growing at an alarming rate in Alabama and Steve Musser, assistant state conservationist with Alabama NRCS says landowners now have an opportunity to receive financial assistance through the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program to trap and properly dispose of the wild swine.
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American Agriculture: Abundant, Affordable, Amazing. That’s the theme for Ag Awareness Week which culminates this Saturday, March 20th, with National Ag Day. And in the following two reports, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, celebrates those principles and the farmers that work tirelessly everyday to bring them to us.
A big event for the peanut industry was held last week in our nation’s capitol as Tyron Spearman has the details.
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Ocala, FL — Southeast AgNet Publications Inc. announced the acquisition of Florida Science Source Inc., a citrus book publishing and reseller operation. It bought the business from founder Will Wardowski and his wife Christie.
Wardowski is well known in citrus circles all over the world as a post-harvest expert. He was the first editor of Fresh Citrus Fruits 1st edition, published in New York in 1986. Known to citrus packers as “The Green Bible,” Fresh Citrus Fruits 1st and 2nd editions include more than 40 authors from around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Peanut allergies has been concern for many in the industry, but today Tyron Spearman has information about how research efforts may have lead to a possible cure for those who suffer from this problem.
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Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee.
The U.S. Senate this week approved a disaster package which would help farmers affected by weather-related disasters, as this was actually a part of the Tax Extenders Act of 2009.
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National School Breakfast Week has been underway, as Tyron Spearman looks at how the Farm Bill is very instrumental in child nutritional efforts in our schools.
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Iraq farmers are studying the U.S. system and Everett Griner tells us why.
Tyron Spearman today has the latest peanut market information and also looks at why many crops this year will not be receiving counter-cyclical payments.
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The U.S. is now the leader in having resistant weeds. Why? Everett Griner explains.
Today Tyron Spearman has the latest numbers concerning peanut usage.
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Everett Griner explains how resources and population growth are positive assets.
USDA has announced they will issue approximately $121 million in partial 2009-crop counter-cyclical payments to producers with upland cotton and peanut base acres enrolled in USDA’s Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment (DCP) program, as Tyron Spearman has the details.
For more information on the direct and counter-cyclical payment programs including a table displaying the target price, projected average market price, loan rate, direct payment rate, effective price and projected counter-cyclical rates, visit your local FSA office or the FSA DCP Website: www.fsa.usda.gov/dcp.
Many are looking forward to seeing the results of USDA’s spring planting survey which will be released on March 31st, but when it comes to peanuts, Randy Griggs with the Alabama Peanut Producers Association said it’s really undetermined at this point as to whether growers will increase their acreage much this year.
And Ken Barton with the Florida Peanut Producers Association does not expect to see much of an acreage difference in his state this year.
Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee.
2010 is more than shifting funds. What? Everett Griner tells us.
During a Senate panel earlier this week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, defended a proposal for controversial changes to the agreements the department has with crop insurance companies.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida reminds farmers that signup for the Organic Initiative is underway, but Agronomist Steve Boetger said to receive 2010 funding your application must be received by March 12.
This week Tyron Spearman has been giving updates concerning the peanut crop in the individual states across the deep southeast, and today he has a review of the Georgia crop along with information on how peanuts will be hi-lighted at the Nascar race this weekend.
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University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist, Dr. Bob Kimmerait, says there a few key things to know when managing nematodes.
The Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for the federal Food and Drug Administration to require warning labels on some foods they consider choking risk for children.
Today Tyron Spearman has information about the Alabama peanut crop as presented during a recent meeting.
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USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey predicts cooler than normal weather for much of the country, and wet conditions in the South during the period from March 9 to 15.
