Ag in Review for the Week of March 08, 2010
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast.
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A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast.
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Florida’s Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry has issued a pest alert as a new exotic mealybug has been found in southern Florida, marking the first time that the pest has been found in the United States.
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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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.
Peanuts:
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Payments:
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Everett Griner explains how resources and population growth are positive assets.

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.

University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist, Dr. Bob Kimmerait, says there a few key things to know when managing nematodes.
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.

2010 is an off year for farm markets. Everett Griner tells us why.
Agriculture is hampered by major media. Why? Everett Griner explains.
New technology must be developed because population growth is not slowing down. Everett Griner explains to us how many people will have to be fed in the near future.
There are changes coming to the crop insurance program which Tyron Spearman explains for growers along with a reminder about the sales closing date which is just days away for the 2010 crop.
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Americans are eating cheaper than anyone and Everett Griner is here to tell us how much cheaper.

The Sunbelt Ag Expo may not be until October 19-21, 2010, but Executive Director Chip Blalock says they are already extremely busy preparing for the 33rd Annual event.

Help for Haiti from the farm sector. Everett Griner tells us about it.
Miami, Florida is the site for Syngenta’s 2010 Consultants Meeting, where over 300 people from across the southern growing areas are in attendance.


Michael Boden, head of their southern business unit, explains what this event is all about.
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It’s just not like it used to be. Today there is healthier, tastier foods being served in our school lunchrooms. Everett Griner tells us why.
2009 was not a good year for farmers. What will 2010 bring? Everett Griner talks on it today.
America still stands alone and Everett Griner tells us how and why.

Farm critics are speaking loudly. Is anyone listening? Everett Griner answers this.
Everett Griner explains how buyers of stolen property can help.
USDA has unveiled a web-based 2008 crop program payment calculator to help producers calculate the financial benefits they may receive under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program.
Special districts warn EPA rules mean higher taxes, eminent domain and less effective South Florida canals
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Association of Special Districts warned today that the new water regulations for Florida proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would severely weaken the flood protection provided by Florida’s water control and improvement districts, especially in the South Florida region, which was often inundated by floods before the construction of the region’s complex canal system. Read the rest of this entry »
Today Everett Griner explains to us just how the food prices in 2010 will follow the economy.

This is an unsolvable problem that just keeps growing. Is there a solution? Everett Griner discusses.

Global marketing is still costly. Everett Griner tells us why.
Bayer CropScience has about 300 people from 18 different countries gathered this week in Miami for its first Pan-American Weed Resistance Conference. Researchers, company representatives, and some of us ag media types are learning
more about weed resistance issues that are developing in many different crops around the world. Among the presenters, weed scientist Dr. Andrew Price (photo left) from USDA’s Ag Research Lab in Auburn, Alabama, and extension weed specialist Dr. Larry Steckel (photo right) from the University of Tennessee. In this first cut, Price says Alabama producers can learn a lot from what Georgia producers have already been through:
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and in this cut, Steckel says Georgia producers have been on the front cutting edge of having to deal with Glyphosate resistance in weeds:
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We’ll have lots more in reports to come from both of these fellows, so stay tuned!