This coming Tuesday, July 7th, the annual Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day will take place in Moultrie, Georgia as Tyron Spearman has the details.
Many expected to see lower numbers of peanuts acres this year as have been waiting for the National Agriculture Statistics Service to release their yearly June acreage report. And according to Tyron Spearman, now that the figures are out, we are seeing the lowest numbers of peanut acres in quite some time.
The annual Sunbelt Ag Expo Field day is coming up July 7th in Moultrie, Georgia as Tyron Spearman has the details.
With soybeans already planted for this season, US traits marketing lead for Monsanto, Dion McBay, says they’re already looking towards next season.
USDA released their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report Wednesday as Tyron Spearman looks at lower projections for some crops. He also has information about meetings next month for the Southern Peanut Growers, and looks at hi-lights of a recent trip to China by some with the Georgia Pecan Growers.
Crop Projections:
Growers meeting:
Pecan China trip:
The Environmental Protection Agency held a hearing on its proposed rule to determine the greenhouse gas emissions performance of biofuels. The hearing centered on a controversial theory called indirect land use change.
In this report, USDA Radio’s Gary Crawford (photo) talks with Meteorologist Brad Rippey about the potential for an El Nino weather pattern to develop, and if it does, what the impacts on various areas of the U S may be.
Growers are well aware that Nitrogen is a vital component to the success of many crops but Dave Schwartz, national products manager for SFP, says each year growers lose up to 50 percent of the applied nutrient.
Research brings bigger yields and Everett Griner tells us about it today.
Today Tyron Spearman reminds growers the ACRE signup continues but there are only a few weeks left.
When it comes to planting progress for the major crops not only here in the Southeast but across the nation, growers are trying to get caught back up again after wet conditions across many areas, as Tyron Spearman updates not only those numbers but also the latest consumption numbers for peanuts.
Planting progress:
Peanut consumption:
A reminder for soybean growers that requests for a referendum of the Soybean Promotion and Research Order ends May 29th.
Today Tyron Spearman updates where planting progress for the various crops stand at this time along with information about a big peanut promtoion that will take place this weekend in Chicago and also has a look at updated peanut price information.
Planting progress:
Peanut promotion:
Price information:
Tyron Spearman reminds growers the ACRE program signup is still underway and how you can compare as to whether this works best for your operation.
The United Soybean Board has been working on ways to improve productivity of soybeans in the south. Rick Stern, Production Committee Chairman says that they have recently completed the mapping of the soybean genome and developed a drought tolerant line.
Today Tyron Spearman has information from EPA concerning refinements to the renewable fuels standard, and also how the name of the latest influenza has been changed to help protect the hog indsutry.
Renewable Fuels:
H1N1 Influenza:
Today Tyron Spearman has the details concerning USDA’s announcement about the enrollment for the new ACRE program, along with information about new loan regulations for certain commodities, plus he has an update on this week’s peanut contracts which did see a slight increase.
ACRE enrollment:
Loan Regulations:
peanut contracts:
With some shift in crop selection here in the southeast, Yemel Ortega, product manager with FMC Corporation, says they have herbicides to help those southeastern farmers who may find themselves planting more soybeans.
Many were anticipating lower peanut acres this year, and according to Tyron Spearman, that’s exactly the way it looks after USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their annual planting intentions reports this morning.
What is this? Everett Griner tells us just how good it used to be and still is.
U.S.D.A. and the I.R.S. have begun efforts to ensure that high-income individuals and entities who request USDA payments meet income limits set forth in the 2008 Farm Bill.
There is some interesting numbers from the 2007 Census, and Everett Griner gives them to us and tells us why they are so good for the farmers.
What is this law? Everett Griner tells us and why.
Don Glenn past president of the Alabama Soybean and Corn Association says even though the majority of corn and soybeans are still grown in the Midwest, it is important to get the southeastern perspective.
For more information regarding The Alabama Soybean and Corn Association visit their website.
The peanut posted price for this week holds steady as Tyron Spearman has the numbers along with information that producers are eligible for 2008 disaster assistance authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill even if they did not previously obtain otherwise statutorily required crop insurance from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for 2008 by now paying a buy-in fee through May 18, 2009.
Peanut posted price:
USDA Buy-in waiver:
Today Everett Griner gives us some statistics on just what is really affected by the recession.
Why do we still have children going to bed hungry? Everett Griner has some outlook on this today.
Here’s a big picture ag weather outlook for early March from USDA.
Bayer Crop Science held their annual Southeast Technical Seminar this past week in Georgia, where consultants and others learned the latest information concerning crop products for the upcoming season.
One of the speakers was their new Southeast district sales manager, John Hand from Auburn, Alabama who told me Bayer Crop Science is no longer a one-crop company.
To learn more about the products offered log on to www.bayercropscience.com
ST. LOUIS (Feb. 25, 2009) – Monsanto has announced the launch of Genuity™, a family of traits designed to work together to enhance crop potential and simplify trait selection for farmers. The Genuity brand will differentiate and unify the agriculture company’s technology products under one platform and make it simpler for growers to select the traits best suited for their farms.
