Georgia Dairy Producers will have the opportunity to weigh in on two assessments this month and we caught up with Bryce Trotter from the Georgia Milk Producers who provided an overview of these assessments. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary …
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In the early 1820s, after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the U.S. government decided to conduct agricultural experiments in what is now Kansas. Native Indians had long planted corn in northeast Kansas, and the government saw potential in expanding trade west of Kansas City. Records show the government sent Daniel Morgan …
The latest Stocks Report highlights the products from peanuts and their uses. Tyron Spearman highlights the increases in the use of these products. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary …
The coming days could be important for the grain trade. Mark Oppold looks at what the potential expectations are for corn and soybeans. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary …
The US Meat Export Federation is assisting two Japanese chain restaurants in shifting their pork products to US produced pork. USMEF CEO Dan Halstrom explains the work that USMEF, the National Pork Board and USDA have undertaken to provide more value on underutilized cuts from the US. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida …
The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations held a hearing earlier this week to review the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the US Department of Agriculture. During the hearing, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins answered questions from the Senators and in his questioning, Senator Jon Ossoff pointedly asked Secretary Rollins about the status of disaster relief funding in …
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Greeley became Colorado’s first major agricultural settlement and they soon discovered there that irrigation was going to be the key to what was called the Great American Desert at that time. And by 1900, Colorado indeed led the nation in the acreage of irrigated farmland. But ever larger federal reclamation projects …
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. At the close of the Civil War, the government offered homesteads in Kansas to Union Army veterans and more than 100,000 took advantage. Most were strong young veterans who had left their families to fight for the Union and became really the first real pioneer farmers in Kansas. The majority had …
As ag producers are getting into the field, proper soil moisture is a key factor in their planting decisions. With the recent rains across the country, USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides an update on the amount of acres in drought and the impacts on certain agricultural commodities. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida …
The Georgia Beef Board is highlighting dairy cattle’s role in the beef checkoff and we spoke with Joel Keith, a dairy farmer who serves on the Georgia Beef Board about the impact that dairy cows have on the checkoff program. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded …
