Concerns Raised Over Impending Steel & Aluminum Tariffs The Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) latest U.S. Ag Tractor and Combine Report shows total sales of self-propelled combines in February grew 34 percent compared to last year and sales of 4-wheel drive tractors increased 9 percent. Sales of 2-wheel drive tractors declined 10 percent for February compared to last year. “We’ve …
NCBA Applauds Another 90-Day Delay in Electronic Logging Device Mandate
Mandate Was To Have Taken Effect on Sunday, March 18 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Kevin Kester issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Transportation’s announcement that the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate will be delayed another 90 days for agricultural haulers: “This is obviously good news for America’s cattle haulers and producers, and it will provide …
ARS Scientist Leads Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Steven Cook will be leading a $1 million funded international consortium of scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees’ number one problem. Cook, with the Bee Research Laboratory, a part of ARS’s Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center, will be the principal investigator of a group that will include scientists from the United States, Canada and Spain. ARS is …
National Peanut Board Launching New Online Resource
The National Peanut Board has announced they will soon be launching a new online resource. Tyron Spearman has the details. National Peanut Board Launching New Online Resource Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application …
Florida NRCS Offers Sign-up for Tri-State Conservation Project
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from agricultural producers until April 30 for a Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) project that enhances climate resiliency. The Climate Resiliency for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia” project in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Ochlockonee River Basins is led by the Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District. The project area covers more than …
Georgia Beef Board Gearing Up for Cattle Drive 5K
Georgia’s Team Beef is a community of runners who recognize the nutritional benefits of lean beef and the vital role high-quality protein plays in their training. Georgia Beef Board’s Kaytlyn Malia says the team is looking forward to a big event coming in May. Georgia Beef Board Gearing Up for Cattle Drive 5K Register Here! Click here to register. You can register …
SLE Rodeo This Week
The annual Southeastern Livestock Exposition (SLE) Rodeo will take place March 15-17 at the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. The SLE Rodeo proudly features the top bucking stock in the country through 2016 PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year, Frontier Rodeo Company, so world-class stock is coming to Montgomery. Dr. Billy Powell hopes folks from across the state will attend. …
Tips for Starting a Flower Garden
It is time to get gardening! Cathy Isom has some tips for starting a flower garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Tips for Starting a Flower Garden Spring is coming… and that means blooming colors on trees and flowers in the garden soon. If you aren’t ready to tear up a patch of lawn to start a …
Commodity Classic Attendance Tops 8,000
Attendance to the 2018 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California topped 8,000 guests. Convention organizers say included in the preliminary number of 8,055 registered in Anaheim were a record number of non-exhibitor first-time attendees, at 1,553. More than 3,600 farmers from across the nation and beyond attended the event, along with more than 150 media representatives. The event featured more than …
Early Stage Ag Tech Investments Up 29 Percent
Investments in the early stages of agricultural technology in 2017 increased 29 percent, compared to 2016. AgFunder, a self-proclaimed online investment marketplace for agricultural technology, reports early stage investment in agriculture tech startups reached $10.1 billion in 2017, up 29 percent. The increase reverses a downward trend seen in 2016, when agriculture tech investing dropped nine percent to $7.8 billion …