December 11th is the deadline for producers to sign up for the 26th edition of the ARC program or the PLC, Price Loss Coverage. Producers must enroll through a signed contract each year. Previous year’s contracts ended in 2025, but producers now have the option to sign a new multi-year contract for 26 to 31. They just got a check …
Farmers in early American agriculture quickly learned that production decisions could have a significant impact on market prices and profitability. As agricultural production expanded and new technologies made it possible to grow more crops, farmers experienced firsthand the economic realities of supply and demand. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold explores how the cotton gin …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended November 6, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended November 06, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 9,819 head compared to 15,437 last week and 11,543 last …
November 6, 2026 | By Josh McGill Florida Farm Bureau Federation President Jeb Smith says the defeat of Amendment 2 in Tuesday’s general election was disappointing, but he remains hopeful that agricultural property tax relief could return to voters in the future. In an interview with the Southeast AgNet Radio Network, Smith discussed the narrow failure of the proposed agricultural …
The Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers, or SPUR, Guaranteed Loan Program aims to encourage more processors across the country. Undersecretary of Rural Development Glen Smith gives more details on the initiative. “It’s in the form of guaranteed loans, up to 90 percent guarantee. That means those processors, it can be for new facilities, it can be for new equipment, it …
Some news around the peanut belt. I want to remind you that the Georgia National Fairgrounds is the site for the Georgia National Antique Ag Show. It’s coming up November 11th through the 14th. That’ll be at the fairgrounds. Admission is free and you get to see a lot of old equipment working to see how agriculture developed over the …
Grain markets look to close lower for the fifth week in a row, November continuing the weakness that we saw in October. December corn on October 6th had just breached the $5 level. August rally was rolling over after reaching $5.50. Now here we are a month later, it’s been nearly a straight line down for five weeks in a …
American Agriculture History Minute Explores the South’s Early Farming Economy Agriculture in the American South developed differently from farming in the Midwest and New England, shaped by differences in land ownership, crop production and the growing demand for agricultural exports in Europe. In this installment of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold examines how southern farmers produced food and …
The Florida Beef Council (FBC) recently attended the Food Nutrition Conference and Expo. Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council sat down to tell us more. “The Florida Beef Council joined more than 8,000 attendees in San Antonio last week. That’s a premier conference for health care professionals, registered dieticians, nutritionists, researchers, educators, those folks who are helping to guide …
Several feral swine eradication and control pilot program projects were awarded additional funding recently. U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Chief of Staff Kyle Allen discusses examples of these projects. “Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, they had three projects that were awarded across Baylor County, Coleman County, Haskell County, several counties across the state,” said Allen. …
