By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) annual meeting isn’t all about educating and informing the state’s cotton producers about the latest trends impacting the industry. An important part of the meeting’s agenda is recognizing those who have helped make the cotton industry as successful and sustainable as possible. GCC Executive Director Taylor Sills discussed the awards part of …
Digital advertising is something we are seeing more and more of, and something that the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) has been using for various Beef Checkoff promotions. ACA Director of Consumer Outreach, Josie Jones, explained to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman just how well these campaigns worked for them in 2024. To learn more about beef checkoff promotions, contact the ACA office in Montgomery …
Peanut growers across the Southeast are being reminded about the 20th annual Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show. It will be held Thursday, Jan. 30th, from 8am-1:30pm central time at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama. Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently announced the final rule amending the uniform pricing formulas applicable in all 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO’s). Rusty Halvorson has more details. According to AMS, the amendment changes included returning the base Class 1 skim milk price formula to the higher-of the advanced Class 3 or 4 skim milk prices. The Class 3 and …
With markets back open today after yesterday’s holiday, Mark Oppold has a look at what is happening with the crude oil market. 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 of Herbicides or Beneficials through …
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend the next few months gathering information about land ownership income, expense, debt, asset, demographic and other landlord characteristics to provide detailed information from agricultural landowners. The Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey will ask producers to provide in-depth information about their operating revenues, production costs, and household characteristics. “TOTAL will …
Richard Fordyce has been appointed as the Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, marking his return to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Fordyce, a Missouri farmer, previously served in the Trump administration as the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency. His new role will oversee key agencies that directly serve farmers and ranchers, including the Farm Service Agency (FSA), …
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn has always been an important part of American agriculture history, but shelling it – usually by hand – was a difficult one for families, and the process normally was a community affair, family and friends gathering together for a shelling bee. Mechanical corn shellers were introduced in the 1800s as …
Last week, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released updated crop production numbers for last year’s crops. Tyron Spearman runs through more of those numbers. 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 of Herbicides or Beneficials …
Coming at the end of the month will be USDA’s annual Cattle Inventory Report, something that many in the industry are looking forward to seeing. Rusty Halvorson has the story. Later this month, on Thursday, Jan. 31, USDA will release its yearly Cattle Inventory report. Last year, the report revealed the beef cowherd at the start of 2024 stood at a …
