WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has made immediately available $6 million in Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program aid for disaster recovery projects in 10 states affected this month by storms and floods. These states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Download Audio Sponsored …
FFB Still Watching Immigration
As we all wait for the Senate to take action regarding SB 2040, Florida Farm Bureau’s Ben Parks gives us the latest on the immigration issue. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Sugar Industries Collide in Suit
The U.S. sugar industry has filed a lawsuit against several corn processors and their lobbying group for their effort to rebrand high-fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar”. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
April Another Good Month for Farm Prices
We saw another good month for farm product prices and USDA’s Gary Crawford has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Cotton Board Makes Presentation at AL Agribusiness Meeting
The Alabama Agribusiness Council is holding their annual meeting this week in Orange Beach as members from various parts of the state are in attendance. One of the presentations made this morning was by the Cotton Board as both Monty Bain (pictured left) and Bobby Skeen (pictured right) were on hand to inform AAC members about the latest information of …
Corn Planting Running Behind/U.S. Food Sales/Possible Super Weed
Corn planting across our country is running behind normal according to the latest numbers, as Tyron Spearman has that update along with information about U.S. food sales and another possible super weed that growers in the Southeast may have to also worry about. Corn: Download Audio Sales: Download Audio Weed: Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Mosquito Season & Equine Diseases
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight has Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam urging horse owners to get their horses vaccinated against mosquito-borne diseases and to be sure their booster shots are up to date. More information is available online at Mosquito-borne Equine Diseases. Download Audio You can follow Commissioner Putnam on Facebook, www.facebook.com/adamputnam, or Twitter, @adamputnam. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly …
CRDF Switches “Secondary” Citrus Research Funding Target
The contractor seeking “secondary” funding for the Citrus Research and Development Foundation in its effort to manage HLB has shifted focus from non-profit organizations to groups and companies allied with the citrus industry. Contractor Harold Browning explains the shift in these reports. “Secondary” funding is that funding not coming from traditional sources such as grower taxes and government. Download Audio …
The Driving Force
Everett Griner explains how agriculture drives economic recovery. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Cabinet Members meet with Families and Officials in Alabama & Mississippi
WASHINGTON-Following the President’s commitment on Friday that the federal government would do everything possible to help families and communities recover from the deadly tornados and severe storms that struck the southeast earlier this week, several members of his Cabinet are in Alabama and Mississippi today. They are there to meet with families affected by the storms, as well as meet …