crop production numbers

More 2024 Crop Production Numbers

Dan Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans

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 ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Cattle Inventory Report

Looking Ahead at Annual Cattle Inventory Report

Dan Cattle

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 …

foreign ownership

Foreign Ownership of U.S. Ag Land Increases Between 2022-2023

Dan Agri-Business, Economy

The latest report on foreign ownership of U.S. ag land shows that 45.85 million acres of U.S. farmland were held by foreign investors in 2023. That represents 3.61 percent of total privately-held agricultural land in the U.S. This marks a 1.58-million-acre, or 3.6 percent, increase from 2022 and a five-million-acre (12.2 percent) rise since the American Farm Bureau’s last analysis …

beagle brigade

Beagle Brigade Secures the Nation’s Agricultural Gateways

Dan Agri-Business, Pest/Pest Control, USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beagle Brigade continues to play a pivotal role in safeguarding the country’s farms and crops from invasive pests. Deployed at major airports, border crossings, and postal facilities, these highly trained detection dogs work in tandem with their human handlers to pinpoint unauthorized fruits, vegetables, and meat items that could harbor harmful organisms. Beagles are chosen …

land stewardship

American Agriculture History Minute: Beginning of Land Stewardship

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Significant areas of farmland were abandoned during the Great Depression and incorporated into national forests. And that began more land stewardship with farmers and ranchers, and, reversed a decades-long trend of destruction of land that really can be traced to 1942. When farmers and ranchers were encouraged to plant all possible …

weekly livestrock market

Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 01-17-2025

Dan Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended January 17, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended January 17, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,409 head compared to 8,971 last week and 3,319 last …

High Peanut Acreage Again for Georgia in 2025?

Clint Thompson General, Georgia

By Clint Thompson Georgia peanut acreage totaled 843,543 acres in 2024, its most in the last 20 years. Growers may not have to wait too long to see that total topped. Scott Monfort, UGA Extension peanut agronomist, hinted during Thursday’s Georgia Peanut Farm Show that acreage will not decrease in 2025. “With the way the economics have been the last …

food waste

USDA Invests in Two Florida Composting and Food Waste Reduction Projects

Dan Conservation, Environment, Florida, USDA-NRCS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $7.5 million in 26 cooperative agreements that support innovative, scalable waste management plans to reduce and divert food waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida (NRCS-FL) notes two Florida projects have been selected.  The Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) cooperative agreements are part of USDA’s …

peanut crop

Looking at Yields for 2024 Peanut Crop

Dan Peanuts

The USDA recently released the final numbers for the 2024 peanut crop. Tyron Spearman looks at how yields for the crop came in. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024