October Cotton Report Up Slightly

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Florida, Georgia

The October all cotton crop production report was released this morning, and Shiela Corley with USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service in Washington D.C. says the numbers are up slightly this month. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Citrus Crop Numbers Released

Dan Citrus, Florida, General

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Citrus Crop Forecast – ALL FLORIDA ORANGES 146M Boxes

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

The Citrus Crop Forecast released by USDA this morning pegs the ALL-FLORIDA orange crop for 2010-2011 at 146 million boxes. Stay tuned to this website, we will have the full chart of the numbers posted shortly. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Citrus Audience Gathers for USDA Crop Forecast Announcement

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General

Growers and industry representatives are gathering at various locations around the state while others prepare to tune in by radio or this website for the Citrus Crop Forecast announcement from USDA at 8:30 this morning. In photo, growers talk about their crops and forecast expectations at the Stallings Crop Insurance breakfast at Ray-Bob Groves barn near Alturas. Test your audio …

Numerous Citrus Growers Show Interest In Biofuel Crops

Dan Citrus, Florida

Citrus growers who’ve lost acreage to greening, canker and freezes were among those attending a September meeting in Sebring about biofuel crops. In this interview, growers Mark and David Wheeler and Charlie Roper say they’re looking for possible crops to grow on vacant land. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® …

Bacon Bits

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork

Everett Griner looks at the question on why we are eating less bacon. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

NRCS Extends Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, USDA-NRCS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2010 – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White today announced the ranking period cut-off date for producer applications in NRCS’ Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to January 7, 2011. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Fewer Peanuts on Loan

Randall Weiseman Peanuts

The number of peanuts in the loan from last year’s crop is about gone, as Tyron Spearman looks at the figures. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

New Study Shows Benefits of Bt Corn to Farmers

Randall Weiseman Corn, Field Crops

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 — A group of agricultural scientists reported in today’s issue of the journal Science that corn that has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins isolated from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) provides significant economic benefits even to neighboring farmers who grow non-transgenic varieties of corn. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture …

Bill Gillon Named Cotton Board CEO

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Florida, Georgia

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – The Cotton Board is pleased to announce William A. “Bill” Gillon as its new President and CEO. Cotton Board Chairman Craig Shook, a producer from Corpus Christi, Texas, stated “Bill brings an outstanding record of achievement and service within the cotton industry to the Cotton Board. He is respected throughout agriculture as well as the U.S. Department …