Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. on December 1st was 11.3 million head, which was 1 percent below December 1, 2008.
NCBA Concerned about Estate Tax
Colin Woodall, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, talks about the estate tax law and what it means that it’s set to expire at the end of the year.
Peanut Exports are Down
The latest peanut export and import numbers have been released as Tyron Spearman reports most came in lower again.
Updates On Florida Citrus Ad Agency, Juice Sales
In the first of these reports, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff provides an update on the search for a Florida Department of Citrus advertising agency. In the second, he reports on orange juice and grapefruit juice retail sales in 2009. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre.
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Trailtrotter Program
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida Division of Forestry’s Trailtrotter program, which awards patches to participating equestrians who ride horse trails in Florida State Forests to achieve various levels of accomplishment. More information is available online by clicking on Trailtrotter Program.
Varroa Mite
Where did it come from and what is its connection to CCD? Everett Griner tells us what scientists’ are working on about this.
Weekly Livestock Market Report
For the last time in 2009, here are the cattle market numbers put together by the livestock market news services in Alabama, Florida and Georgia for the week ending December 18th. AL: FL: GA:
NRCS Prepared for Watershed Concerns with EWP
Perry Oaks, state conservation engineer with AL NRCS, says the Emergency Watershed Protection program will be able to assist with possible damage that the mass amount of rainfall Alabama has seen this fall may of created.
Chambliss Request USDA and EPA to Update Climate Change Analysis
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively, have sent letters to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the climate change legislation analysis models used by both USDA and the EPA. Full text of the …
GCC Annual Meeting Speaker Lineup
The Georgia Cotton Commission’s 3rd Annual Meeting is coming up January 27, 2010 and Karen Nikitopoulos, communications program manager, says the one day event is a great opportunity for producers to receive a vast amount of information to help their operations.