The 2009 National Junior Angus Show is underway in Perry, Georgia as it runs through Saturday July 25th. Tyron Spearman has the details.
Pork Board to Work on Budget
Due to a variety of reasons, the National Pork Board will be busy working on budget problems during meetings being held this week.
A Win for Florida Shellfish Industry
Nine weeks after taking testimony in a 18-year water war between Florida, Alabama and Georgia a federal judge has ordered the states to freeze water sharing at current levels for three years.
AL NRCS Pilot Grazing Project
Auburn, Ala. – State Conservationist Dr. William E. Puckett has announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service will receive funding for a Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) Grazing Pilot Project in Alabama. A two week sign-up will be held beginning July 20, 2009.
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Vesicular Stomatitis
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on the identification of cases of vesicular stomatitis in Texas and New Mexico last month and the restrictions placed on the importation of certain animals into Florida from those states. More information is available on the Florida Division of Animal Industry web site of by clicking on Animal Import …
Aquaculture Threatened
The shrimp business is in big trouble. Everett Griner explains.
Managing 2009’s Unusual Cotton Crop
This year’s cotton crop is at varied stages of emergence and University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Bob Kimmerait, says that it needs proactive management.
Town of De Bary EWP Project
August of 2008 brought a large amount of rain to Florida as Tropical Storm Fay slowly made its way across the state. The amount of rainfall created a multitude of problems for the Town of De Bary and Florida NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection program was able to step in and assist.
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending July 17th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA:
White Mold Problems in Peanuts
For peanut growers, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Bob Kemerait says you need to be looking out for white mold which is starting to show up in some fields.