USDA Announces Sugar Loan Rates and Allotments

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation has announced loan rates for 2009-crop sugar as well as the initial fiscal year 2010 allocation of the overall sugar marketing allotment. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Pot Ash Still High for Cotton Producers

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

University of Georgia’s Extension Soil Scientist, Glen Harris, says that some farmers are dealing with leaf spots that could be a result of decreased pot ash application. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Mechanized Farming

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, Georgia

Today Everett Griner tells us just how mechanized tree nut farming has become. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanut Harvest Update

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Today Tyron Spearman updates where things stand with harvest progess in peanut fields across the belt and here in the Southeast. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Livestock Forage Payments Underway

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Livestock, Pork

Livestock producers are being reminded the Livestock Forage Disaster Program sign up for 2008 losses ends December 10, 2009 and 2009 losses on January 30th, 2010. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Dairy Herd Retirement Numbers Reported

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Dairy, Livestock

CWT is reporting that dairy herd retirements since last winter have resulted in the removal of 225,783 cows that produced 4.5 billion pounds of milk. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

China Files Chicken Trade Complaint

Randall Weiseman Livestock, Poultry

China has started investigating complaints that American chicken products are being dumped in their country. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

USDA Citrus Forecast “Live” Broadcast Oct 9, 2009

Dan Citrus, Crop Forecasts, Florida

The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast “live” on Southeast AgNet Radio Network for the 14th consecutive year at 8:29 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2009. Citrus Statistics Administrator Candi Erick will provide the numbers for the broadcast immediately upon their release from the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board in …

Sprays An Option For HLB; Still Best To Remove Citrus Trees

Dan Citrus, Florida

Florida Citrus Mutual recently declared that using nutritional sprays to keep greening-infected trees is an option for some growers. In these reports, Mutual CEO Mike Sparks tells why the sprays are OK for some, but says it’s still best for most to remove infected trees. With either approach, he says, psyllids should be managed. Tune to this Southeast AgNet website …