We told you yesterday that private estimates concerning row crops are coming in this week, ahead of Friday’s August Crop Report. But as Mark Oppold reports, there are a variety of factors that could affect those numbers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Large Pork Producers Don’t Favor Overturning Prop 12
Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would overturn California’s Prop 12. Reuters says some of the country’s biggest pork producers who’ve already spent money to comply with the California requirements don’t favor throwing out Prop 12. The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act would curb states’ ability to regulate agricultural products sold within their borders. The bill was introduced …
National FFA Membership Reaches All-Time High
The FFA reaches a milestone. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The National FFA Organization Monday announced a record-high student membership of 945,988, an increase of 11 percent from last year. In addition, the number of FFA chapters continues to grow — increasing by 168 this year, resulting in 9,163 chapters in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the …
Georgia Beef Producers Approve the Continuation of Georgia’s Beef Commission Assessment
(GDA/Atlanta, GA/August 8, 2023)Â — Today, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced that Georgia’s beef producers approved a continuation of a one-dollar market order assessment, which helps support the Georgia Beef Commission. Voting on the assessment continuation occurred in June of 2023 and passed with eighty-two percent support of beef producers. The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) administers the fourteen farmer-funded …
Senator Boozman Says No Mandatory Conservation Programs
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator John Boozman (R-AR) doesn’t mince words when it comes to conservation programs in the farm bill. “We talk about what needs to be included or excluded in the farm bill and that is a red line for me. We’re simply not going to get ourselves in a situation where we have a …
Busy August for Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
There are a variety of things keeping the staff at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) busy throughout the year. But as ACA Executive Vice President Erin Beasley notes, August started off busy and it continues this week. For more information, contact the ACA office in Montgomery at 334-265-1867. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR …
NCBA President Slams Regulatory Onslaught by Biden Agencies
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Todd Wilkinson recently slammed administration overregulation during a recent NCBA Beltway Beef podcast. Wilkinson says Biden agencies from the EPA to the Bureau of Land Management are trying to take away the cattle industry’s freedoms. He cites recent EPA statements that it can make minor changes to its Waters of the U.S. rule after the …
Private Estimates Coming in Ahead of August Crop Report
A variety of private estimates concerning row crops are coming in this week just ahead of the August Crop Report. Mark Oppold has a look at what some are expecting. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary …
Tyson Foods to Close Four Chicken Facilities
Tyson Foods Monday announced the planned closure of four chicken processing facilities in the U.S. They will close facilities in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Corydon, Indiana, Dexter, Missouri and Noel, Missouri. The company will shift production to other facilities and cease operations at the impacted locations in the first half of fiscal year 2024. Donnie King, Tyson Foods President and …
GPC Continues Sponsorship of No. 38 Car
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Peanut Commission’s (GPC) continued sponsorship of NASCAR driver Todd Gilliland and his No. 38 car is a win for Georgia’s peanut industry and race attendees. It has churned up support for Georgia agriculture with Gilliland driving the Georgia peanuts car, but it has also left attendees salivating for more of those tasty peanuts at the …