What Drought?

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Weather

Southeast floods………..15 inches! Everett Griner tells us just how it affected planting. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026

Pigweed Still Poses Issues for Cotton Belt

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

UGA Extension Agronomist Dr. Stanley Culpepper acknowledges that Palmer Amaranth is still a major issue in some areas of the cotton belt. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received …

Southeastern Agriculture Works Together

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

While in Washington DC last week, the Southeast AgNet team had an opportunity to visit with Senator Saxby Chambliss about how representatives from all regions of agriculture come together to tackle the unique challenges Southeastern Agriculture faces. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows …

Soybeans Making Strides in the Southeast

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Soybeans

The United Soybean Board has been working on ways to improve productivity of soybeans in the south. Rick Stern, Production Committee Chairman says that they have recently completed the mapping of the soybean genome and developed a drought tolerant line. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle …

Keeping Critters Out

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Vegetables

Those who have a home garden know that the critters often get more of the goods than they do. The question is what can you do about it? Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle …

Food Safety Issues Important to Citrus & Mechanical Harvesting

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Some food industries have again recently proven no food industry is immune to food safety scares of huge proportions. University of Florida researcher Michelle Danyluk recently spoke about food safety and mechanical harvesting at a recent gathering of citrus growers. Hear her comments in this report. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for …

FL Farm Bureau: Estate Tax Harmful to Family Farms & Consumers

Gary Cooper Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

Thought we’d share an open letter to the news media from Florida Farm Bureau President John Hoblick: Like most Americans, family farmers and ranchers are affected by the current economic situation facing our nation. Unfortunately, farmers and ranchers face an added economic hardship: the federal estate taxes that come due when a family member dies. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch …

Citrus Mutual Holds Member Grower Meetings Around Florida

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In this series of reports, AgNet’s Ernie Neff (photo left) reports on some of the issues being discussed at a series of Florida Citrus Mutual member meetings presently underway around Florida. The first two are overviews, the second two reports feature Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks (photo right). Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …

Citrus Abscission Chemical Moving Toward Approval Process

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In these two reports, AgroSource Executive Taw Richardson discusses the timetable for abscission products to become available, that should greatly help the mechanical harvesting process for Florida fruit. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle …

GA Governor Signs Landowner Protection Act

Randall Weiseman Cattle, General, Georgia, Livestock

Last Friday Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law House Bill 529 which limits liability concerns for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists, along with ensuring that no local government can adopt any regulation of crop management or animal husbandry practices. Something that pleases Georgia Cattlemen’s Association President Bill Nutt. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle …