Florida Beef Council’s Polly Golden talks about a new way they have become involved in working with health professionals in the state to present information about the healthy benefits beef provides. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
GCA President Optimistic about Future
Cattle producers in Georgia are seeing less numbers this year, but President of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, Mike McCravy, is optimistic about the future. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Peanuts Rolling in as Price Holds
Today Tyron Spearman updates the latest posted price for peanuts and where the numbers are from buying points of peanuts that have come in thus far this harvest season. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Using Peanuts for Biodiesel
The University of Georgia is finding new ways to fuel the farmer by using one of the most common grown Georgia commodities, peanuts. Researcher Wilson Faircloth says they are having to look to varieties of the crop that may not have worked in the traditional market due to shelling characteristics or taste but that require less input in order to …
Going South of the Border
Why is it so much better for farming south of the border? Everett Griner has looked into this and tells us just why. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Better Bee Nutrition
Nutrition could be a contributing factor to colony collapse disorder in honey bees so researchers have developed a bee smoothie with balanced nutrition to help improve bee health. Two reports: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
WRP Hits Two Million
Landowners have now enrolled more than 2 million acres in U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wetlands Reserve Program, a significant contribution toward increasing the Nation’s wetlands, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster. New WRP enrollments in nine states, including Florida and Alabama, contributed to this conservation milestone. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Cotton Budget Approved
USDA has approved both the Cotton Board’s and Cotton Incorporated’s 2009 budgets. The Cotton board budget totals just under $4.7 million while Cotton Incorporated’s approved budget consists of $78 million in program funding and $3 million in supplemental funding. Cotton Board CEO Drayton Mayers says that money is going directly to help producers increase profitability. See details of the budget …
Citrus Tax Options Continue To Stir Discussion
Recent discussions among industry and grower leaders trying to move forward to solve the so-called “free-rider” issue continue to bring new options to the table. In this report, Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton Jr discusses the main options on the table right now and in his words the different angles of each to consider. Albritton says it is growing …
Georgia Agribusiness Council Takes Legislators to FFA Convention
The 81st annual National FFA Convention is in full swing and several Georgia Legislators are there to take in all the programs and festivities. For the tenth year, the Georgia Agribusiness Council has accompanied three legislators, Kevin Levitas, Jon Burns and Thomas Dixon to the event. Gary Black says that this is a great opportunity for our state leaders to …