Not only do we spend time with our families and exchange gifts to the ones we love during the Christmas season, we also expect to be fed and fed very well. So how much is all that festive fellowship going to cost us this year. Agriculture Department Food Price Analyst Ephriam Leibtag says don’t expect to be able to scrooge …
Cotton and Peanut Dollars at Work for Research
While the peanut and cotton crop in Georgia was considered very good overall this year, University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist John Beasley said it wasn’t without a few problems and they couldn’t address those without the assistance of the Georgia Cotton Commission and Georgia Peanut Commission. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle …
Wholesale U.S. Fertilizer Prices Start To Fall
After increasing for six consecutive years, U.S. fertilizer prices are finally beginning to fall at the wholesale level, according to a report by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
New Ag Secretary of Ag’s Goals
By now we have all heard President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as our new Secretary of Agriculture. But what are Vilsack’s plans and goals for his new position… Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, …
Where is the Nations Farm Economy?
Everett Griner has taken a look at this and gives us some statistics. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers …
Citrus News: Christmas Commentaries from Everett Griner
Here at Southeast AgNet we are immensely proud of a guy who I’ve referred to over the years as the “grandaddy of Southeast AgNet.” As a college communications intern at Florida Farm Bureau in the late 1970’s I had the chance to go to Moultrie, Georgia to meet Everett Griner in his barnloft studio overlooking a cotton field. He introduced …
Holiday Weather and Carrots
Not that the two go together in any particular way…It’s just that I decided to pair some weather outlook feature news from USDA this week with some interesting findings from carrot research for these holiday reports. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle …
Deck The Halls With Peanuts
The national peanut board has been working on some ways to expand the use of the protein packed peanut. Ryan Lepicier, communication associate with the board says that pretty soon you could be baking your Christmas cookies with peanut flour, toasting the new year with a peanut drink and even working off those few extra pounds with peanut protein powder. …
Saluting Farmers
As we celebrate Christmas and the holiday season Tyron Spearman takes time to salute the farmer. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important …
Turkey for more than just Holidays
Some of you may be enjoying a nice turkey for your holiday meal, but those in the industry want to remind consumers that turkey is good for more than just the holidays. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida …