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 …
NCBA Searching for New CEO
The search is underway for a new CEO for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. To learn more click on www.beefusa.org Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
CAFO Discharge Rule Note Ready
An EPA rule has been approved by the White House concerning a CAFO regulation. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
Georgia Cotton Harvest Progress
The cotton harvest is running just a bit behind schedule with 26 percent was harvested in the state, about five percent less than average. Richey Seaton with the Georgia Cotton Commission says it’s a mixed bag around the state. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the …
Forestry Field Days Helped Promote NRCS Programs
Alabama’s forestry field days held around the state this month helped communicate some of the many programs that are available for forest landowners through NRCS, according to State Forester Tim Albritton. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Help for Limited Resource Farmers
Helping beginning and limited resource farmers was a priority in the 2008 Farm Bill, which authorized increased payments for them under several conservation programs managed by USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service in Florida. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …
Global Gatherings Target Citrus Disease Info Exchange
In this report, the director of University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center, Dr Harold Browning, discusses a couple upcoming meetings in detail that will focus on citrus science and research. One will be held in China in just a few days, the other here in Florida in December. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
A Dying Area of Farming
Which is it and how is it happening? Everett Griner tells us. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025