The Bush administration had asked for an increase of almost eight billion dollars for conservation programs in the 2008 Farm bill, but they only received a little over half of what they requested. However, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Arlen Lancaster says that increase will help put more conservation on the ground nationwide. Sponsored ContentPropane Education and Research Council …
AL Cattlemen are the Start of Better Beef
As October Beef Month continues, Alabama Cattlemen Association’s President Orland Britnell, wants cattle producers across the state to know how important the beef checkoff is as they need to promote their own product. Sponsored ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers …
FBC Participates in Protein Webinar
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember …
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 …