Congress moved quickly last week to repair a procedural error that threatened the new farm bill, but the final action on the complete package will have to wait until Congress returns to Washington from the Memorial Day recess. Don’t try to figure this one out. Bottom line is that somebody screwed up and sent the Farm Bill to the president’s …
Sign up for CSP ASAP
Producers eligible for the current Conservation Security Program signup have until May 30 to do so, but they are urged not to wait until the last minute to walk into their local office to start the process. FL Report (1:00 mp3) AL Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …
Settling a Dispute
Everett Griner tells us today just what is being done about this dispute and who is going to solve it, or are they? Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FDOC Hears Results of R-O-I Study on Grower Dollars Spent
In these two reports, comments from Neil Canter, Managing Dir of Marketing Accountability Partnership, a firm hired by the Florida Dept of Citrus in January to study the return on investment of grower dollars going into FDOC’s marketing efforts. According to Canter, the study shows about a three to one return. Hear his comments as he explains the numbers and …
FL Providing Ideas to Improve Beef Checkoff
The Florida Beef Council is just one of the many groups in the industry who will offer suggestions to help make improvements to the beef checkoff. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
GA Beef at Ag Days
Julie McPeake with the Georgia Beef Board updates how beef has been one of the topics discussed at the various Ag Day events which have taken place across the state the past few weeks. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
U.S. Pork and Beef Exports Continue Expansion
When it comes to exports of U.S. beef & pork, the first quarter numbers for this year look good. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
The Neverending Farm Bill Saga
A clerical error means that the Farm Bill conference report is going back to Congress and will have to go through the whole process again after the Memorial Day holiday. The president vetoed the bill Wednesday, the House overrode the veto, but since the bill was somehow missing the trade title, the whole process must be redone, starting with Congress …
Lee V. McCoy 1947-2008: “RealMcCoy” Will Be Sorely Missed
It is with great sadness and tremendously heavy hearts we report of the passing of Lee V. McCoy, known to many of his legions of friends and colleagues as the “RealMcCoy”. Lee lost his battle with cancer early morning Thursday May 22 in a Georgia hospital, admitted the Monday before in a bout with pneumonia. Please find details regarding Lee’s …
Holding the Sticky End of the Trade Stick
Duty free and tariffs is the topic of Everett Grinner’s talk today. Where do Americans stand? Everett lets us know.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024