Looking at the latest numbers for peanut exports, while not as much as last month, they are still up which is good news for growers. Tyron Spearman looks at those and also talks about a new award put together by the Georgia Peanut Commission called the “Outstanding Young Peanut Farmer Award.” More on peanut exports: GA peanut farmer award: Sponsored …
Trade Agreements Pushed to Next Year
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says decisions on trade agreements will be left to the new administration and the new Congress to deal with. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle …
USDA Offers Poultry Calendars
As part of its ongoing efforts to educate backyard poultry owners about what they can do to protect their birds against avian influenza, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering free and informative Calendars for 2009. If interested in receiving a free calendar go to this website and click “2009 Backyard Biosecurity Calendar.” Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …
Job Well Done…As Usual
Turkey farmers have done it again. Everett Griner tells us just what they did. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune …
Checkoff Funds Veal Program for Consumers
A new veal promotion which started back in October is being funded by the Beef Checkoff Program and it encourages more retailers to highlight veal in their stores for consumers. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides …
GA Beef Industry Not all Gloom and Doom
While we seem to hear a lot of negative news Robert Fountain, Jr. a cattlemen from Adrian, Georgia and a representative on the Georgia Beef Board, says it’s not all gloom and doom for the beef industry right now. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune …
Vilsack Praised as Next Ag Secretary
After President-Elect Barack Obama named Tom Vilsack to be his Secretary of Agriculture, many in agriculture have since been praising the selection. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
No Impact from Changes in Programs
Today Tyron Spearman has a story from USDA about findings that no impact has been noted from changes in a couple of conservation programs. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida …
From 200-plus Proposals, 83 Get Funded for Citrus HLB Research
Grower Peter McClure is chairman of the Citrus Production Research Advisory Council, known to many as the “Box Tax Council”. In these reports, McClure talks to AgNet’s Ernie Neff about how more than 200 research proposals for HLB or “citrus greening” research was narrowed to about 80, and about how National Academy of Sciences involvement is making the whole process …
Food & Water Watch Study: U S Farmers Disadvantaged By Imports
This is the second in a series of reports featuring Patrick Woodall, a spokesman for consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. He explains in this report how follow up studies of domestic impacts of international trade deals over recent years show how consumers AND farmers in the U S are getting a very raw deal. Click Here to find …