USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service out of the Athens, Georgia office has a booth at this year’s Sunbelt Ag Expo, and one of those you can talk with there is their new Director, Doug Kleweno. I had a chance to chat with Doug about NASS and what they do for agriculture. Interview (2:30 wma) Report (1:00 wma) USDA NASS Sponsored …
GA Governor Proposing Funds for Sunbelt Expo
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue spoke to the crowd at the Farmer of the Year luncheon today at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. During that speech he made an announcement about proposing funds for the Expo. Before he left, Southeast Agnet’s Lee McCoy caught up with him to ask about those comments. Â Report (:30 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …
Ag Commissioners Milk Cows at Sunbelt
To help promote the dairy industry, Ag Commissioner’s from 3 states took part in a milking contest this afternoon at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga. When it was all said and done, Alabama’s Ron Sparks (pictured on the left) output didn’t quite match up to what Tommy Irvin of Georgia had. But then again, Sparks suffered a loss …
EQIP Opportunities are Great
There are lots of opportunities for landowners under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Find out more on the Florida NRCS website. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Live Broadcast at the PERC Building
  I’m not sure who is doing the interviewing, but Southeast AgNet affiliate WMTM out of Moultrie, Ga, did a live broadcast this morning at the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) building at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. PERC is showing consumers the many uses of propane in the home and on the farm. Pictured (l-r) Jay Ushery & Jim Turner …
Grower Canker Control Testing Hit and Miss
Citrus Canker experiments in a hands-on setting abound in Florida citrus country, as growers try lots of ideas, some of them working, some of them not. In this report, Indian River Citrus League’s Doug Bournique discusses how growers in the region are dealing with canker in hopes of keeping their citrus deal alive and viable, long term. Report (1:00 wma) …
Citrus League’s Doug Bournique re G-fruit Forecast & Canker Control
Indian River region citrus growers produce most of the grapefruit in the world, and according to their spokesman the grapefruit crop forecast recently out of USDA is within the realms of what most expected. Meanwhile, Bournique says citrus canker continues to haunt River grower as they try to learn to deal with it. Report (2:00 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers …
News Items from FL Farm Bureau
A change in leadership after nearly a quarter century headlined the convention of the state’s largest general farm organization, as Florida Farm Bureau says good-bye to Carl Loop as its president, and welcomes Volusia County farmer John Hoblick after a unanimous vote of delegates put him into the job. The attached release from Farm Bureau outlines other headlines from the …
Sunbelt Ag Expo is Underway
The 29th Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo is officially underway here in Moultrie, Ga. The gates opened a few minutes ago and the crowd started flowing in. It’s a cloudy day with a good chance of rain, but for now the weather is nice and many are trying to take advantage of that fact early. This is just the first of many posts we …