With peanut planting expected to wrap up soon, there are still many farmers waiting to contract their crop. Tyron Spearman has the story. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida …
Registration Underway for the Georgia Beef Board BBQ Showdown
Registration is underway for the Georgia Beef Board BBQ Showdown, which kicks off July 8 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. GBB Director of Public Relations, Taylor Evans, told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman registration is open until July 1st. (HAMPTON, GA) — Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Georgia Beef Board, and the Georgia Barbecue Association are teaming up to host a flavorful competition during the Quaker State 400 …
Florida Beef Council Pleased with Recent Campaign
The Florida Beef Council (FBC) continues to promote beef across the state in various ways. FBC Director of Education & Promotion DeAnne Maples looks at the results they received from one e-commerce campaign promotion which she says turned an investment of each dollar spent to thirteen dollars. For more information about Beef Checkoff promotions in Florida, contact the FBC office in Kissimmee. Sponsored …
Youth Groups Visiting the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association
Last week was a busy week for the staff at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA). According to ACA Executive Vice President, Erin Beasley, this included visits by various young people with another group scheduled to be there this week. For more information contact the ACA office in Montgomery at 334-265-1867. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
Cotton, Peanut Planting and Condition Update
Recent rains across some areas of the cotton belt has really helped with the overall condition rating of the nation’s crop. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says it is in better shape than it was a year ago at this time. And Rippey takes a look at peanut planting and condition. In Alabama, cotton planted is 91 percent. Last year at this time it was …
Stabenow on Senate Ag Committee Work
As the senate continues to work on the next farm bill, Senate agriculture committee chair Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says she’s looking forward to their hearing in Arkansas next week, and the work that comes after. “And then we will begin what is a really important—a thoughtful step-by-step set of hearings through each of the titles of the farm bill …
Farm Real Estate Debt Builds in First Quarter
Farm real estate debt at commercial banks grew modestly in the first quarter, while production loans remained steady. The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank says alongside soaring farmland values, real estate loan balances increased at the fastest pace in four years and drove an increase in the overall amount of agricultural lending. Following a sharp pullback over the last two …
Extensive Study Says GMO Corn Not Harmful to Non-Target Insects
What a new study says about GMO corn. That’s the subject of today’s This Land of Ours. The largest, highest quality analysis of data ever conducted on the subject shows that genetically modified Bt corn has little impact on nontarget insects and other organisms, especially compared to growing conventional corn. This study was published this week in Environmental Evidence by …
NRCS Seeks Proposals for Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership
You only have about two more months to get in a proposal for the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. Proposals are developed through a collaborative process between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Forest Service and local partners. Past partners have included county, state, non-governmental, Tribal, utilities or private individual stakeholders. NRCS and Forest Service national offices will evaluate the …
Revised Beef Safeguard Mechanism under USJTA
This past Friday, the U.S. and Japan signed an agreement that would revise the beef safeguard mechanism under the bi-lateral trade agreement between both countries. Rod Bain has a story explaining what this could potentially mean for U.S. beef exports to Japan. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …