Southeast Peanut Research Initiative

More efforts in peanut research will be taking place across the Southeast. Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages …

Good Alabama Legislative Session for Agriculture

The 2022 Alabama Legislative Session wrapped up last week in Montgomery. Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Executive Vice President Erin Beasley says it was a good session for agriculture. The session was scheduled to end by April 25th, but lawmakers were able to get the business of the state taken care of much quicker this year. For more information, contact Beasley at the …

Georgia Beef Board Receives Numbers from New Study

The Georgia Beef Board (GBB) recently received numbers from a state research study about consumer usage and knowledge of beef. GBB Director of Public Relations, Taylor Evans, says this study will help them better increase demand for producers in the state. For more information about this study, contact the GBB office in Macon. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …

Florida Beef Council Finding New Ways to Reach Consumers

The Covid pandemic has changed a lot of things the past couple of years, and that includes how the Florida Beef Council (FBC) has continued their efforts in promoting beef across the state. FBC Director of Education & Promotion, DeAnne Maples, says they have had to find new ways to reach consumers. For more information about Beef Checkoff promotions in Florida, contact the …

Row Crop Planting Slowly Starting in the Southeast

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently started issuing their weekly crop progress reports for the 2022 season, and as of this past Sunday, NASS reports in Alabama there were 3.8 days suitable for fieldwork, in Florida 6.4 days were suitable, while in Georgia there were 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Corn planted in Alabama was at 38 percent, which compares …

Finding The Truth About Pesticides in Produce

Finding the truth about pesticides in produce. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Each year, an anti-conventional farming organization puts out a list of fresh produce products that they claim are contaminated with harmful pesticide residues. However, there is no scientific evidence to support their claims, and they’re simply false. Another organization works to fight that misinformation. Teresa Thorn …

University of Florida Researchers Focus on Biofuel Crop?

(NSF/Tallahassee, FL/April 11, 2022) — Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) are studying ways to scale up production of a crop that can be used for things such as renewable jet fuel. Carinata is an oilseed crop that is closely related to the mustard family of plants. The crop is not used to …

SW GA Farm Credit Makes USDA Loans Available

SW GA Farm Credit, based in Bainbridge, GA, in the Tri-State area, is pleased to announce they will work with elgible barrowers throughout the food supply chain to provide loans through the USDA new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. Tyron Spearman offers details about this new loan program and what it means for producers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …