The 2022 Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show will be held March 4-5 in Mobile. And while that’s still a month and a half away, ACA Executive Vice President Erin Beasley is encouraging producers who want to attend to register now as their hotel block is filling up. More information is available on the ACA website. Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …
USDA Expanding Access to Conservation Assistance
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they were investing $50 million in 118 partnerships to expand access to conservation assistance for climate-smart agriculture and forestry. The Equity Conservation Cooperative Agreements, administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), will fund two-year projects to expand the delivery of conservation assistance to farmers who are new to farming, low income, socially disadvantaged or military …
African Swine Fever One Reason for Stopping Food Smuggling
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported last week that Federal agents had seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers in the past three months. Smuggling of prohibited foreign food products into the U.S. does pose a threat to U.S. agriculture, but USDA and other agencies are …
Tips for Storing Produce in a Root Cellar
Some tips for storing produce in a root cellar. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. One of the first and probably most important tips about storing produce in a root cellar is to keep fruits away from veggies. And this is because of ethylene gas. Not only that, the strong odors of vegetables like cabbage, onions, and turnips …
Georgia Peanut Farm Show Starts Wednesday
Peanut farmers from across the Southeast are invited to attend the 45th annual Georgia Peanut Farm?Show and Conference, at the University of Georgia Tifton?Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga. this Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 19-20. According to Tyron Spearman, those who attend will be able to learn about the latest products, services and peanut research. Show Âhours Wednesday are from 1:00–5:00pm …
Fertilizer Price Spike Highest Since Great Recession
During January’s Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Daniel Tregeagle, an Extension economist with North Carolina State University, gave a presentation on economic and regulatory trends impacting citrus and specialty crop growers. MODEST MARKET GROWTH The biggest blip on the proverbial economic radar has been COVID-19 and its continuing effects. Tregeagle noted these impacts mostly will be transient, and the …
BASF Releases New Cottonseed Variety
BASF has released a new cottonseed variety with outstanding yield potential for 2022. ST 4595B3XF is an early-mid maturity variety that is widely adapted across the Cotton Belt and brings strong yield potential along with a good fiber package. Steve Nichols, BASF Agronomic Services Cotton, told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman they have a very robust testing program including trials here in the Southeast. BASF …
NCBA Backs WOTUS Recommendations from Advisory Committee
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) has issued their report on the Waters of the U.S (WOTUS) rule. The FRRCC’s recommendations include: Ensuring EPA compliance with the Clean Water Act and Supreme Court precedent limiting federal jurisdiction over bodies of water. Developing a clear definition of WOTUS that is easily interpreted by farmers and ranchers. Protecting WOTUS exemptions …
AEM Releases Year-End 2021 Equipment Sales Numbers
Nearly 360,000 total tractors and combines left dealer lots in 2021 in North America. U.S. and Canadian unit sales of ag tractors and combines finished 2021 with gains of more than ten percent in nearly every segment in both countries. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) released the data last week showing U.S. total farm tractor sales gained 0.3 percent …
USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Farmers and Ranchers
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has started gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and ranchers as the agency conducts the third and final phase of the 2021 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). NASS will reach out to more than 30,000 ???????? producers nationwide through April, including nearly 4,100 producers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South …