Written by Jeff Helms MONTGOMERY, Ala., Date — The Alabama Farmers Federation welcomed today’s announcement from Gov. Kay Ivey of $26 million for farmers, ranchers and agricultural operations hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We appreciate Gov. Ivey and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate working with our members and other stakeholders to assess losses resulting from market disruption …
Cotton Board Recommends $80 Million Cotton Incorporated Budget to Ag Secretary
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – The Cotton Board recently held its 2020 annual meeting. During this virtual meeting, board members serving the Cotton Research and Promotion Program reviewed, analyzed and voted to recommend Cotton Incorporated’s 2021 budget of $80 million to the Secretary of Agriculture. This budget recommendation reflects a decrease of over $8 million from 2020. Even with decreased funding, the …
Rising Crop Production Estimates for Corn and Beans
It was not a question of if but how much corn and soybean crop production estimates increased from the previous year. Rod Bain has the latest corn, soybean and winter wheat numbers from USDA’s August Crop Production reports. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of …
U.S. Peanut Production Forecast Up 13%
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its 2020 crop production estimates today. Tyron Spearman reports the new forecast shows a 13% increase from last year’s peanut crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
U.S. Cotton Production Down from Last Year
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its August crop reports today and Chris Hawthorn, field crops section head with NASS in Washington D.C., says the U.S. cotton production estimate is down 9% from last year’s crop. All cotton production is forecast at 18.1 million 480-pound bales, down 9% from 2019. All cotton planted area totaled 12.2 million acres, unchanged from …
New UF/IFAS Rangeland Ecologist Hopes to Protect Cattle From Predators
August 12, 2020 By: Brad Buck, 813-757-2224 (office); 352-875-2641 (cell); bradbuck@ufl.edu ONA, Fla. — Hance Ellington grew up in rural Kentucky, where he and his friends caught crawfish. He loved the outdoors. Later, as an undergraduate student at The Ohio State University, he went on a three-month study-abroad program in Kenya. There, he studied human-wildlife conflict and formed his philosophy …
NCBA Commends Transportation Dept. and FMCSA for Extension of HOS Exemption
WASHINGTON (August 12, 2020) — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) released today the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (DOT-FMCSA) announcement of a 30-day extension to the Hours of Service (HOS) exemption for livestock and feed haulers: “Livestock haulers are crucial to keeping beef moving through the supply chain and …
USDA’s Conservation Chief Returning to Farming
It’s been announced that the Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Matt Lohr will be stepping down. Gary Crawford talked with him about the fact he is needed back on the farm, thus the decision to leave NRCS. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports …
NAMI Provides Comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
On behalf of the members of the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Programs Susan Backus provided comments during the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services’ virtual meeting on the Scientific Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. “The benefits of meat and poultry consumption as part of healthy, balanced dietary …
EPA Decision This Fall Critical to ’21 Growing Season
While cotton and soybean farmers are no longer allowed to use three important dicamba products – Engenia, Xtendimax and Fexapan – for this season, questions remain on whether the products will be available for use for the 2021 season. University of Georgia Extension weed scientist Stanley Culpepper said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will determine this fall if these herbicides …