Cotton Producers Reminded CGCS Sign-Up Ends Friday

The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to remind cotton producers that sign-up for the Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program ends May 11. Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton encourages producers to stop by their local Farm Service Agency office by this Friday. Cotton Producers Reminded CGCS Sign-Up Ends Friday Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …

NRCS Celebrating Public Service Recognition Week

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is proud to take part in the annual Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). Celebrated the first week of May since 1985, PSRW is organized annually by the Public Employees Roundtable (PER) and its member organizations to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. Government …

‘Infectious Interest in Horticulture’ Helps Earn UF/IFAS Professor Top Honor

University of Florida environmental horticulture professor Sandra Wilson loves to teach, but just as importantly, she loves to hear about the successes of her former students. They find employment in their field. They get married. Those moments bring a gleam to her eyes. Former students are now adjunct professors, scientists, an entrepreneur, a horticultural and landscape foreman and more, she …

Georgia Cattle Drive 5K Is Saturday

Georgia’s Team Beef will be back in action this coming Saturday, as the Second Annual Cattle Drive 5K will be held. Georgia Beef Board’s Kaytlyn Malia says she is looking forward to the big event. Register now, don’t wait! Event check-in will be from 7:15-8:15 a.m. on May 12 at  Amerson River Park (2551 North Pierce Drive, Macon GA 31204). The race …

Bama’s Best Beef Contest Enters Phase Two

The 3rd annual Bama’s Best Beef Contest continues. Kayla Greer, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s director of social media and communications, says the contest has now entered the second phase. Bama’s Best Beef Contest Enters Phase Two Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune …

Five Questions for Republicans Running for Florida Agriculture Commissioner: Part 2

The three Republican candidates for Florida Agriculture Commissioner presented their views to approximately 200 attendees at a recent Candidate Summit Luncheon near Orlando. Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate organized and hosted the event in conjunction with its  10th annual Lay of the Land Conference, which draws a strong agricultural following. This is the second part in a Q&A series of …

NAFTA Talks Continue This Week

The Renegotiation effort of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continues this week with all sides eager to finish the talks. Representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico are pushing to finalize an updated agreement this week. However, as Bloomberg reports, several contentious issues remain unresolved as the talks have stretched over more than eight months, including dairy. …

Food Price Index up 2.7 Percent

The Global Food Price Index has increased two percent since this time last year. Released last week, the monthly record of global food prices by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations averaged 173.5 points, up 2.7 percent from April 2017. While the prices of most cereal grains and dairy products continued to increase in April, sugar prices …

Farm Credit Loan Volume up One Percent

Combined net income for the Farm Credit System increased 1.8 percent to $1.27 billion for the first quarter of 2018, as compared with $1.24 billion for the same period last year. President and CEO of the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation Tracey McCabe says the system remains “well-positioned” to support farmers as they face challenges this year. Net interest …