The National Peanut Board, along with funding partner USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), announces the awarding of research grants totaling $ 1.4 million to help find solutions to two vexing issues: accurate diagnosis of peanut and food allergies and continuous improvements in water use efficiency in peanuts. The National Peanut Board’s co-funding opportunity with NIFA was made …
Perdue on NAFTA and Southeast Growers
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue hosted his counterparts from Mexico and Canada in an event held in Savannah, Georgia, where they toured the Georgia Ports Authority and took a farm tour. In a joint statement from Secretary Perdue, Canada’s Trade Minister MacAulay and Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture Calzada, they said: “Our three countries remain committed to continued collaboration to ensure a …
Joint Statement of Secretary Perdue (U.S.), Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Canada) & Secretary Calzada (Mexico) Regarding Trilateral Agriculture Meetings in Savannah, Georgia
Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay; Mexican Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Jose Calzada; and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement at the conclusion of their first trilateral meetings in Savannah, GA, June 19-20, 2017. “Our three nations are connected not only geographically, but through our deeply integrated agricultural …
Southeast Farmers and Ranchers Invited to Farm Bill Listening Session
Coming up Saturday, June 24th, an event will be held in Gainesville, Florida that farmers and ranchers from across the Southeast are invited to attend. It’s being called, “The Next Farm Bill, Conversations in the Field.” The event is actually an informal farm bill hearing, intended to gather input from farmers, ranchers, and stakeholders. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway …
Florida Cattlemen’s Convention Is a Family Event
The 2017 Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show is underway at the Orlando Buena Vista Palace. And according to Dusty Holley, FCA director of field services, once again, it is a big family event. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted …
Georgia Cattlemen Preparing for Summer Conference
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA) will hold its Summer Conference July 28-29, at the Ridges Resort & Marina in Hiawassee, Georgia. GCA Executive Vice President Will Bentley says the association is excited about the speakers it has lined up this year. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester …
BQA Training Continues in Alabama
We told you a couple of months ago that training events were taking place across Alabama for the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program. In the weekly beef checkoff update, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Erin Beasley says the association was pleased with those events, and it held another BQA training event this week. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support …
Peanut Crop Update
Tyron Spearman has a look at how the peanut crop here in the Southeast is doing early in the season. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable …
EPA Working to Rescind Waters of U.S. Rule, Then Replace It
An EPA official says EPA will first work to rescind the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule and then gather information for a replacement for that rule. Gary Crawford has the details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for …
Regrow Vegetables from Your Scraps
Have you ever looked at the leftovers from some of your vegetables when you prepare a meal? The part of the carrot you are fixing to throw away and wonder if it would regrow? Or the portion if the head of lettuce? Cathy Isom tells you about the foods that you can regrow from scraps. That’s coming up on This …