As beef month has come to an end the Georgia Beef Board reflects on the impacts made around the state from the Beef Burger Week events. Here’s Wyatt Doolittle with the Georgia Beef Board to tell us more. “One of the most exciting things is watching communities across Georgia rally around one thing that I think all of us can …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently held a roundtable discussion where they announced the implementation of the FY2026 Funding Opportunity for Research Facilities Act program. According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts provided $125 million annually for the Research Facilities Act program, …
The Social Security Administration’s Board of Trustees’ 2026 annual report confirms what’s been talked about and written about for over 25 years, and that is that Social Security financial safety net for disabled workers and seniors will completely exhaust accumulated reserves in less than 10 years. Officials say once reserve funds dry up, money collected from payroll taxes of existing …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is highlighting the Freedom 250 Rodeo as part of the events planned by the Freedom 250 non-profit organization in a post on X. The post reads, “Freedom 250 is proud to announce Rodeo 250, the evolution of the American cowboy, a signature attraction of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, …
The American Peanut Council and the Peanut Shellers Association held a joint convention this past week at the USA Peanut Congress. The Hall of Fame was named for this past year. The Hall of Fame award is given to the person that has been a significant, substantial, and long-time standing individual promoting the peanut industry. The winner this year was …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the Small Processors Action Plan for small and very small meat and poultry processors. Food Safety Undersecretary Mindy Brashears described the three pillars implemented in the plan. “In terms of customer service, we really want to have dedicated support for our small and very small processors,” said Brashears. “We have set that support …
Federal Reserve Board opens its two-day June meeting today. Very little chance of any interest rate cut. The Feds last met in late April. Jerome Powell’s last meeting as chairman, Kevin Warsh, was sworn in on May 22, becoming the 17th chairman of the board. Recent economic reports, escalation of action in Iran, leaving very little chance of any Fed …
The Windmill’s Enduring Role in American Agriculture For centuries, windmills have played a vital role in agricultural production around the world. Long before electricity reached rural communities, farmers relied on the power of the wind to pump water, support livestock operations, and sustain life in some of the most remote farming regions. According to agricultural historian Mark Oppold, the story …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the Winter Wheat Production forecast for June 2026 and the USDA Chief Economist Justin Benevidez provides his observations on the forecast. “The decline in production, I’ve realized this is going to be some of the lowest production since 1965, our lowest production since that period. Last year, percent rated good to excellent was around 52 percent, …
Southern Ag Today has recently published an article about fertilizer and how fertilizer is priced and how it moves to get to the farmers across our country. Overall, fertilizer markets remain highly dependent on a relatively small number of producing regions and key global trade routes because nitrogen, phosphate, and potash each rely on different raw materials and supply chains, geopolitical disruptions can affect fertilizer …
