Organic market

Organic Market Development Grants

Dan Agri-Business, Funding, Organic, This Land of Ours

USDA awards the final round of Organic Market Development Grants. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The final round of USDA Organic Market Development Grants was awarded, investing $85 million dollars in projects in 36 states. Rod Bain reports. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

New technology

New Technology Helping to Detect Plant Stress

Dan Technology

New technology could alert growers to plant stresses weeks before we can see those stresses on the plant. It’s from the ag tech company InnerPlant, which creates crops that emit specific optical signals when they’re under stress from pathogen attacks, such as fungal infections. Vice President of Communications for InnerPlant, Sean Yokomizo says those signals are visible from satellites weeks …

Dr. Scott Angle Returning to UF/IFAS

Dan Citrus, Education, Florida

It was recently announced that Dr. Scott Angle, provost of the University of Florida, who many in Florida agriculture remember as the leader of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) from 2020 to 2023, is coming back to that position. During last week’s Citrus and Specialty Crop Expo in Tampa, Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman talked to Dr. Angle …

cotton

Cotton Setting Bolls; Peanut Condition Drops

Dan Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, USDA-NASS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its weekly crop progress reports Monday. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey has the latest on the cotton crop.  And Rippey has the latest on the peanut crop.  According to the USDA National Agricultural Statics Service (NASS), this is how the cotton and peanut crops were progressing across the Southeast as of this past Sunday:  In Alabama, cotton …

food price inflation

Predicting Food Price Inflation for 2025

Dan Economy, This Land of Ours

Predicting food price inflation for next year. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Shoppers are seeing low food price inflation this year, but what is the outlook for 2025? Here’s Gary Crawford. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Hurricane Debby

HIP-WI Payments Following Hurricane Debby

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Funding, USDA-RMA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) endorsement for Hurricane Debby. Approved Insurance Providers (AIP) have 30 days to issue payments to producers. USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) first offered HIP-WI for the 2020 hurricane season, and last year, the endorsement was expanded to include the …

specialty crops

USDA Announces Grant Funding to Strengthen U.S. Specialty Crops Industry

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Fruits, Funding, Pecans, Specialty Crops, Tree Nuts, USDA, Vegetables

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is awarding $82.3 million to 65 recipients to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops and support the industry’s producers. This includes fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and nursery crops. The funding is through USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) and the Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program (SCMP). Jenny Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory …

harvest

Harvest Expectations for Apples and Cranberries

Dan Fruits, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours

How is harvest looking for two fall favorites? That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Does this year’s harvest indicate plenty of fruit from two fall-time favorites … apples and cranberries?  Rod Bain looks into it. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024