By Gary Cooper AgNet Media Founder and President During a fast-paced day and a half earlier this week, I connected with Max Armstrong, host and anchor of the national farm news television program “This Week in Agribusiness” to help him with a whirlwind newsgathering tour of Central Florida agriculture. The syndicated television program airs weekly on RFD-TV and approximately 100-plus …
Florida Ag Commissioner Officially Announces Run for Governor
Among a large crowd of state agriculture leaders, grassroots producers and others at the courthouse in his hometown of Bartow, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam made official today his expected bid for governor. Some observers in Florida’s agriculture industry note today’s historical perspective, in that Florida is now third in population in the United States and urbanizing. Therefore, it …
Congressman Sanford Bishop, “Southeast Agriculture is a Bit Different”
Congressman Sanford Bishop, representing the 2nd District of Georgia, spoke with AgNet Media’s Founder and President Gary Cooper about a menagerie of agricultural issues faced by our great nation. He went in depth on challenges specific to southeastern agriculture, that are not always considered when forming national policy. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …
AgNet Exclusive with Sonny Perdue
AgNet Media’s Founder and President Gary Cooper caught up with Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in D.C. to ask about trade concerns in both the peanut industry and the Florida vegetable industry. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Growing Season Weather Predictions
Tyron Spearman has a look at the long-range forecast for the Southeast growing season. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Georgia Tobacco Producers Overwhelmingly Approve Continued Tobacco Assessment
From the Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia tobacco producers overwhelmingly voted to extend the assessment of fifty cents per hundredweight of tobacco for an additional three years—90.6% of the eligible ballots returned voted yes. The balloting period for the market order was conducted from March 1st to March 30th. The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Tobacco utilizes funds received for …
Counting Down to Census of Agriculture
USDA has kicked off a countdown to the beginning of the next Census of Agriculture, a survey which is conducted every five years by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. And according to Jim Ewing, southern region director for NASS, the census will be mailed at the end of this year. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …
Funding Needed to Preserve and Protect Florida Ag
By: Abbey Taylor Florida cattle farmers and the Florida Conservation Group are advocating for more funding of the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP) and the Florida Forever program. RFLPP is an Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. Its mission is the protection of agricultural lands. Florida Forever is a conservation lands program that provides conservation easements in order to protect …
Putnam Rallies Ag at Taste of Florida Reception
The Taste of Florida Agriculture reception, held in Tallahassee on March 8, brought together friends of agriculture from every corner of the state for a night of fellowship. The reception is hosted by the Florida Farm Bureau as part of its annual Legislative Days event. Booths were set up between the historic Florida Capitol building and the new state Capitol. …
Cotton Exports Are Exploding
U.S. exports of almost all agricultural products are higher than a year ago, but one product is enjoying a virtual explosion of export sales. Gary Crawford has the story. Play Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024