One of the many people who presented comments before the House Agriculture Committee’s first farm bill listening session held this past Saturday in Gainesville, Florida, was Georgia Farm Bureau President Gerald Long. Click to listen to the full session. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Florida Farm Bureau Presents Farm Bill Comment
One of the many people who presented comments before the House Agriculture Committee’s first farm bill listening session held this past Saturday in Gainesville, Florida, was Florida Farm Bureau Federation President John Hoblick. Click to listen to the full session. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …
Everyone Who Eats Should Be in Favor of a Strong Farm Bill
A great crowd was on hand for the first farm bill listening session hosted by the House Agriculture Committee this past Saturday in Gainesville, Florida. Comments were given by farmers and ranchers and others involved with agriculture from across the Southeast on a wide range of topics. When the event was over, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway of Texas …
AgNet Hosts ‘This Week in Agribusiness’ — A Prologue
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 ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …
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 ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm …
Growing Season Weather Predictions
Tyron Spearman has a look at the long-range forecast for the Southeast growing season. 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 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
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 ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …