Plant Material Center’s Work Now Involves Cover Crops

USDA’s Plant Materials Center in Brooksville, Fla. has seen a change from what its mission has been in the past. Center Manager Janet Grabowski explains how the center’s work now involves cover crops. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida …

Alabama Governor Signs Honeybee and Catfish Bills

Tuesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed bills dealing with country of origin labeling and the queen honeybee. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production …

Drop in Georgia Cotton Acreage Not Unexpected

Richey Seaton with the Georgia Cotton Commission says the 20-percent drop in cotton acreage across their state was not really unexpected. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle …

No USDA Sugar Purchase under Feedstock Flexibility Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation announced this week that it does not expect to purchase sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program in the third quarter of 2015. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Fewer Corn Acres but Record Soybean Crop

USDA’s planted acreage report released Tuesday notes that farmers put in 1.7 million fewer acres of corn than they did last year, which is a 300,000 acre net decrease from the prospective plantings report released in March. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For …

Florida Joins Lawsuit Against EPA’s Clean Water Rule

FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Florida joined a multistate lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ adoption of a rule that expands federal pollution controls. The lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Georgia, contends that the technical “Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States” supplants states’ …

Waters of the U.S. Set to Become Law

The Clean Water rule, known as the Waters of the U.S. rule, is slated to become law on August 28th as it was published in the Federal Register this past Monday. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Dairy Producers Can Now Enroll in Margin Protection Program

July 1 was the start date for dairy producers to enroll in USDA’S 2016 Margin Protection Program. Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini discusses how the program works. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …

COOL Discussions to Heat Up

Talks over Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) are expected to heat up again when Congress returns after the 4th of July break. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, …

Southeast AgNet This Week: Cotton Acreage Down; Peanut Acreage Up

Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes two USDA reports that show certain field crop acreage going in opposite directions: Cotton acreage is down 18 percent while peanut acreage is up the same percentage. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement …