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The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is looking forward to their upcoming junior fall field days. Here is Bailey Watson with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association to tell us more. “Yeah, so we have our AJCA fall youth field days coming up in September. So we will have two free youth education opportunities available to youth 9 to 21. These field days this …
U.S. peanut farmers have reported their acreage now on all the major crops, and USDA published a report this week. They’re showing that overall, the corn production or grain is forecast at 16 billion bushels. That’s down six percent from 25 and should be the second highest production on record. If realized, based on the conditions right now, the average …
Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Richard Fordyce announced open applications for the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR) Program, which provides temporary support for eligible beef processors. “Part of the money comes up front basically for processing cattle in 2025. The other half comes when you have hit that 60% processing number now here in 2026,” said Fordyce. …
Bottomline analysts say rural America is rapidly being reshaped by multi-billion-dollar data centers. Bottomline analysts say the wave of multi-billion-dollar data centers are in fact reshaping the landscape across rural America, including here in the Southeast. Research shows there are 1,500 mega data centers in various stages of development around the country, and since each one can encompass well over …
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Roger McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University. Professor McEowen discussed the recent hot topic of farmland fraud. “My article on that stemmed from a conversation I had with a rancher this past spring, and he just, I didn’t know him, but a lot of people know me, …
Well, the peanut market’s been looking at some actual real figures on how many peanuts were planted this year. Lots of guesses, but this is what USDA has published now based on the farmers reporting as of July the 15th. They’ll release the certified acres a little bit later, but they’re showing that Georgia will now drop from 915,000 acres …
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Roger McEowen, professor of agricultural law and taxation at Washburn University. Professor McEowen discussed his upcoming ag law talk. Here is what he had to say. “I’ll be in Guntersville, Alabama, Wednesday morning, the 19th of August, talking about residual soil fertility. This is a two-hour seminar for firms that do …
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour kicks off this morning covering 2,000 fields in seven Midwest states. Interesting to see how results differ, if any, from USDA numbers last week. But I will start the edition of the Bottom-Line Report by wishing my wife Kathy a happy anniversary. 53 years we’ve been living happily ever after. Well, the Pro Farmer Tour …
The Agricultural Roots of American Higher Education The history of American agriculture is closely connected to the development of higher education, and two major milestones came in 1862: the establishment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the passage of the Morrill Act, which laid the foundation for America’s land-grant university system. In this edition of the American Agriculture History …
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association held their summer business meeting this past July. Clint Richardson, NCBA Division Region 2 Representative for Florida, reflected on why these meetings make a difference. “I would just say, I think the summer business meetings are unique because, because, you know, nationally we get together as an industry in February as well at convention, but …
