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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting entries for Florida Future Chef 2026. According to the department, the Florida Future Chef is, a statewide student cooking competition that challenges young Floridians to creatively reimagine school meals using Florida-grown ingredients, while learning about the nutrition standards that guide the National School Lunch Program.” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton …
The Georgia Forage and Grasslands Council Summer Forage Tour offers educational opportunities for livestock producers and we caught up with Dr. Lisa Baxter with UGA to learn more. “During National Forage Week each June, we host the Georgia Forage and Grasslands Council’s Summer Forage Tour. So this is in collaboration with our state organization and also our Georgia Forage team and local …
Sweet Grown Alabama will be hosting the 11th Annual Alabama Seafood Cookoff today. The cookoff will be held at The Wharf in Orange Beach at 6:00pm. The cookoff features four teams of chef from across the state. The cook-off highlights Sweet Grown Alabama’s mission, connecting locally grown products with Alabama seafood. Each team of chefs will create a dish featuring …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides funding to research projects that benefit the cattle industry in Florida. We sat down with Dr. Mario Binelli who shared some details on how the funding from the Enhancement Board has enhanced Brahman genetics. “That is a beautiful program and we have been supported to conduct that program for at least five years. And …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the removal of lenders from the USDA Rural Development Lending program. The lenders removed from participation in the OneRD Guaranteed Lending program include portfolios with approximately $620 million in delinquent loans. According to the department this accounts for approximately 47% of Rural Development’s delinquent loans. Secretary Rollins said, ““The Trump Administration has absolutely …
U.S. Sugar, Everglades Equipment Group and Autonomous Solutions Inc. have announced the nation’s largest commercial deployment of autonomous tractors in the American sugar industry. The fleet of unmanned John Deere tractors are being implemented on 255,000 acres of farmland in South Florida. The fleet of tractors are operating in sugarcane fields 24 hours a day, seven days a week. While …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced late last week that the USDA has issued the final rule implementing the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. The act restores whole and 2% milk options in federal child nutrition programs and according to the department supports, “America’s dairy farmers by ensuring schools and child nutrition providers can once again offer students …
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed several bills into law last week supporting Georgia’s farmers and foresters. The Governor was joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Speaker Jon Burns, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, Georgia Forestry Commission Director Johnny Sabo, members of the General Assembly as well as agriculture and natural resource representatives. During the event, Governor Kemp signed HB1159 which …
USDA has published the final rule regarding stocking standards for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. According to the Department, the final rule requires that retailers “must now carry seven varieties of items across four categories of staple foods: protein, grains, dairy, and fruits and vegetables. This change more than doubles the requirement of available foods, emphasizes more …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed additional representatives to the National Peanut Board. The National Peanut Board is made up of 12 producer members and their alternates with eleven members and their alternates representing the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Additionally, an at-large member and alter represent the …
