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As summer grilling ramps up, Wyatt Doolittle of the Georgia Beef Board (GBB) shares tips on cooking beef. “Summer’s officially here and if there’s one thing that brings families together this time of year, it’s firing up that grill. Beef is usually right in the middle of it, said Doolittle. “One thing that we like to remind people is that …
Markets are closed Friday for the July 4th holiday, leaving today and tomorrow for grain and livestock traders to get comfortable with their positions ahead of the three-day break. We have six months now in the books, and we take a look at our list of 48 commodities that we track each day and how they’ve performed since New Year’s. …
The Georgia Peanut Commission and other members of the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation remind growers and industry specialists about this year’s 27th annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference scheduled for July 21st through 23rd at the Edgewater Beach Resort Conference Center in Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration will close on July 15th and after that date registration will be available …
James Oliver’s Innovation Changed American Farming The history of agricultural mechanization in the United States is filled with innovators whose inventions helped farmers work more efficiently and productively. Among those pioneers was James Oliver, a name that became synonymous with quality farm equipment and helped shape the future of modern agriculture. In 1855, James Oliver began manufacturing his revolutionary chilled …
The average price for peanuts received by farmers is yet to be determined for the full year because we have it posted May, June, or July. But after that, farmers are thinking about a PLC payment that will come, or price loss coverage payment, that will come after October the 1st. That’s the new peanut program payout if farmers do …
Recently, Southeast AgNet was able to sit down with Dean Pringle to have a conversation about the University of Florida’s Apex facility in the works. “So, the Apex Center will be kind of an addition to our meat science facilities at the University of Florida Animal Sciences. And if you think about the beef industry and the beef chain in …
The Innovation That Changed Farming When many people hear the name Oliver, they immediately think of the iconic Oliver tractors that first entered production in 1929. However, the Oliver legacy in agriculture began decades earlier with an invention that transformed farming practices around the world. According to agricultural history, James Oliver received a patent for his revolutionary chilled plow in …
The U.S. The Department of Agriculture recently released the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program payment error rates. These rates are a measure of how accurately states determine eligibility for SNAP. According to a press release from the USDA “The national payment error rate for fiscal year (FY) 2025 is 10.62%, far surpassing the congressional threshold of 6%. While this is …
At the recent Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention, Southeast AgNet was able to catch up with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President, Gene Copenhaver. Copenhaver commented on the upcoming NCBA meeting. Here is what Copenhaver had to say. “Our summer business meeting is July 12th through the 14th and at that meeting it’s not as quite as big as our cattle …
American agriculture has been built upon generations of innovation, adaptation, and stewardship of the land. Among the earliest and most effective farming techniques practiced in North America was a planting method known as the Three Sisters. This ancient agricultural system combined corn, beans, and squash in a mutually beneficial growing arrangement that remains admired and utilized today. A Time-Tested Agricultural …
