House Ag Committee Joins Senate in Introducing FIFRA Legislation

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops

Members of the House Agriculture Committee have introduced a bill stating that the use of a pesticide consistent with its registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act should not be subject to a costly, redundant and unnecessary permit process under the Clean Water Act. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …

Solitary Bee Varieties Could be Another Viable Option for Growers

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Jim Cane of the Agricultural Research Service says using solitary bees instead of the traditional honey bee colonies is not just for those battling colony collapse disorder. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Cotton Crop Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their August all cotton report this morning as Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. says the numbers are up. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Higher Peanut Corn and Soybean Forecast

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Corn, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released their August crop production forecasts this morning and when it comes to this year’s peanut crop, the report shows production is forecast to be up 10 percent from last year, while they are calling for a record high corn and soybean crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …

New Report Shows Threats to Private Forested Lands

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Forestry, Georgia

WASHINGTON, August 11, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today held a national conference call to highlight a USDA Forest Service report entitled Private Forests, Public Benefits, showing that privately held forests in the U.S. are under substantial stress from development and fragmentation and that increased housing density in forests will exacerbate other threats to forests from wildfire, insects, pathogens …

Sustaining Pollinator Populations Through Bee Pastures

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops

The concept of bee pastures is not new, but large pastures of wildflowers may help sustain honeybee populations and improve their health. And Jim Cane of the Agricultural Research Service says the formation of bee pastures must include consideration of factors such as crops, soils, region, and native species of flowers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, …

America’s Favorite Farmers’ Market

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Vegetables

An online contest is being held to see which four farmers’ markets across America can rally the most support from their customers. Voting is open until midnight August 31, 2010 at www.farmland.org/vote. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Looking at Declining Beef Checkoff Budget

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board unanimously approved a $40.6 million budget for Fiscal 2011 which is down 7.4% from this year’s budget. Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association was able to sit in on the advertising committee meeting during the conference to see how checkoff dollars are being spent in that area. Download …